Is NiXe Salade Mexicaine au thon ultra-processed?
It's processed, but not ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Whole foods combined with:
- 12 ingredients
- No additives
- Nutri-Score A
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
tuna 25%, red kidney beans 23%, sweetcorn 17%, red peppers 9%, Water, carrot, Onion, sunflower oil (processing marker), salt (processing marker), sugar (processing marker), chilli, natural jalapeño pepper flavouring
As written on the pack
tuna 25%, cooked red kidney beans 23%, sweetcorn 17%, red peppers 9%, Water, carrot, Onion, sunflower oil, salt, sugar, chilli powder, natural jalapeño pepper flavouring, guar gum Allergy advice: Contains Fish.
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.
- Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
- Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
Category rules
Open Food Facts puts every product in this category in at least this group.
- Meals Products in the category "Meals" are at least group 3.
Among 14 tuna salads
From least to most processed, this one ranks 3rd. 71% of the tuna salads here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 20398507, last edited 16 March 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 A (from A, best, to E).
- General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.