Is Las Chicas Tinga Fiery Chipotle Cooking Paste ultra-processed?

100g Sold in the United Kingdom

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Whole foods combined with:

Salt
Sugar

26 ingredients
No additives
Nutri-Score D

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Chipotle in Adobo Sauce (Water, Chipotle Pepper 22%, Vinegar, Tomato Paste, Onion 5%, Iodized Salt (processing marker), Peppers (Guajillo Pepper, Ancho Pepper), Sugar (processing marker), Fully Refined Soybean Oil, Herbs (Oregano, Bay, Marjoram, Thyme), Garlic), Onion 28%, Tomato Puree, Garlic Puree 7%, Water, Chipotle Chilli 2%, Salt (processing marker), Habanero Chilli, Lime Juice

As written on the pack

Chipotle in Adobo Sauce (Water, Chipotle Pepper (22%), Vinegar, Tomato Paste, Onion (5%), Iodized Salt, Peppers (Guajillo Pepper, Ancho Pepper), Sugar, Fully Refined Soybean Oil, Herbs (Oregano, Bay, Marjoram, Thyme), Garlic), Onion (28%), Tomato Puree, Garlic Puree (7%), Water, Chipotle Chilli Powder (2%), Salt, Habanero Chilli, Lime Juice.

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

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5000157154101, last edited 23 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.