Is Ei Yucateco Chili Sauce rot ultra-processed?

120ml Hot sauces Sold in the United States and Germany

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

E129 Allura red
E415 Xanthan gum

13 ingredients
4 additives
Nutri-Score E

Less processed hot sauces

Mexican hot sauce Salsa Tamazula S.A. De C.V. 7 ingredients · 1 additive NOVA group 3
Salsa Picante Valentina 6 ingredients · no additives NOVA group 3
Original Cayenne Pepper Sauce Frank's RedHot 5 ingredients · no additives NOVA group 3
16000085 Tabasco Pepper Sauce Mc. Ilhenny Co. 3 ingredients · no additives NOVA group 3

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

water, habanero peppers, tomato, salt (processing marker), spices, ph control agent (acetic acid), stabilizer (xanthan gum (ultra-processing marker)), acidifier (citric acid), sodium benzoate as preservative, fd&c red 40 (ultra-processing marker)

Additives: E129 Allura red , E260 Acetic acid , E330 Citric acid , E415 Xanthan gum

As written on the pack

WATER, HABANERO PEPPERS, TOMATO, SALT, SPICES, PH CONTROL AGENT (ACETIC ACID), STABILIZER (XANTHAN GUM), ACIDIFIER (CITRIC ACID), SODIUM BENZOATE AS PRESERVATIVE, FD&C RED 40

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.

E129 Allura red Allura red AC is a synthetic red azo dye (FD&C Red No. 40 in the US).
E415 Xanthan gum Xanthan gum is a thickener made by fermenting sugar with the bacterium Xanthomonas campestris.

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.

Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 185 hot sauces

From least to most processed, this one ranks 129th. 70% of the hot 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 185 hot sauces, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0816493010019, last edited 25 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.