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Is Johnny's BBQ Sås Orginal ultra-processed?

470 g Barbecue sauces Sold in Sweden

Pack of Johnny's BBQ Sås Orginal

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:

  • 25 ingredients
  • 4 additives
  • Nutri-Score D

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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

Äppeljuice, socker, Johnnys Sötstark senap 20% (socker, vatten, senapsfrö, ättika, salt, kryddor (bland annat kanel, koriander)), tomatpuré, ättika, modifierad potatisstärkelse, kryddor (bland annat koriander, vitlök, cayennepeppar), salt, sockerkulör (e150c), rök, konserveringsmedel (e202, e211)

Additives: E150a Plain caramel , E150c Ammonia caramel , E202 Potassium sorbate , E211 Sodium benzoate

Also detected, but not matched to one ingredient: E150c Ammonia caramel.

As written on the pack

Äppeljuice, socker, Johnnys Sötstark senap 20% (socker, vatten, senapsfrö, ättika, salt, kryddor (bl.a. kanel, koriander)), tomatpuré, ättika, mod. potatisstärkelse, kryddor (bl.a. koriander, vitlök, cayennepeppar), salt, sockerkulör (E150c), rökextrakt, konserveringsmedel (E202, E211).

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.

  • E150a Plain caramel Plain caramel is a brown colour made by heating sugars.
  • E150c Ammonia caramel Ammonia caramel is a brown colour made by heating sugars with ammonia compounds.
  • Modified starch Modified starch is starch altered physically, with enzymes or chemically, so that it thickens, gels or survives freezing and heating better than ordinary starch.
5 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.
  • Preservative Preservatives slow spoilage by microbes.
  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 107 barbecue sauces

From least to most processed, this one ranks 49th. 86% of the barbecue 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 107 barbecue sauces, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 7392031500004, 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.