Is Coop BBQ sås ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 23 ingredients
- 3 additives
- Nutri-Score D
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Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
Socker (processing marker), tomatpuré, vinäger, sockersirap, vatten, modifierad majsstärkelse (ultra-processing marker), chilipasta 3% (chili, vatten, salt (processing marker), surhetsreglerande medel (e260), modifierad majsstärkelse (ultra-processing marker), konserveringsmedel (processing marker) (e202 (processing marker))), salt (processing marker), kryddor, aromer (ultra-processing marker), senaps, färgämne (ultra-processing marker) (e150d (ultra-processing marker)), konserveringsmedel (processing marker) (e202 (processing marker))
Additives: E150d Sulphite ammonia caramel , E202 Potassium sorbate , E260 Acetic acid
As written on the pack
Socker, tomatpuré, vinäger, sockersirap, vatten, modifierad majsstärkelse, chilipasta 3% (chili, vatten, salt, surhetsreglerande medel (E 260), modifierad majsstärkelse, konserveringsmedel (E 202)), salt, kryddor, aromer (bl,a, rökarom), senapsmjöl, färgämne (E 150d), konserveringsmedel (E 202).
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.
5 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.
- E202 Potassium sorbate Preservatives are substances which prolong the shelf-life of foods by protecting them against deterioration caused by micro-organisms and/or which protect against growth of pathogenic micro-organisms.
- Preservative Preservatives slow spoilage by microbes.
- Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
- Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
- Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
Among 107 barbecue sauces
From least to most processed, this one ranks 71st. 86% of the barbecue sauces here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 7300156491077, last edited 2 April 2026), available under the Open Database License. If something is wrong or the recipe has changed, you can correct it there.
- 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.