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Is Morrissons Tomato ketchup Morrisons ultra-processed?

Ketchup Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Morrissons Tomato ketchup Morrisons

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:

  • 12 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed ketchup

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

e tomato ketchup, ingredients water, concentrated tomato purée 20%, sugar, spirit vinegar, modified maize starch, salt, tomato, clove, made to a recipe in a food preparation area that uses non- ingredients, nutrition typical values per 100g per tablespoon, 57kj

As written on the pack

450g e tomato ketchup. ingredients water, concentrated tomato purée (20%), sugar, spirit vinegar, modified maize starch, salt, tomato powder, clove extract. made to a vegan recipe in a food preparation area that uses non-vegan ingredients. nutrition typical values per 100g per tablespoon (15g) 57kj/

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.
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.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 155 ketchup

From least to most processed, this one ranks 100th. 54% of the ketchup 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 155 ketchup, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5010525125756, 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 C (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.