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Is Leon Korean Chilli Mayo ultra-processed?

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Pack of Leon Korean Chilli Mayo

Yes, it's ultra-processed

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

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

  • 49 ingredients
  • 3 additives
  • Nutri-Score D

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Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

rapeseed oil, sugar, water, spirit vinegar, rice wine vinegar, gochujang paste 6% (sugar, black beans (black soybeans, salt), red pepper, sunflower oil, water, salt, soy sauce (water, soybeans, salt, spirit vinegar), rice flour, ground cayenne chilli, onion powder, tomato puree, paprika extract), garlic puree, mirin (glutinous rice, water, alcohol, glucose syrup, rice), faba bean protein 1.44%, tomato paste (water, sunflower oil, sundried tomato, white wine vinegar, sugar, salt, rosemary, garlic extract, black pepper, natural basil flavouring), smoked paprika, coriander, salt, lactic acid, guar gum, for all allergens

Additives: E160c Paprika extract , E270 Lactic acid , E412 Guar gum

As written on the pack

gluten free vegan rapeseed oil, sugar, water, spirit vinegar, rice wine vinegar, vegan gochujang paste (6%) (sugar, salted black beans (black soybeans, salt), red pepper extract, sunflower oil, water, salt, soy sauce (water, soybeans, salt, spirit vinegar), rice flour, ground cayenne chilli, onion powder, tomato puree, paprika extract), garlic puree, mirin (glutinous rice, water, alcohol, glucose syrup, rice), faba bean protein (1.44%), sundried tomato paste (water, sunflower oil, sundried tomato, white wine vinegar, sugar, salt, rosemary, garlic extract, black pepper, natural basil flavouring). smoked paprika, coriander, salt, acidity regulator: lactic acid, stabiliser: guar gum. for all allergens, see ingredients in bold.

What makes it ultra-processed

Cosmetic additives

Added to change how the food looks, feels or tastes, not to keep it safe. A hallmark of ultra-processed food.

  • E160c Paprika extract Paprika extract is a red-orange colour extracted from paprika peppers.
  • E412 Guar gum Guar gum is a thickener ground from the seeds of the guar plant.
  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.

Substances rarely used in home kitchens

Refined or extracted in factories, such as syrups made from starch or isolated proteins. The other hallmark of ultra-processed food.

  • Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
  • Glucose syrup Glucose syrup is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
4 ingredients that would only make it processed

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.
  • Sauce A prepared sauce used as an ingredient.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 239 mayonnaises

From least to most processed, this one ranks 209th. 72% of the mayonnaises 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 239 mayonnaises, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5060699970157, last edited 5 August 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.