Is Heinz Mayoracha imp ultra-processed?

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Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

E160c Paprika extract

24 ingredients
2 additives
Nutri-Score E

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

heinz mayo with sriracha flavour ingredients sunflower oil, water, spirit vinegar, sriracha paste 7.8% (bell pepper, tomato puree, water, sugar (processing marker), scotch bonnet puree (scotch bonnet pepper, salt (processing marker), acid, acetic acid), garlic, spirit vinegar, salt (processing marker), onions), sugar (processing marker), cornflour, salt (processing marker), modified comflour, colour-carotenes, paprika extract (ultra-processing marker), antioxidant-calcium dion

Additives: E160c Paprika extract , E260 Acetic acid

As written on the pack

heinz vegan mayo with sriracha flavour ingredients sunflower oil, water, spirit vinegar, sriracha paste 7.8% (bell pepper, tomato puree, water, sugar, scotch bonnet puree (scotch bonnet pepper, salt, acid - acetic acid), garlic, spirit vinegar, salt, onions), sugar, cornflour, salt, modified comflour, colour-carotenes, paprika extract, antioxidant-calcium dion

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.

2 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.

How the NOVA groups work

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5000157147578, 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.