Is Kirkland Signature Organic Salsa Medium ultra-processed?

1.08 kg Dips Sold in the United States

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Whole foods combined with:

Salt
Sugar

25 ingredients
No additives
Nutri-Score A

Less processed dips

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

tomatoes, jalapeno peppers, onions, water, tomato paste, cilantro, sea salt (processing marker), sugar (processing marker), vinegar, cumin, garlic, cayenne pepper. tomatoes, jalapeno peppers, onions, water, tomato paste, cilantro, sugar (processing marker), sea salt (processing marker), vinegar, cayenne pepper, garlic, cumin, dried ancho chile pepper, chipotle pepper

As written on the pack

Organic tomatoes, organic jalapeno peppers, organic onions, water, organic tomato paste, organic cilantro, sea salt, organic sugar, organic vinegar, organic cumin, organic garlic, organic cayenne pepper.organic organic tomatoes, organic jalapeno peppers, organic onions, water, organic tomato paste, organic cilantro, organic sugar, sea salt, organic vinegar, organic cayenne pepper, organic garlic, organic cumin, organic dried ancho chile pepper, organic dried chipotle pepper

What makes it processed

Culinary ingredients

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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 433 dips

From least to most processed, this one ranks 115th. 43% of the dips 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 433 dips, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0096619084104, last edited 17 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 A (from A, best, to E).
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.