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Is Heinz Seriously Good Light Mayonnaise imp ultra-processed?

Light mayonnaises Sold in the United Kingdom and France

Pack of Heinz Seriously Good Light Mayonnaise imp

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:

  • 19 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score D

Less processed light 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, egg 3.5%, spirit vinegar, sugar, salt, pasteurized ecg yolk 1%, lemon juice concentrate, potas um sanbate, mustard seeds, spice, calcium disodium edta, frox, freerange egps, v absolutely no added colours, flavours, artificial thickeners, heinz light mayonnaise has 60% less fat than regular mayonnaise

As written on the pack

water, rapeseed oil 25%, starch, pasteurized egg* 3.5%, spirit vinegar, sugar, salt, pasteurized ecg yolk* 1%, lemon juice concentrate, preservative (potas um sanbate), mustard seeds, spice, antioxidant (calcium disodium edta).**frox. freerange egps. made with free range egg. v absolutely no added colours, flavours or artificial thickeners. *heinz light mayonnaise has 60% less fat than regular mayonnaise.

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

How the NOVA groups work

Among 23 light mayonnaises

From least to most processed, this one ranks 3rd. 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 50457045, last edited 19 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 D (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.