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Is El Taco Truck Jalapeño Lime Mayo ultra-processed?

200 ml Plant-based mayonnaises Sold in Sweden

Pack of El Taco Truck Jalapeño Lime Mayo

Yes, it's ultra-processed

  1. 1 Unprocessed
  2. 2 Kitchen staple
  3. 3 Processed
  4. 4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

  • 20 ingredients
  • 9 additives
  • Nutri-Score D

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Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Vatten, rapsolja, limejuice 3.7%, jalapeño 3.5%, socker, salt, ättiksprit, citronjuicekoncentrat, vinäger, vitlök, arom, e202, e211, e415, e1442, e1450, e300, e392, e141, e160a

Additives: E141 Copper complexes of chlorophylls and chlorophyllins , E1442 Hydroxypropyl distarch phosphate , E1450 Starch sodium octenyl succinate , E160a Carotene , E202 Potassium sorbate , E211 Sodium benzoate , E300 Ascorbic acid , E392 Extracts of rosemary , E415 Xanthan gum

As written on the pack

Vatten, rapsolja, limejuice (3,7%), jalapeño (3,5%), socker, salt, ättiksprit, citronjuicekoncentrat, vinäger, vitlök, arom, konserveringsmedel (E202, E211), förtjockningsmedel (E415, E1442, E1450), antioxidationsmedel (E300, E392), färgämne (E141, E160a).

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.

  • E141 Copper complexes of chlorophylls and chlorophyllins Colours are substances which add or restore colour in a food, and include natural constituents of foods and natural sources which are normally not consumed as foods as such and not normally used as characteristic ingredients of 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.
  • E415 Xanthan gum Xanthan gum is a thickener made by fermenting sugar with the bacterium Xanthomonas campestris.
  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
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 19th. 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 7350115940191, 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.