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Is Loyd Grossman Tomato Chargrilled Vegetable Pasta Sauce 350G ultra-processed?

Tomato sauces Sold in the United Kingdom and France

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:

  • 23 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score A

Less processed tomato 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

Tomatoes 51%, Vegetables In Variable Proportions 21% (Aubergine, Courgette, Onion, Red Pepper, Yellow Pepper), Tomato Purée, Sugar, Rapeseed Oil, Yeast Extract, Extra Virgin Olive Oil, Concentrated Lemon Juice, Basil, Garlic Purée, Sea Salt, Chargrilled Paste (Glucose Syrup, Flavouring, Yeast Extract, Water, Salt), Black Pepper

As written on the pack

Tomatoes (51%), Chargrilled Vegetables In Variable Proportions (21%) (Aubergine, Courgette, Onion, Red Pepper, Yellow Pepper), Tomato Purée, Sugar, Rapeseed Oil, Yeast Extract, Extra Virgin Olive Oil, Concentrated Lemon Juice, Basil, Garlic Purée, Sea Salt, Chargrilled Paste (Glucose Syrup, Flavouring, Yeast Extract (contains Barley), Water, Salt), Ground Black Pepper.

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.

  • 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.
3 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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 442 tomato sauces

From least to most processed, this one ranks 410th. 40% of the tomato 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 442 tomato sauces, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5000354155017, last edited 18 March 2026), available under the Open Database License. If something is wrong or the recipe has changed, you can correct it there.
  • 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 A (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.