Is La Costeña Chipotle Peppers in Adobo Sauce ultra-processed?

199g Sweet peppers Sold in the United States, Germany and Saudi Arabia

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Whole foods combined with:

Salt
Sugar
Vegetable oil

10 ingredients
No additives
Nutri-Score C

Less processed sweet peppers

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

Water, chipotle peppers, onions, vinegar, tomato paste, iodized salt (processing marker), peppers, sugar (processing marker), soybean oil (processing marker), spices

As written on the pack

Water, chipotle peppers, onions, vinegar, tomato paste, iodized salt, dried peppers, sugar, soybean oil, spices.

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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 22 sweet peppers

From least to most processed, this one ranks 12th. 9% of the sweet peppers 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 22 sweet peppers, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0076397004075, last edited 2 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 C (from A, best, to E).
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.