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Is Nando's PERInaise Mild Peri-Peri Mayo ultra-processed?

Mayonnaises Sold in Australia and France

Pack of Nando's PERInaise Mild Peri-Peri Mayo

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:

  • 36 ingredients
  • 3 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

water, sunflower seed oil 18%, sugar, vinegar, egg yolks 5%, thickener, salt, medium peri-peri sauce (water, distilled vinegar, onion, jält, lemen puree, sunflower seed oil, spices (cayenne peppe, cai bird, chilli, paprika), green chilli, garlic puree, xa than gum, propylene glycol alginate, ascorbic acid, rosem hustard, white and 3lac (fotassium sorbate ntioxiue tilalcium disodium edta)), wwfains (tard, egg), nt spices (cayenne pepper, paprika, er), xanthan gum, preservative

Additives: E300 Ascorbic acid , E405 Propane-1‚2-diol alginate , E415 Xanthan gum

As written on the pack

water, sunflower seed oil (18%), sugar, vinegar, egg yolks (5%), thickener (1447 salt, medium peri-peri sauce (water, distilled vinegar, onion pure,jält, lemen puree, sunflower seed oil, spices (cayenne peppe,,cai bird, chilli, paprika), green chilli, garlic puree, stabilisers (xa than gum, propylene glycol alginate), antioxidant (ascorbic acid), rosem hustard, white and 3lac: fotassium sorbate ntioxiue tilalcium disodium edta), wwfains: tard and egg , nt spices (cayenne pepper, paprika, er), stabiliser (xanthan gum), preservative

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.
  • Thickener Thickeners, often gums or modified starches, make liquids more viscous so that a product feels richer than its ingredients alone would make it.
4 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.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 239 mayonnaises

From least to most processed, this one ranks 177th. 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 6003770011126, last edited 6 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.