Is Hp Foods Tomato ketchup ultra-processed?

Tomato Ketchup 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:

Modified flour

11 ingredients
1 additive
Nutri-Score D

Less processed tomato Ketchup

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

Tomatoes (per 100g Ketchup), Špirit Vinegar, Sugar (processing marker), Modified Cornflour (ultra-processing marker), Salt (processing marker), Preservative (processing marker), Potassium Sorbate (processing marker), Spice Extract, storage (Refrigerate)

Additives: E202 Potassium sorbate

As written on the pack

Tomatoes (125g per 100g Ketchup), Špirit Vinegar, Sugar, Modified Cornflour, Salt, Preservative - Potassium Sorbate, Spice Extract. STORAGE: Refrigerate

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.

Modified flour An ingredient mostly produced industrially and rarely used in home kitchens.

4 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.

E202 Potassium sorbate Preservatives are substances which prolong the shelf-life of foods by protecting them against deterioration caused by micro-organisms and/or which protect against growth of pathogenic micro-organisms.
Preservative Preservatives slow spoilage by microbes.
Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 61 tomato Ketchup

From least to most processed, this one ranks 39th. 54% of the tomato Ketchup 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 61 tomato Ketchup, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5000111046367, last edited 5 July 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.