Is Great Value Tomato Basil Garlic Pasta Sauce ultra-processed?

24 oz Pasta sauces Sold in the United States

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Flavouring

24 ingredients
1 additive

Less processed pasta 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

ngredients (tomato puree, water), tomato paste, diced tomatoes in tomato juice, vegetable oil (processing marker), cottonseed, canola oil, sovgeal ol, contains less than 1% of (sugar (processing marker)), salt (processing marker), garlic, dehyorated paisley, spices (basil, spice), citric acid, natural flavor (ultra-processing marker), ostributed by (walmart inc), bentonville, ar 72716 great quality, cuaranteed

Additives: E330 Citric acid

As written on the pack

ngredients: tomato puree (water, tomato paste), diced tomatoes in tomato juice, vegetable oil (cottonseed and/or canola oil and/or sovgeal ol, contains less than 1% of: sugar, salt, dehydrated garlic, dehyorated paisley,spices (basil, spice), citric acid, natural flavor, ostributed by: walmart inc,, bentonville, ar 72716 great quality, cuaranteed,

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.

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.
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 317 pasta sauces

From least to most processed, this one ranks 223rd. 49% of the pasta 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 317 pasta sauces, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0078742346359, last edited 13 May 2026), available under the Open Database License. If something is wrong or the recipe has changed, you can correct it there.
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