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Is Leon Chilli Ketchup ultra-processed?

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Pack of Leon Chilli Ketchup

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:

  • 25 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Tomato Paste 29%, Water, Red Wine Vinegar, Onion, ed Chilli Purée 8%, Sugar, Chipotle Chilli Sauce (Chipotle Peppers, Water, Tomato Paste, Salt, Sugar, Onion), Rapeseed Oil, Vegetable Stock (Water, Onion, Leeks, Carrots, Tomato Purée, White Peppercorns, Bay Leaf), Salt, Smoked Paprika 0.75%, Cornflour

As written on the pack

Tomato Paste (29%), Water, Red Wine Vinegar, Onion Purée, ed Chilli Purée (8%), Sugar, Chipotle Chilli Sauce (Chipotle Peppers, Water, Tomato Paste, Salt, Sugar, Onion), Rapeseed Oil, Vegetable Stock (Water, Onion, Leeks, Carrots, Tomato Purée, White Peppercorns, Bay Leaf), Salt, Smoked Paprika (0.75%) and Cornflour.

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 5060699970201, 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 C (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.