Is MasterFoods Salt Reduced Tomato Sauce | 475mL ultra-processed?

475ml Tomato pastes Sold in Australia

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

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Less processed isn't automatically healthier, so compare the labels for what matters to you, such as sugar or salt.

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Tomatoes 85% (from Paste), Sugar (processing marker), Acetic acid, Salt (processing marker), Onion, Spice Extract

Additives: E260 Acetic acid

As written on the pack

Tomatoes 85% (from Paste) Sugar, Food Acid (Acetic acid). Salt. Onion, Spice Extract. May contain Peanuts.

Kitchen staples like sugar, salt and oil. On their own they make a food processed, not ultra-processed.

From least to most processed, this one ranks 27th. 0% of the tomato pastes 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.

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 9310012049142, last edited 8 September 2026), available under the Open Database License. If something is wrong or the recipe has changed, you can correct it there.
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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.