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Is Branston Original Pickle Relish / Condiment ultra-processed?

520 g Plant-based pickles Sold in the United Kingdom, the United States and 2 more countries

Pack of Branston Original Pickle Relish / Condiment

Yes, it's ultra-processed

  1. 1 Unprocessed
  2. 2 Kitchen staple
  3. 3 Processed
  4. 4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

  • 27 ingredients
  • 2 additives
  • Nutri-Score E

Less processed plant-based pickles

Less processed isn't automatically healthier, so compare the labels for what matters to you, such as sugar or salt.

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Vegetables in variable proportions 54% (carrot, rutabaga, onion, cauliflower, marrow, gherkin), sugar, barley malt vinegar, water, spirit vinegar, modified maize starch, date paste (dates, rice flour), apple pulp (apple, preservative (sodium metabisulphite)), salt, tomato paste, spices, lemon juice concentrate, onion, colour (sulphite ammonia caramel), flavouring

Additives: E150d Sulphite ammonia caramel , E223 Sodium metabisulphite

As written on the pack

Vegetables in variable proportions (54%) (carrot, rutabaga, onion, cauliflower, marrow, gherkin), sugar, barley malt vinegar, water, spirit vinegar, modified maize starch, date paste (dates, rice flour), apple pulp (apple, preservative: sodium metabisulphite), salt, tomato paste, dried spices, lemon juice concentrate, onion powder, colour (sulphite ammonia caramel), flavouring.

What makes it ultra-processed

Cosmetic additives

Added to change how the food looks, feels or tastes, not to keep it safe. A hallmark of ultra-processed food.

  • E150d Sulphite ammonia caramel Sulphite ammonia caramel is the dark brown colour in colas and many sauces, made by heating sugars with sulphite and ammonia compounds.
  • Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.
  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
  • Modified starch Modified starch is starch altered physically, with enzymes or chemically, so that it thickens, gels or survives freezing and heating better than ordinary starch.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 296 plant-based pickles

From least to most processed, this one ranks 288th. 31% of the plant-based pickles here are ultra-processed.

Ranked by NOVA group, then by the number of ultra-processing signs, additives and ingredients. Our ordering, not part of NOVA.

All 296 plant-based pickles, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5060336505049, last edited 16 June 2026), available under the Open Database License. If something is wrong or the recipe has changed, you can correct it there.
  • Photo: Open Food Facts contributors, CC BY-SA 3.0.
  • The NOVA group is an automated estimate from crowdsourced data: a missing or mistyped ingredient can change it.
  • NOVA measures processing, not nutrition. For nutrition, Open Food Facts gives this product a Nutri-Score of E (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.