Is Kroger Traditional Pasta Sauce ultra-processed?
It's processed, but not ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Whole foods combined with:
- 11 ingredients
- 1 additive
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NOVA group
1
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NOVA group
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Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
tomato puree (water, tomato paste), diced tomatoes in tomato juice, soybean oil (processing marker), sugar (processing marker), salt (processing marker), dried onions, citric acid, spices, dried garlic
Additives: E330 Citric acid
As written on the pack
TOMATO PUREE (WATER, TOMATO PASTE), DICED TOMATOES IN TOMATO JUICE, SOYBEAN OIL, SUGAR, SALT, DRIED ONIONS, CITRIC ACID, SPICES, DRIED GARLIC
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.
- Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
Among 317 pasta sauces
From least to most processed, this one ranks 113th. 49% of the pasta sauces here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0011110134103, last edited 25 August 2025), 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.
- General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.