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Is Essential Waitrose Plum Tomatoes in natural juice ultra-processed?

400 g Tomatoes Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Essential Waitrose Plum Tomatoes in natural juice

No, it's unprocessed or minimally processed

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

None of its ingredients counts as a sign of processing in NOVA.

  • 4 ingredients
  • 1 additive
  • Nutri-Score A

Ingredients

Tomatoes 65%, tomato juice, acidity regulator (citric acid)

Additives: E330 Citric acid

As written on the pack

Tomatoes (65%), tomato juice, acidity regulator citric acid

Among 188 tomatoes

From least to most processed, this one ranks 101st. 9% of the tomatoes 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 188 tomatoes, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5000169017418, 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 A (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.