Is Chipotle Paste ultra-processed?

115 g Sold in the United Kingdom

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Colour
E150a Plain caramel
E415 Xanthan gum

29 ingredients
3 additives
Nutri-Score C

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Water, Onion 15%, Apple Purée, Balsamic Vinegar 115ge (Wine Vinegar, Grape Must), Chipotle Chilli Mash 7% (Red Jalapeño Peppers, Smoked Red Jalapeño Peppers, Salt (processing marker), Vinegar), Sugar (processing marker), Spirit Vinegar, Cornflour, Chipotle Chilli 3.5%, Tomato Paste, Colour (ultra-processing marker) (Plain Caramel (ultra-processing marker)), Rapeseed Oil, Smoked Paprika, Salt (processing marker), Garlic Purée, Yeast Extract, Chillies, Acid (Citric Acid), Stabiliser (Xanthan Gum (ultra-processing marker)), Cumin

Additives: E150a Plain caramel , E330 Citric acid , E415 Xanthan gum

As written on the pack

Water, Onion Purée (15%), Apple Purée, Balsamic Vinegar 115ge (Wine Vinegar, Grape Must), Chipotle Chilli Mash (7%) (Red Jalapeño Peppers, Smoked Red Jalapeño Peppers, Salt, Vinegar), Sugar, Spirit Vinegar, Cornflour, Chipotle Chilli Powder (3.5%), Tomato Paste, Colour (Plain Caramel), Rapeseed Oil, Smoked Paprika Powder, Salt, Garlic Purée, Yeast Extract, Dried Chillies, Acid (Citric Acid), Stabiliser (Xanthan Gum), Ground Cumin.

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.

E150a Plain caramel Plain caramel is a brown colour made by heating sugars.
E415 Xanthan gum Xanthan gum is a thickener made by fermenting sugar with the bacterium Xanthomonas campestris.
Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.

2 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.

Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

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About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 96197837, last edited 27 March 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 C (from A, best, to E).
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.