Is El Taco Truck Chili Mayo ultra-processed?

200 ml Plant-based mayonnaises Sold in Sweden and Finland

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

E1442 Hydroxypropyl distarch phosphate
E1450 Starch sodium octenyl succinate
E160c Paprika extract

15 ingredients
7 additives
Nutri-Score D

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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

Vatten, rapsolja, chili 7.1%, lök, socker (processing marker), ättiksprit, salt (processing marker), vitlök, e202 (processing marker), e211, e1442 (ultra-processing marker), e1450 (ultra-processing marker), e392, e330, e160c (ultra-processing marker)

Additives: E1442 Hydroxypropyl distarch phosphate , E1450 Starch sodium octenyl succinate , E160c Paprika extract , E202 Potassium sorbate , E211 Sodium benzoate , E330 Citric acid , E392 Extracts of rosemary

As written on the pack

Vatten, rapsolja, chili (7,1%), lök, socker, ättiksprit, salt, vitlök, konserveringsmedel (E202, E211), förtjockningsmedel (415, E1442, E1450), antioxidationsmedel (E392), surhetsreglerande medel (E330), färgämne (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.
E160c Paprika extract Paprika extract is a red-orange colour extracted from paprika peppers.

3 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.
Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 19 plant-based mayonnaises

From least to most processed, this one ranks 14th. 95% of the plant-based mayonnaises 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 19 plant-based mayonnaises, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 7350115940115, last edited 24 September 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.