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Is Gluten free worcester sauce ultra-processed?

Worcestershire sauces Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Gluten free worcester sauce

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

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

Whole foods combined with:

  • 21 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score E

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

Water, Sugar, Cane Molasses, Salt, Spirit Vinegar, Tamarind, Concentrated Lemon Juice, Worcester Sauce Flavouring (Water, Spirit Vinegar, Sugar, Molasses, Ginger, Salt, Tamarind Paste, Onion, Black Pepper, Capsicum, Ginger, Clove, Garlic)

As written on the pack

Water, Sugar, Cane Molasses, Salt, Spirit Vinegar, Tamarind Concentrate, Concentrated Lemon Juice, Worcester Sauce Flavouring (Water, Spirit Vinegar, Sugar, Molasses, Ginger, Salt, Tamarind Paste, Onion, Black Pepper, Capsicum, Ginger, Clove, Garlic).

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

Among 15 worcestershire sauces

From least to most processed, this one ranks 5th. 60% of the worcestershire 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 15 worcestershire sauces, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5024448560648, 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.