Is Encona Scotch Bonnet Sauce ultra-processed?

220 ml Sauces Sold in the United Kingdom

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Modified starch

16 ingredients
1 additive
Nutri-Score E

Less processed 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

scotch bonnet chill wash 64%, iscotch bonnet chillies 67%, salt (processing marker), acid (acetic acid), water, onion, salt (processing marker), add jacetic acid, mustard, modified maize starch (ultra-processing marker) (1644), stabiliser xanithan gum, allergy advice for allenges, se ingredients in bold, scotch bonne all wash frow non-uk source

Additives: E260 Acetic acid

As written on the pack

SCOTCH BONNET CHILL WASH (64%)ISCOTCH BONNET CHILLIES (67%), SALT, ACID (ACETIC ACID)), WATER, ONION POWDER, SALT, ADD JACETIC ACID), MUSTARD FLOUR, MODIFIED MAIZE STARCH (1644), STABILISER XANITHAN GUM). ALLERGY ADVICE FOR ALLENGES, SE INGREDIENTS IN BOLD. SCOTCH BONNE ALL WASH FROW NON-UK SOURCE.

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.

2 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.

Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 2,964 sauces

From least to most processed, this one ranks 1490th. 60% of the 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 2,964 sauces, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5012389672780, last edited 27 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.