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Is Lee Kum Kee Teriyaki Sauce ultra-processed?

200g Teriyaki sauces Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Lee Kum Kee Teriyaki Sauce

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 E

Less processed 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

Sugar, Soy Sauce (Water, Soybeans, Salt, Corn Starch), Water, Rice Vinegar (Water, Rice, Salt), Tomato Paste, Corn Starch, Ginger, Onions, Garlic

As written on the pack

Sugar, Soy Sauce (Water, Soybeans, Salt, Corn Starch), Water, Rice Vinegar (Water, Rice, Salt), Tomato Paste, Corn Starch, Ginger, Onions, Garlic Powder

What makes it processed

Processed ingredients

Processed foods in their own right, such as cheese or milk powder.

  • Sauce A prepared sauce used as an ingredient.

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.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 22 teriyaki sauces

From least to most processed, this one ranks 3rd. 64% of the teriyaki 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 22 teriyaki sauces, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0078895139785, last edited 27 March 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 E (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.