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Is Garden of Eatin Red Hot Blues ultra-processed?

14 oz Appetizers Sold in the United States

Pack of Garden of Eatin Red Hot Blues

Yes, it's ultra-processed

  1. 1 Unprocessed
  2. 2 Kitchen staple
  3. 3 Processed
  4. 4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

  • 22 ingredients
  • 1 additive
  • Nutri-Score D

Less processed appetizers

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

blue corn, sunflower oil, safflower oil, canola oil, salt, tomato, maltodextrin, chili pepper, onion, paprika, cane sugar, vinegar (maltodextrin, white distilled vinegar), bell pepper, garlic, yeast extract, habanero chili, citric acid, cumin, capsicum extract, natural flavor

Additives: E330 Citric acid

As written on the pack

Organic blue corn, organic expeller pressed sunflower oil and/or organic expeller pressed safflower oil and/or organic expeller pressed canola oil, salt, organic tomato powder, organic maltodextrin, organic chili pepper, organic onion powder, organic paprika, organic cane sugar, organic vinegar powder (organic maltodextrin, organic white distilled vinegar), organic bell pepper powder, organic garlic powder, organic yeast extract, organic habanero chili powder, citric acid, organic cumin, organic capsicum extract, organic natural flavor.

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.

  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.

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.

  • Maltodextrin Maltodextrin is a white powder made by partly breaking down starch.
4 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.

  • Salty snacks Products in the category "Salty snacks" are at least group 3.
  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 2,497 appetizers

From least to most processed, this one ranks 1414th. 64% of the appetizers 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 2,497 appetizers, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0015839097213, last edited 2 December 2025), 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.