Is Jensens Køkken Bearnaise Sås ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 26 ingredients
- 8 additives
- Nutri-Score D
Less processed sauces
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
Vatten, rapsolja, smör (processing marker), glukos (ultra-processing marker), dragonvinäger, skummjölkspulver (processing marker), äggulepulver (maltodextrin (ultra-processing marker), e341iii), majsstärkelse (processing marker), salt (processing marker), lök, smakförstärkare (ultra-processing marker) (e621 (ultra-processing marker)), färgämne (ultra-processing marker) (e160a (ultra-processing marker)), protein (ultra-processing marker) (majs), konserveringsmedel (processing marker) (e202 (processing marker)), surhetsreglerande medel (e330), dragon, stabiliseringsmedel (e412 (ultra-processing marker), e415 (ultra-processing marker))
Additives: E160a Carotene , E202 Potassium sorbate , E330 Citric acid , E341 Calcium phosphates , E341iii Tricalcium phosphate , E412 Guar gum , E415 Xanthan gum , E621 Monosodium glutamate
As written on the pack
Vatten, rapsolja, smör, glukos, dragonvinäger, skummjölkspulver, äggulepulver (maltodextrin, E341iii), majsstärkelse, salt, lök, smakförstärkare (E621), färgämne (E160a), hydrolyserat vegetabiliskt protein (majs), konserveringsmedel (E202), surhetsreglerande medel (E330), dragon, stabiliseringsmedel (E412, E415).
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.
- E160a Carotene Carotenes are orange-yellow pigments, either synthesised or extracted from carrots, algae or palm oil.
- E412 Guar gum Guar gum is a thickener ground from the seeds of the guar plant.
- E415 Xanthan gum Xanthan gum is a thickener made by fermenting sugar with the bacterium Xanthomonas campestris.
- E621 Monosodium glutamate Monosodium glutamate (MSG) is the sodium salt of glutamic acid, made by fermentation and used to strengthen savoury taste.
- Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.
- Flavour enhancer Flavour enhancers such as monosodium glutamate (E621) strengthen savoury taste without adding a flavour of their own.
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.
- Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
- Maltodextrin Maltodextrin is a white powder made by partly breaking down starch.
- Protein An ingredient mostly produced industrially and rarely used in home kitchens.
6 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.
- Butter Butter, the fat churned from cream.
- Preservative Preservatives slow spoilage by microbes.
- Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
- Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
- Milk powder Milk powder is milk with the water evaporated off: a preserved form of a whole food rather than an industrial extract.
Among 26 Béarnaise sauce
From least to most processed, this one ranks 25th. 100% of the Béarnaise sauce here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5705900000055, 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 D (from A, best, to E).
- General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.