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Is Kumana Avocado Hot Sauce - Original ultra-processed?

235ml bottle Hot sauces Sold in the United States

Pack of Kumana Avocado Hot Sauce - Original

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

  1. 1 Unprocessed
  2. 2 Kitchen staple
  3. 3 Processed
  4. 4 Ultra-processed

Whole foods combined with:

  • 16 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed hot 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

Mango Puree 22%, Vinegar, Avocado 14%, Onion, Green Pepper, Water, Jalapeno 6%, Parsley, Salt, Coriander, Garlic Puree, Lemon Juice, Cornflour, Habanero Chilli, Black Pepper, Natural Spinach Flavouring

As written on the pack

Mango Puree (22%), Vinegar, Avocado (14%), Onion Puree, Green Pepper Puree, Water, Roasted Jalapeno Puree (6%), Parsley, Salt, Coriander, Garlic Puree, Lemon Juice, Cornflour, Habanero Chilli, Ground Black Pepper, Natural Spinach Flavouring

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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 185 hot sauces

From least to most processed, this one ranks 41st. 70% of the hot 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 185 hot sauces, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5000157147844, last edited 9 November 2023), 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 C (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.