Is Frank's Redhot fire-roasted jalapeno sauce ultra-processed?

145 g Hot 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:

Colour
Modified starch
E141 Copper complexes of chlorophylls and chlorophyllins

11 ingredients
2 additives
Nutri-Score D

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

Fire-roasted Green Jalapeno Chilli 31%, Water, Spirit Vinegar, Salt (processing marker), Modified Maize Starch (ultra-processing marker), Garlic Purée, Garlic, Lime Juice Concentrate, Cumin, Colour (ultra-processing marker) (Copper Complexes of Chlorophyllins (ultra-processing marker))

Additives: E141 Copper complexes of chlorophylls and chlorophyllins , E141ii Copper complexes of chlorophyllins

As written on the pack

Fire-roasted Green Jalapeno Chilli (31%), Water, Spirit Vinegar, Salt, Modified Maize Starch, Roasted Garlic Purée, Garlic Powder, Lime Juice Concentrate, Ground Cumin, Colour (Copper Complexes of Chlorophyllins).

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.

E141 Copper complexes of chlorophylls and chlorophyllins Colours are substances which add or restore colour in a food, and include natural constituents of foods and natural sources which are normally not consumed as foods as such and not normally used as characteristic ingredients of food.
Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.
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 185 hot sauces

From least to most processed, this one ranks 147th. 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 0041500011622, 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 D (from A, best, to E).
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.