Is Morrisons Tomato & chilli pasta sauce ultra-processed?

Tomato sauces Sold in the United Kingdom and France

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Modified starch

29 ingredients
1 additive
Nutri-Score C

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

tomato&chilli pasta sauce tomato sauce with onions, red chilli, a14 jar serving contains 1 portion of yo 5 a day fruit, vegetables, as pat da healthy balanced diet, aim to eat atst5 portions of fruit and vegetatbles each day, remember that fresh, frozen, d, canned and juice all count! ingredients tomato 84%, reconstituted to ato puree 9%, onion 2%, suga, set, water, modified maize starch (ultra-processing marker), basil, sunfi er oil, red chilli, lemon juice from concentrate, oregano, black pepper, white wirn vinegar, acidity regulator, ciric at antioxidant, see ingrecants in bold, nutrition ipcal values per 1, 4 jar, 206kj

Additives: E220 Sulphur dioxide

As written on the pack

tomato&chilli pasta sauce tomato sauce with onions and red chilli. a14 jar serving contains 1 portion of yo 5 a day fruit and vegetables. as pat da healthy balanced diet, aim to eat atst5 portions of fruit or vegetatbles each day. remember that fresh, frozen,d, canned and juice all count! ingredients tomato (84%), reconstituted to ato puree (9%), onion (2%), suga, set, water, modified maize starch, basil, sunfi er oil, red chilli, lemon juice from concentrate, oregano, black pepper, white wirn vinegar, acidity regulator (ciric at antioxidant (sulphur dioxide). allergy advice for allergens, see ingrecants in bold. nutrition ipcal values per 1/4 jar (125g) 206kj/

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.

Modified starch Modified starch is starch altered physically, with enzymes or chemically, so that it thickens, gels or survives freezing and heating better than ordinary starch.

1 ingredient that would only make it processed

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

Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 442 tomato sauces

From least to most processed, this one ranks 366th. 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 5010251460329, last edited 26 June 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 C (from A, best, to E).
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.