Is French's Honey Mustard ultra-processed?

12 oz (340 g) Honey mustards Sold in the United States, Bolivia and France

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Colour
Flavouring

11 ingredients
No additives
Nutri-Score D

Less processed honey 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

distilled vinegar, water, sugar (processing marker), mustard seed, honey (processing marker), salt (processing marker), spices, garlic, carrot oleoresin (color (ultra-processing marker)), natural flavor (ultra-processing marker)

As written on the pack

DISTILLED VINEGAR, WATER, SUGAR, * MUSTARD SEED, HONEY, SALT, SPICES, GARLIC POWDER, CARROT OLEORESIN (COLOR), NATURAL FLAVOR, *: #1 GRADE.

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.

Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.
Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.

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.

Honey Honey, used as a sweetener.
Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 10 honey mustards

From least to most processed, this one ranks 4th. 80% of the honey 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 10 honey mustards, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 04155237, last edited 17 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.