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Is Hearty Food Co Tomato & Herb Pasta Sauce ultra-processed?

440 g Pasta sauces Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Hearty Food Co Tomato & Herb Pasta Sauce

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:

  • 17 ingredients
  • 2 additives
  • Nutri-Score A

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

Tomato Purée 41%, Tomato 29%, Water, Modified Maize Starch, Salt, Sunflower Oil, Parsley, Acidity Regulator (Citric Acid), Basil, Dried Onion, Garlic, Oregano, Black Pepper, Sweetener (Sodium Saccharin), storage

Additives: E330 Citric acid , E954 Saccharin and its salts

As written on the pack

Partially Reconstituted Tomato Purée (41%), Tomato (29%), Water, Modified Maize Starch, Salt, Sunflower Oil, Parsley, Acidity Regulator (Citric Acid), Basil, Dried Onion, Garlic Powder, Oregano, Black Pepper, Sweetener (Sodium Saccharin). Suitable for vegans STORAGE

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.

  • E954 Saccharin and its salts Sweeteners are substances used to impart a sweet taste to foods or in table-top sweeteners.
  • Sweetener Sweeteners give sweetness with few or no calories, many at hundreds of times the strength of sugar.
  • 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.
  • 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 284th. 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 5057545092477, last edited 29 May 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 A (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.