Is Johnny's BBQ Sauce Hot N'Sweet ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 30 ingredients
- 5 additives
- Nutri-Score D
Less processed sweet chili sauces
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
Vatten, socker (processing marker), mango, ättika, äppeljuicekoncentrat, sirap, modifierad stärkelse (ultra-processing marker), senapsfrö, salt (processing marker), kryddor (bland annat habanero, chili, vitlök, kanel, koriander), glukossirap (ultra-processing marker), maltvinäger, aromer (ultra-processing marker), lökextrakt, citronjuicekoncentrat, rapsolja, rökarom (ultra-processing marker), stabiliseringsmedel (e415 (ultra-processing marker)), färgämne (ultra-processing marker) (e160a (ultra-processing marker)), konserverings, medel (e202 (processing marker), e211)
Additives: E14XX Modified Starch , E160a Carotene , E202 Potassium sorbate , E211 Sodium benzoate , E415 Xanthan gum
As written on the pack
Vatten, socker, mango, ättika, äppeljuicekoncentrat, sirap, mod. stärkelse, SENAPSFRÖ, salt, kryddor (bl.a. habanero, chili, vitlök, kanel, koriander), glukossirap, maltvinäger, aromer, lökextrakt, citronjuicekoncentrat, rapsolja, rökarom, stabiliseringsmedel (E415), färgämne (E160a), konserverings - medel (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.
- E14xx Modified Starch Modified starches (E1400 to E1452) are starches treated physically, with enzymes or chemically so that they thicken and hold up to heating, freezing or acidity better than ordinary starch.
- E160a Carotene Carotenes are orange-yellow pigments, either synthesised or extracted from carrots, algae or palm oil.
- E415 Xanthan gum Xanthan gum is a thickener made by fermenting sugar with the bacterium Xanthomonas campestris.
- Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.
- Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
- 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.
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.
- Glucose syrup Glucose syrup is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
4 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.
- 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.
Among 15 sweet chili sauces
From least to most processed, this one ranks 15th. 87% of the sweet chili sauces here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 7310155803757, last edited 23 June 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.