Is Hellmann's Classic Burger Sauce ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 44 ingredients
- 3 additives
- Nutri-Score D
Less processed burger sauces
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
vegetable oil (processing marker), water, vinegar, sugar (processing marker), c modified corn starch, egg yolk, salt (processing marker), natural f seed, spice, xanthan gum (ultra-processing marker), concentrated lemon juice, drroa, uried garlic, caramel colour (ultra-processing marker), red bell pepper, ingredients (huile végétale, eau, vinaigre), sucre, concombre, amidon de mais modifie jaune d'euf surgele, sel, arome naturel, graines de moutarde, epice gomme de xanthane, jus de citron concentre, oignon déshydraté, ail déshydrate, colorant (ultra-processing marker) (caramel (ultra-processing marker)), poivron rouge, edta de calcium et de disodium, contient (ceuf), moutarde, refrigerate afier opening, 0o not freeze, refrigerer après ouverture ne pas congeler, regstered trademark of, maroue déposée de imported for, importe pour unlever canada, toronto, maw 3r2 www.unilevecca 1-800-457-6939
Additives: E150 Caramel , E150c Ammonia caramel , E415 Xanthan gum
As written on the pack
vegetable oil, water, vinegar, sugar, c modified corn starch, frozen egg yolk, salt, natural f seed, spice, xanthan gum, concentrated lemon juice, drroa, uried garlic, caramel colour, red bell pepper, calcium disulum edta 0% 0 % 0% stard contains: egg, mustard. ingredients: huile végétale. eau. vinaigre, sucre, concombre, amidon de mais modifie jaune d'euf surgele, sel, arome naturel, graines de moutarde, epice gomme de xanthane, jus de citron concentre, oignon déshydraté, ail déshydrate, colorant caramel, poivron rouge, edta de calcium et de disodium. contient: ceuf, moutarde. refrigerate afier opening. 0o not freeze/refrigerer après ouverture ne pas congeler. regstered trademark of /maroue déposée de imported for /importe pour unlever canada, toronto, ontario maw 3r2 www.unilevecca 1-800-457-6939
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.
- E150 Caramel A food additive authorised for industrial food production.
- E150c Ammonia caramel Ammonia caramel is a brown colour made by heating sugars with ammonia compounds.
- E415 Xanthan gum Xanthan gum is a thickener made by fermenting sugar with the bacterium Xanthomonas campestris.
- Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.
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.
Among 23 burger sauces
From least to most processed, this one ranks 16th. 91% of the burger sauces here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0068400001287, last edited 1 April 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.