Is Newman's Own Family Recipe Italian ultra-processed?

30 g Sold in the United States

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Colour
Flavouring
E150c Ammonia caramel
E160c Paprika extract
E415 Xanthan gum

29 ingredients
4 additives

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

vegetable oil (processing marker) (soybean oil, canola oil), water, distilled vinegar, romano cheese (processing marker) (milk, cheese cultures, salt (processing marker), enzymes), extra virgin oliver oil, salt (processing marker), CONTAINS 2% and LESS OF (sugar (processing marker)), garlic, spices, anchovies, barley malt extract, citric acid, xanthan gum (ultra-processing marker), hydrolyzed soybean protein, molasses (processing marker), corn syrup, caramel color, onion, tamarind, natural flavor (ultra-processing marker), oleoresin paprika (ultra-processing marker) (for color (ultra-processing marker))

Additives: E150c Ammonia caramel , E160c Paprika extract , E330 Citric acid , E415 Xanthan gum

Also detected, but not matched to one ingredient: E150c Ammonia caramel.

As written on the pack

VEGETABLE OIL (SOYBEAN OIL AND/OR CANOLA OIL), WATER, DISTILLED VINEGAR, ROMANO CHEESE (PASTEURIZED MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES), EXTRA VIRGIN OLIVER OIL, SALT, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF: SUGAR, GARLIC*, SPICES, ANCHOVIES, BARLEY MALT EXTRACT, CITRIC ACID, XANTHAN GUM, HYDROLYZED SOYBEAN PROTEIN, MOLASSES, CORN SYRUP, CARAMEL COLOR, ONION*, TAMARIND, NATURAL FLAVOR, OLEORESIN PAPRIKA (FOR COLOR).

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.

E150c Ammonia caramel Ammonia caramel is a brown colour made by heating sugars with ammonia compounds.
E160c Paprika extract Paprika extract is a red-orange colour extracted from paprika peppers.
E415 Xanthan gum Xanthan gum is a thickener made by fermenting sugar with the bacterium Xanthomonas campestris.
Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.
Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.

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.

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.
Cheese Cheese is milk preserved with salt, cultures and rennet.

How the NOVA groups work

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0020662001931, last edited 19 May 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.
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