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Is Itsu crispy chilli oil ultra-processed?

Condiments Sold in the United Kingdom and Ireland

Pack of Itsu crispy chilli oil

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:

  • 27 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score E

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Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Soya bean oil 48%, chilli paste (Imiso paste 16% (soya beans, rice, salt), soya bean oi chilli powder), garlic 8% (garlic, bran oill, sugar, chilli 5%, sesame oil 13% onion powder, shallot (shallot, wheat flour rice bran oil, rice flour), salt, Sunflower seed 1.5%, sesame seed 1.5%, soy sauce powder soy sauce (water, soya beans, wheat, salt), maltodextrin), black sesame paste

As written on the pack

Soya bean oil (48%), chilli paste (16% Imiso paste (soya beans, rice, salt), soya bean oi chilli powder), fried garlic (8%) (dehydrated garlic, nice bran oill, sugar, dried chilli (5%), sesame oil 13% onion powder, fried shallot (dehydrated shallot, wheat flour rice bran oil, rice flour), salt, Sunflower seed (1.5%), sesame seed (1.5%), soy sauce powder soy sauce (water, soya beans, wheat, salt), maltodextrin), black sesame paste.

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.

  • Maltodextrin Maltodextrin is a white powder made by partly breaking down starch.
3 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.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 3,648 condiments

From least to most processed, this one ranks 1851st. 55% of the condiments 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 3,648 condiments, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5060960663948, last edited 14 May 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.