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Is Global Choice Sweet chilli ultra-processed?

500g Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Global Choice Sweet chilli

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:

  • 19 ingredients
  • 2 additives
  • Nutri-Score E

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Water, Sugar, Chilli Paste 4% (Red Chilli, Salt, Acidity Regulator (Acetic Acid)), Modified Maize Starch, Garlic Puree, Salt, Garlic, Lime Juice, Red Peppers, Colour (Paprika Extract), Chillies, Acidity Regulator (Acetic Acid), Allor

Additives: E160c Paprika extract , E260 Acetic acid

As written on the pack

Water, Sugar, Chilli Paste (4%) (Red Chilli, Salt, Acidity Regulator: Acetic Acid), Modified Maize Starch, Garlic Puree, Salt, Garlic, Concentrated Lime Juice, Dried Red Peppers, Colour (Paprika Extract), Crushed Chillies, Acidity Regulator (Acetic Acid). Allor

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.

  • E160c Paprika extract Paprika extract is a red-orange colour extracted from paprika peppers.
  • 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.
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.

  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
  • 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 5055159500593, 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 E (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.