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Is Marks & Spencer Sweet and Sour Sauce ultra-processed?

340 g Cooking Sauces Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Marks & Spencer Sweet and Sour Sauce

No, it's unprocessed or minimally processed

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

None of its ingredients counts as a sign of processing in NOVA.

  • 4 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score A

Ingredients

Red pepper, water chestnut, pineapple, onions

As written on the pack

Red pepper, water chestnut, pineapple ,onions

Among 36 cooking Sauces

From least to most processed, this one ranks 2nd. 67% of the cooking 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 36 cooking Sauces, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 29214464, last edited 23 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 A (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.