Is Nando's Garlic Peri Peri Sauce 135G ultra-processed?

125 g Hot sauces Sold in the United Kingdom, the United States and France

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

E405 Propane-1‚2-diol alginate
E415 Xanthan gum

14 ingredients
3 additives
Nutri-Score E

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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

water, white vinegar, onion 11%, salt (processing marker), lemon 5%, garlic 4%, vegetable oil (processing marker) (sunflower seeds), spices (including african bird's eye chilli), serrano chilli, xanthan gum (ultra-processing marker), propylene glycol alginate (ultra-processing marker), calcium disodium edta

Additives: E385 Calcium disodium ethylenediaminetetraacetate , E405 Propane-1‚2-diol alginate , E415 Xanthan gum

As written on the pack

water, white vinegar, onion (11%), salt, lemon (5%), garlic (4%), vegetable oil (sunflower seeds), spices (including african bird's eye chilli), serrano chilli, stabilisers (xanthan gum, propylene glycol alginate), antioxidant (calcium disodium edta),

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.

E405 Propane-1‚2-diol alginate A food additive used to dissolve, dilute, disperse or otherwise physically modify a food additive or nutrient without altering its function -and without exerting any technological effect itself- in order to facilitate its handling, application or use of the food additive or nutrient.
E415 Xanthan gum Xanthan gum is a thickener made by fermenting sugar with the bacterium Xanthomonas campestris.

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.
Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 185 hot sauces

From least to most processed, this one ranks 121st. 70% of the hot 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 185 hot sauces, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 6003770000199, last edited 20 August 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.