Is Johnny's Hamburgerdressing Original ultra-processed?

435 g Burger sauces Sold in Sweden

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Corn
E412 Guar gum

27 ingredients
6 additives
Nutri-Score D

Less processed burger sauces

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

Rapsolja, vatten, socker (processing marker), gurka 14%, tomatpuré, ättika, äggula, senapsfrö, salt (processing marker), majs (ultra-processing marker), och potatisstärkelse (processing marker), paprika, kryddor (bland annat kanel, koriander, cayennepeppar), lök, surhetsreglerande medel (mjölksyra, citronsyra), konserveringsmedel (processing marker) (e202 (processing marker), e211), stabiliseringsmedel (guarkärnmjöl (ultra-processing marker), e509), kryddextrakt

Additives: E202 Potassium sorbate , E211 Sodium benzoate , E270 Lactic acid , E330 Citric acid , E412 Guar gum , E509 Calcium chloride

As written on the pack

Rapsolja, vatten, socker, gurka 14 %, tomatpuré, ättika, äggula, senapsfrö, salt, modifierad majs - och potatisstärkelse, paprika, kryddor (bl. a. kanel, koriander, cayennepeppar), lök, surhetsreglerande medel (mjölksyra, citronsyra), konserveringsmedel (E202, E211), stabiliseringsmedel (guarkärnmjöl, E509), kryddextrakt.

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.

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.

Corn An ingredient mostly produced industrially and rarely used in home kitchens.

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 23 burger sauces

From least to most processed, this one ranks 9th. 91% of the burger 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 23 burger sauces, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 7392005801502, 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.