Is Filippo Berio Hot Chilli Pesto ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 16 ingredients
- 1 additive
- Nutri-Score C
Less processed pestos
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
tomatoes, red peppers, olive oil (processing marker), hot peppers 7.7%, garlic, basil, cornstarch (processing marker), anchovy paste, salt (processing marker), thickener (ultra-processing marker), locus bean gum, parsley, vegetable fiber (ultra-processing marker), oregano, acidity regulator, citric acid
Additives: E330 Citric acid
As written on the pack
tomatoes, red peppers, olive oil, hot peppers 7.7%, garlic, basil, cornstarch, anchovy paste, salt, thickener, locus bean gum, parsley, vegetable fiber, oregano, acidity regulator, citric acid
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.
- Thickener Thickeners, often gums or modified starches, make liquids more viscous so that a product feels richer than its ingredients alone would make it.
Substances rarely used in home kitchens
Refined or extracted in factories, such as syrups made from starch or isolated proteins. The other hallmark of ultra-processed food.
- Vegetable fiber Isolated plant fibres, such as inulin, oat fibre or bamboo fibre, are extracted industrially and added to change texture or support "source of fibre" claims.
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.
- Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
- Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
- Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
Among 134 pestos
From least to most processed, this one ranks 106th. 51% of the pestos here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 8002210125223, last edited 8 August 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 C (from A, best, to E).
- General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.