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Is Morrisons Caramelised Balsamic Onion Chutney ultra-processed?

205 g Onion chutneys Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Morrisons Caramelised Balsamic Onion Chutney

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:

  • 22 ingredients
  • 3 additives
  • Nutri-Score E

Less processed onion chutneys

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

Red onion 40%, Sugar, White wine vinegar, Bramley apple purée, Bramley apple (apple, antioxidant (ascorbic acid), acidity regulator (citric acid), firming agent (calcium chloride), salt, water), Muscovado sugar, Treacle, Balsamic vinegar of Modena 3% (wine vinegar, grape must), Dried onion, Salt, Black pepper

Additives: E300 Ascorbic acid , E330 Citric acid , E509 Calcium chloride

As written on the pack

Red onion (40%), Sugar, White wine vinegar, Bramley apple purée, Bramley apple (apple, antioxidant (ascorbic acid), acidity regulator (citric acid), firming agent (calcium chloride), salt, water), Muscovado sugar, Treacle, Balsamic vinegar of Modena (3%) (wine vinegar, grape must), Dried onion, Salt, 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.

  • Firming agent Firming agents keep fruit and vegetable tissue crisp or firm through processing and storage.

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.

  • Invert sugar Invert sugar is ordinary sugar split into glucose and fructose with acid or enzymes.
2 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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 15 onion chutneys

From least to most processed, this one ranks 15th. 53% of the onion chutneys 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 15 onion chutneys, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5010525201733, last edited 27 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 E (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.