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Is Encona Carolina reaper chili sauce ultra-processed?

142 ml Hot sauces Sold in Sweden, France and Germany

Pack of Encona Carolina reaper chili sauce

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:

  • 15 ingredients
  • 1 additive
  • Nutri-Score B

Less processed hot 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

water, tomato paste, sugar, wine vinegar, carolina reaper chilli paste 5% (red chilli puree, salt, carolina reaper chili powder), orange juice, salt, modified maize starch, birds eye chili 1%, cumin, garlic, potassium sorbate

Additives: E202 Potassium sorbate

As written on the pack

water, tomato paste, sugar, wine vinegar, carolina reaper chilli paste 5% (red chilli puree, salt, carolina reaper chili powder 8%), orange juice concentrate, salt, modified maize starch, birds eye chili 1%, cumin, garlic, potassium sorbate

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.

  • Modified starch Modified starch is starch altered physically, with enzymes or chemically, so that it thickens, gels or survives freezing and heating better than ordinary starch.
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.
  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 185 hot sauces

From least to most processed, this one ranks 81st. 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 5012389671967, last edited 17 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 B (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.