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Is John West On The Go tuna wheat salad imp ultra-processed?

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Pack of John West On The Go tuna wheat salad imp

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:

  • 24 ingredients
  • 1 additive
  • Nutri-Score B

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Pasta (Water, Durum Wheat Semolina, Egg White Powder), Skipjack Tuna, Sweetcorn 15%, Onions 14%, Red Peppers 11%, Green Beans 7%, Black Olives 2%, White Wine Vinegar, Mustard (Water, Mustard Seeds, Spirit Vinegar, Salt), Sunflower Oil, Sugar, Salt, Mustard, White Pepper, Natural Mustard Flavouring, Thickener (Guar Gum)

Additives: E412 Guar gum

As written on the pack

Pasta (Water, Durum Wheat Semolina, Egg White Powder) (20%), Skipjack Tuna (Fish) (18%), Sweetcorn (15%), Onions (14%), Red Peppers (11%), Green Beans (7%), Black Olives (2%), White Wine Vinegar, Whole Grain Mustard (Water, Mustard Seeds, Spirit Vinegar, Salt), Sunflower Oil, Sugar, Salt, Mustard Flour, White Pepper, Natural Mustard Flavouring, Thickener: Guar Gum

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.

  • E412 Guar gum Guar gum is a thickener ground from the seeds of the guar plant.
  • Thickener Thickeners, often gums or modified starches, make liquids more viscous so that a product feels richer than its ingredients alone would make it.
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

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5000171060815, last edited 27 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 B (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.