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Is HOUSE OF Tsang Bangkok Peanut Sauce ultra-processed?

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Pack of HOUSE OF Tsang Bangkok Peanut Sauce

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:

  • 30 ingredients
  • 1 additive
  • Nutri-Score E

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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, peanut butter (peanuts, sugar, hydrogenated vegetable oils (cottonseed, soybean, rapeseed), salt), sugar, soy sauce (water, soybeans, rice, salt), rice vinegar, sesame seed oil, contains 2% and less of salt, sherry wine, rice starch, garlic, lemongrass (lemongrass, water), spice, yeast extract, citric acid, ginger (ginger, water)

Additives: E330 Citric acid

As written on the pack

Water, peanut butter (peanuts, sugar, hydrogenated vegetable oils [cottonseed, soybean and rapeseed], salt), sugar, soy sauce (water, soybeans, rice, salt), rice vinegar, sesame seed oil, contains 2% or less of salt, sherry wine, rice starch, dehydrated garlic, lemongrass puree (lemongrass, water), spice, yeast extract, citric acid, ginger puree (ginger, water).

What makes it ultra-processed

Substances rarely used in home kitchens

Refined or extracted in factories, such as syrups made from starch or isolated proteins. The other hallmark of ultra-processed food.

  • Hydrogenated oil Hydrogenation turns liquid oil into a solid fat that resists going rancid.
5 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.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
  • Sauce A prepared sauce used as an ingredient.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 2,962 sauces

From least to most processed, this one ranks 1567th. 60% of the sauces 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 2,962 sauces, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0075050006166, last edited 8 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 E (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.