Is Dark soy sauce ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 9 ingredients
- 1 additive
- Nutri-Score E
Less processed soy sauces
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
mater soy sauce extract 25%, water, soya bean, wheat, san, sugar salt colour (sulphite ammonia caramel (ultra-processing marker)), preservative (processing marker) (potarsium sorbate)
Additives: E150d Sulphite ammonia caramel
As written on the pack
mater soy sauce extract (25%) (water, soya bean, wheat,san, sugar salt colour: sulphite ammonia caramel, preservative: potarsium sorbate,
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.
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.
- Preservative Preservatives slow spoilage by microbes.
Among 94 soy sauces
From least to most processed, this one ranks 41st. 60% of the soy sauces here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4088600370552, 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 E (from A, best, to E).
- General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.