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Is Heinz Light Mayonnaise ultra-processed?

570g/565ml Light mayonnaises Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Heinz Light Mayonnaise

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:

  • 15 ingredients
  • 2 additives
  • Nutri-Score D

Less processed mayonnaises

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, rapeseed oil 25%, starch, free range egg 3.5%, spirit vinegar, sugar, salt, pasteurised free range egg yolk 1%, lemon juice concentrate, preservative (potassium sorbate), mustard seeds, spice, antioxidant (calcium disodium edta)

Additives: E202 Potassium sorbate , E385 Calcium disodium ethylenediaminetetraacetate

As written on the pack

water, rapeseed oil (25%), starch, pasteurised free range egg (3.5%), spirit vinegar, sugar, salt, pasteurised free range egg yolk (1%), lemon juice concentrate, preservative (potassium sorbate), mustard seeds, spice, antioxidant (calcium disodium edta).

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.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

Preservation and traditional processing

Keep food safe or ferment it, like preservatives and cultures. A sign of processing, not ultra-processing.

  • E202 Potassium sorbate Preservatives are substances which prolong the shelf-life of foods by protecting them against deterioration caused by micro-organisms and/or which protect against growth of pathogenic micro-organisms.
  • Preservative Preservatives slow spoilage by microbes.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 23 light mayonnaises

From least to most processed, this one ranks 2nd. 91% of the light mayonnaises 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 23 light mayonnaises, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5000157143075, last edited 7 June 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 D (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.