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Is Chi-Chi's Restaurant Style Mild Salsa ultra-processed?

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Pack of Chi-Chi's Restaurant Style Mild Salsa

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

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

Whole foods combined with:

  • 18 ingredients
  • 2 additives
  • Nutri-Score B

Less processed dips

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

Tomatoes in tomato juice (contains citric acid (to acidify), calcium chloride (firming)), jalapeno peppers, water, onions, tomato paste, contains 2% and less of salt, citric acid (to acidify), spices, garlic, onion, sodium benzoate (preservative), white vinegar

Additives: E211 Sodium benzoate , E330 Citric acid

As written on the pack

Tomatoes in tomato juice (contains citric acid [to acidify], calcium chloride [firming]), jalapeno peppers, water, onions, tomato paste, contains 2% or less of salt, citric acid (to acidify), spices, dehydrated garlic, onion powder, sodium benzoate (preservative), white vinegar.

What makes it processed

Preservation and traditional processing

Keep food safe or ferment it, like preservatives and cultures. A sign of processing, not ultra-processing.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 433 dips

From least to most processed, this one ranks 218th. 43% of the dips 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 433 dips, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0037600282253, last edited 2 October 2025), 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 B (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.