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Is Lidl Sriracha Chilli Mayo Sauce ultra-processed?

455ml Mayonnaises Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Lidl Sriracha Chilli Mayo Sauce

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:

  • 27 ingredients
  • 8 additives
  • Nutri-Score D

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Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

water, fully refined soya bean oil, sugar, chilli 12% (red chilli, salt, acetic acid), maize, tapioca, spirit vinegar, chilli 3%, salt, garlic, mustard paste (mustard seeds, salt, spirit vinegar), lactic acid, yeast extract, potassium sorbate, xanthan gum, guar gum, paprika extract, ammonia caramel, disodium 5'-ribonucleotides antioxidant, tertiary-butyl hydroquinone, flavouring

Additives: E14XX Modified Starch , E150c Ammonia caramel , E160c Paprika extract , E202 Potassium sorbate , E260 Acetic acid , E270 Lactic acid , E412 Guar gum , E415 Xanthan gum

Also detected, but not matched to one ingredient: E14xx Modified Starch, E150c Ammonia caramel.

As written on the pack

water, fully refined soya bean oil, sugar, 12% pickled chilli (red chilli, salt, acidity regulator: acetic acid), modified starch (maize, tapioca), spirit vinegar, 3% chilli, salt, garlic, mustard paste (mustard seeds, salt, spirit vinegar), acidity regulator: lactic acid, yeast extract, preservative: potassium sorbate, stabilisers: xanthan gum, guar gum, colours: paprika extract, ammonia caramel, flavour enhancer: disodium 5'-ribonucleotides antioxidant: tertiary-butyl hydroquinone, flavouring (contains mustard)

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.

  • E14xx Modified Starch Modified starches (E1400 to E1452) are starches treated physically, with enzymes or chemically so that they thicken and hold up to heating, freezing or acidity better than ordinary starch.
  • E150c Ammonia caramel Ammonia caramel is a brown colour made by heating sugars with ammonia compounds.
  • 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.
  • E415 Xanthan gum Xanthan gum is a thickener made by fermenting sugar with the bacterium Xanthomonas campestris.
  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
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.

  • E202 Potassium sorbate Preservatives are substances which prolong the shelf-life of foods by protecting them against deterioration caused by micro-organisms and/or which protect against growth of pathogenic micro-organisms.
  • 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 239 mayonnaises

From least to most processed, this one ranks 233rd. 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 4056489556930, last edited 17 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.