Is El Taco Truck Cheezy Jalapeño 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:
- Colour
- Flavouring
- Thickener
- E1442 Hydroxypropyl distarch phosphate
- E1450 Starch sodium octenyl succinate
- E160a Carotene
- and 2 more
- 28 ingredients
- 10 additives
- Nutri-Score D
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Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
Rapsolja, vatten, jalapeño 7.8%, ättiksprit, socker (processing marker), salt (processing marker), vinäger, chili, svartpeppar, koriander, vitlök, kummin, arom (ultra-processing marker), konserveringsmedel (processing marker) (e202 (processing marker), e211, e270), förtjockningsmedel (ultra-processing marker) (e415 (ultra-processing marker), e1442 (ultra-processing marker), e1450 (ultra-processing marker)), antioxidationsmedel (e385), surhetsreglerande medel (e330), färgämne (ultra-processing marker) (e160a (ultra-processing marker), e160c (ultra-processing marker))
Additives: E1442 Hydroxypropyl distarch phosphate , E1450 Starch sodium octenyl succinate , E160a Carotene , E160c Paprika extract , E202 Potassium sorbate , E211 Sodium benzoate , E270 Lactic acid , E330 Citric acid , E385 Calcium disodium ethylenediaminetetraacetate , E415 Xanthan gum
As written on the pack
Rapsolja, vatten, jalapeño (7,8%), ättiksprit, socker, salt, vinäger, chili, svartpeppar, koriander, vitlök, kummin, arom, konserveringsmedel (E202, E211, E270), förtjockningsmedel (E415, E1442, E1450), antioxidationsmedel (E385), surhetsreglerande medel (E330), färgämne (E160a, E160c).
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.
- E1442 Hydroxypropyl distarch phosphate Hydroxypropyl distarch phosphate is a chemically modified starch used to thicken and stabilise desserts, sauces and soups.
- E1450 Starch sodium octenyl succinate Emulsifiers are substances which make it possible to form or maintain a homogenous mixture of two or more immiscible phases such as oil and water in a foodstuff.
- E160a Carotene Carotenes are orange-yellow pigments, either synthesised or extracted from carrots, algae or palm oil.
- E160c Paprika extract Paprika extract is a red-orange colour extracted from paprika peppers.
- E415 Xanthan gum Xanthan gum is a thickener made by fermenting sugar with the bacterium Xanthomonas campestris.
- Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.
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- Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
- Thickener Thickeners, often gums or modified starches, make liquids more viscous so that a product feels richer than its ingredients alone would make it.
4 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.
- Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
Among 36 vegan sauces
From least to most processed, this one ranks 36th. 86% of the vegan sauces here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 7350115940177, 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.
- 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 D (from A, best, to E).
- General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.