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Is Muir Glen Organic Tomato Sauce ultra-processed?

15 oz Tomatoes Sold in the United States

Pack of Muir Glen Organic Tomato Sauce

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

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

Whole foods combined with:

  • 7 ingredients
  • 1 additive
  • Nutri-Score A

Less processed tomatoes

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 puree (water, tomato paste), sea salt, onion, citric acid, garlic

Additives: E330 Citric acid

As written on the pack

Organic tomato puree (water, organic tomato paste), sea salt, organic onion powder, citric acid, organic garlic powder.

What makes it processed

Culinary ingredients

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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 188 tomatoes

From least to most processed, this one ranks 158th. 9% of the tomatoes 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 188 tomatoes, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0725342280711, last edited 15 July 2025), 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.