Is ICA Asia Sriracha chili sauce ultra-processed?

450ml Sriracha sauces Sold in Sweden

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

E160c Paprika extract
E415 Xanthan gum

10 ingredients
2 additives
Nutri-Score E

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

Röd chilipeppar 44%, socker (processing marker), ättika, vatten, vitlök 5%, salt (processing marker), modifierad tapiokastärkelse färgämne (e160c (ultra-processing marker)), stabiliseringsmedel (e415 (ultra-processing marker))

Additives: E160c Paprika extract , E415 Xanthan gum

As written on the pack

Röd chilipeppar 44%, socker, ättika, vatten, vitlök 5%, salt, modifierad tapiokastärkelse färgämne (E160c), stabiliseringsmedel (E415). Kan innehålla spår av gluten, skaldjur, fisk, blötdjur, soja, senap, sesamfrön.

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.

E160c Paprika extract Paprika extract is a red-orange colour extracted from paprika peppers.
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 13th. 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 7318690136293, last edited 2 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.