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Is Dr. Will’s Aromatic & Smokey Red Sauce ultra-processed?

245g Tomato sauces Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Dr. Will’s Aromatic & Smokey Red Sauce

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:

  • 31 ingredients
  • 1 additive
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed tomato 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

Tomato Passata 36% (Tomato, Citric Acid), Red Peppers 28%, Water, Tomato Puree 5%, Date, Red Wine Vinegar, Vegetable Oils (Sunflower Vegetable Oils, Rapeseed Vegetable Oils), Sundried Tomato 3%, Ginger, Sundried Tomatoes 0.7%, Cardamom, Vitamin C, Fenugreek, Cumin, Coriander, Citric Acid, White Pepper, Cinnamon, Ground Nutmeg, Smoked Paprika, Dried Garlic, Chilli, Dried Jalapen Pepper, Black Pepper, Balsamic Vinegar, Rose Flavouring, Ground Cloves

Additives: E330 Citric acid

As written on the pack

Tomato Passata (36%) (Tomato, Acidity Regulator: Citric Acid), Red Peppers (28%), Water, Tomato Puree (5%), Date Syrup, Red Wine Vinegar, Vegetable Oils (Sunflower, Rapeseed (in varying proportions)), Sundried Tomato (3%), Ginger, Rehydrated Sundried Tomatoes (0.7%), Ground Cardamom, Vitamin C, Ground Fenugreek, Ground Cumin, Ground Coriander, Acidity Regulator: Citric Acid, White Pepper, Ground Cinnamon, Ground Nutmeg, Smoked Paprika, Dried Garlic, Chilli, Dried Jalapen Pepper, Black Pepper, Balsamic Vinegar, Rose Flavouring, Ground Cloves.

What makes it processed

Culinary ingredients

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

  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 442 tomato sauces

From least to most processed, this one ranks 264th. 40% of the tomato 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 442 tomato sauces, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5059604639197, last edited 16 August 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.