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Is Chef Select & You Sunkissed Tomatoes & Mozzarella ultra-processed?

150 g ℮ Cherry tomatoes Sold in the United Kingdom and Switzerland

Pack of Chef Select & You Sunkissed Tomatoes & Mozzarella

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:

  • 12 ingredients
  • 3 additives
  • Nutri-Score D

Less processed cherry tomatoes

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

mozzarella cheese 57%, cherry tomatoes 33%, rapeseed oil, spirit vinegar, salt, herbs, acid (citric acid), antioxidant (ascorbic acid), firming agent (xanthan gum)

Additives: E300 Ascorbic acid , E330 Citric acid , E415 Xanthan gum

As written on the pack

57% mozzarella cheese (milk), 33% semi-dried cherry tomatoes, rapeseed oil, spirit vinegar, salt, herbs, acid: citric acid, antioxidant: ascorbic acid, firming agent: xanthan gum, allergy advice: for allergens, see ingredients in bold,

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.

  • E415 Xanthan gum Xanthan gum is a thickener made by fermenting sugar with the bacterium Xanthomonas campestris.
  • Firming agent Firming agents keep fruit and vegetable tissue crisp or firm through processing and storage.
3 ingredients that would only make it processed

Kitchen staples like sugar, salt and oil. On their own they make a food processed, not ultra-processed.

  • Meals Products in the category "Meals" are at least group 3.
  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Cheese Cheese is milk preserved with salt, cultures and rennet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 10 cherry tomatoes

From least to most processed, this one ranks 10th. 10% of the cherry tomatoes 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 10 cherry tomatoes, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4056489486053, last edited 3 April 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 D (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.