Is Huy Fong Foods Sriracha Hot Chili Sauce ultra-processed?

793g Sriracha sauces Sold in the United States and Belgium

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

E415 Xanthan gum

10 ingredients
2 additives
Nutri-Score D

Less processed sriracha sauces

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

Chili 83.23%, Sugar (processing marker), Salt (processing marker), Garlic 3.6%, Acetic Acid, Potassium Sorbate, Sodium Bisulfite as preservatives, Xanthan Gum (ultra-processing marker) (sodium bisulfite), ingr

Additives: E260 Acetic acid , E415 Xanthan gum

As written on the pack

Chili (83.23%), Sugar, Salt, Garlic (3.60%), Acetic Acid, Potassium Sorbate and Sodium Bisulfite as preservatives, Xanthan Gum. CONTAINS SULPHITE (SODIUM BISULFITE) INGR

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.

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 21 sriracha sauces

From least to most processed, this one ranks 9th. 71% of the sriracha 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 21 sriracha sauces, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0024463061163, last edited 24 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.