Is Freshona chopped tomatoes Arrabiata ultra-processed?

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It's processed, but not ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Whole foods combined with:

Salt
Sugar

13 ingredients
1 additive
Nutri-Score B

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

SUN RIPENED matoes, LU and hon EU Peppers and Chillies GB IE Peeled chopped sweetened tomatoes in tomato juice with green, red and chilli peppers Ingredients 65% Peeled Chopped Tomatoes, Tomato Juice, Green Pepper 2%, Red Pepper 2%, Sugar (processing marker), Salt (processing marker), Chilli Pepper 0.1%, Acidity Regulator (Citric Acid, Storage Instructions Store in a cool), dry place

Additives: E330 Citric acid

As written on the pack

SUN RIPENED matoes, LU & hon EU Peppers and Chillies GB IE Peeled chopped sweetened tomatoes in tomato juice with green, red and chilli peppers Ingredients 65% Peeled Chopped Tomatoes, Tomato Juice, 2% Green Pepper, 2% Red Pepper, Sugar, Salt, 0.1% Chilli Pepper, Acidity Regulator: Citric Acid. Storage Instructions Store in a cool, dry place.

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

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 20525804, 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 B (from A, best, to E).
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.