Is Essential Waitrose Wholegrain mustard ultra-processed?

185 g Mustards Sold in the United Kingdom

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Whole foods combined with:

Salt
Sugar

10 ingredients
No additives
Nutri-Score D

Less processed mustards

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

White wine vinegar, mustard seeds 31%, water, spirit vinegar, mustard flour 4%, salt (processing marker), Sugar (processing marker), cinnamon, pimento, turmeric

As written on the pack

White wine vinegar, mustard seeds (31%), water, spirit vinegar, mustard flour (4%), salt, Sugar, cinnamon, pimento, turmeric

What makes it processed

Culinary ingredients

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.
Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 136 mustards

From least to most processed, this one ranks 45th. 40% of the mustards 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 136 mustards, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5000169017678, last edited 14 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 D (from A, best, to E).
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.