Is Garant Ekologisk Tacosås Medium ultra-processed?

230 g Sauces Sold in Sweden

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Whole foods combined with:

Salt
Starch

16 ingredients
1 additive
Nutri-Score B

Less processed 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

Tomat 77% (tomat, tomat), tomatpuré 9.4%, lök, grön paprika, ättika, risstärkelse (processing marker), havssalt (processing marker), kryddor (spiskummin, vitlök, koriander, chilipeppar), askorbinsyra, koriander

Additives: E300 Ascorbic acid

As written on the pack

Tomat* 77% (tomat och rehydrerad tomat), tomatpuré* 9,4%, lök*, grön paprika*, ättika*, risstärkelse*, havssalt, kryddor* (spiskummin, vitlök, koriander, chilipeppar), antioxidationsmedel (askorbinsyra), koriander*. *Ekologisk råvara

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.
Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 2,962 sauces

From least to most processed, this one ranks 997th. 60% of the 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 2,962 sauces, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 7340083443343, last edited 1 September 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.