Is Hellmann's Organic mayonnaise ultra-processed?

270 g Mayonnaises Sold in the United Kingdom

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Flavouring
Thickener
E415 Xanthan gum

17 ingredients
2 additives
Nutri-Score E

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

sunflower cotans 18 portons) l and use within 3 months, oil 75%, water, egg yolk, quot, spirit vinegar, quot, sugar (processing marker), sea salt (processing marker), natural flavouring (ultra-processing marker), lemon juice concentrate, acid (lactic acid), thickener (ultra-processing marker) (xanthan gum (ultra-processing marker)), certificate, 2911k 270ge

Additives: E270 Lactic acid , E415 Xanthan gum

As written on the pack

sunflower cotans 18 portons) l and use within 3 months, oil (75%)*, water, egg yolk,quot,, spirit vinegar,quot,, sugar, sea salt, natural flavouring (contains mustard), lemon juice concentrate, acid (lactic acid), thickener (xanthan gum), organic certificate, eu non-eu agriculture per 100g 2911k 270ge

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.

E415 Xanthan gum Xanthan gum is a thickener made by fermenting sugar with the bacterium Xanthomonas campestris.
Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
Thickener Thickeners, often gums or modified starches, make liquids more viscous so that a product feels richer than its ingredients alone would make it.

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

Among 239 mayonnaises

From least to most processed, this one ranks 167th. 72% of the 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 239 mayonnaises, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 8711200446018, 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.