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Is Colman's Pepper Sauce ultra-processed?

Pepper sauces Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Colman's Pepper Sauce

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:

  • 19 ingredients
  • 1 additive
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed pepper sauces

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

palm fat, wheat flour, potato starch, nutrition inform salt, lactose, flavourings (contain wheat, barley), milk proteins, yeast extract, green pepper 1.3%, caramel syrup, black pepper 0.9%, maltodextrin, white pepper 0.4%, chives, colour (paprika extract), want ere? please call to chat on typical values per as prep energy 119 fat

Additives: E160c Paprika extract

As written on the pack

palm fat, wheat flour, potato starch, nutrition inform salt, lactose (milk), flavourings (contain wheat, barley), milk proteins, yeast extract, green pepper (1,3%), caramel syrup, black pepper (0,9%), maltodextrin, white pepper (0,4%), chives, colour (paprika extract), may contain egg, celery, soy and mustard, want ere? please call to chat on typical values per as prep energy 119 fat

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.

  • E160c Paprika extract Paprika extract is a red-orange colour extracted from paprika peppers.
  • 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.

Substances rarely used in home kitchens

Refined or extracted in factories, such as syrups made from starch or isolated proteins. The other hallmark of ultra-processed food.

  • Lactose Lactose is milk sugar, crystallised industrially from whey, a by-product of cheese making.
  • Maltodextrin Maltodextrin is a white powder made by partly breaking down starch.
  • Milk proteins Milk proteins are proteins separated from milk, such as caseinates and whey protein concentrates, added to adjust texture or raise protein content.
1 ingredient that would only make it processed

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

  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 11 pepper sauces

From least to most processed, this one ranks 10th. 55% of the pepper sauces 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 11 pepper sauces, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 8711200516636, 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.