Is Nando's PERi-naise Garlic PERi-PERi Mayo ultra-processed?

Mayonnaises Sold in the United Kingdom and Australia

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Flavouring
E412 Guar gum
E415 Xanthan gum

25 ingredients
2 additives
Nutri-Score E

Less processed mayonnaises

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

waler, rapese and moegar, sugar (processing marker), cornflour, garlic puree (35), garic sesa regulator (citric acid), l, salt (processing marker), egg foli, agplevinegar, spices, red chilli pepper, atrican birdseye chillipaprika, white pepper, black pepperi thickeners guar gum, xanthan gum (ultra-processing marker), propylene glycol aiginate, onion, preservative (processing marker), potassium sorba ta lemon puree, green chillies, natural flavouring (ultra-processing marker), due to the hature refrigerate below 4°c once opened and use within 3 weeks

Additives: E412 Guar gum , E415 Xanthan gum

Also detected, but not matched to one ingredient: E412 Guar gum.

As written on the pack

waler, rapese or moegar, sugar, cornflour, garlic puree (35) (garic sesa regulator (citric acid)l, salt, egg foli, agplevinegar, spices (red chilli pepper, atrican birdseye chillipaprika, white pepper, black pepperi thickeners guar gum, xanthan gum, propylene glycol aiginate, onion puree, preservative (potassium sorba ta lemon puree, green chillies, natural flavouring, antionidants caldum disodium edta ascorbic acidl rosemary extract contains: egg due to the hature refrigerate below 4°c once opened and use within 3 weeks

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.

E412 Guar gum Guar gum is a thickener ground from the seeds of the guar plant.
E415 Xanthan gum Xanthan gum is a thickener made by fermenting sugar with the bacterium Xanthomonas campestris.
Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.

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.

Preservative Preservatives slow spoilage by microbes.
Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 239 mayonnaises

From least to most processed, this one ranks 169th. 72% of the mayonnaises 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 239 mayonnaises, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 6003770009123, last edited 25 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 E (from A, best, to E).
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.