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Is Odysea Balsamic Glaze ultra-processed?

250 ml Glazes with vinegar Sold in the United Kingdom and France

Pack of Odysea Balsamic Glaze

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:

  • 12 ingredients
  • 2 additives

Less processed glazes with vinegar

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

Balsamic Vinegar 60%, Aceto Balsamico di Modena IGP (Wine Vinegar, Concentrated Grape Must, Colour (Sulphite Ammonia Caramel)), Glucose Syrup, Concentrated Grape Juice, Sugar, Modified Maize Starch, Thickener (Xanthan Gum)

Additives: E150d Sulphite ammonia caramel , E415 Xanthan gum

As written on the pack

Balsamic Vinegar (60%) Aceto Balsamico di Modena IGP (Wine Vinegar (Sulphites), Concentrated Grape Must, Colour (Sulphite Ammonia Caramel)), Glucose Syrup, Concentrated Grape Juice (Sulphites), Sugar, Modified Maize Starch, Thickener (Xanthan Gum)

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.

  • E150d Sulphite ammonia caramel Sulphite ammonia caramel is the dark brown colour in colas and many sauces, made by heating sugars with sulphite and ammonia compounds.
  • 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.
  • Thickener Thickeners, often gums or modified starches, make liquids more viscous so that a product feels richer than its ingredients alone would make it.
  • Modified starch Modified starch is starch altered physically, with enzymes or chemically, so that it thickens, gels or survives freezing and heating better than ordinary starch.

Substances rarely used in home kitchens

Refined or extracted in factories, such as syrups made from starch or isolated proteins. The other hallmark of ultra-processed food.

  • Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
  • Glucose syrup Glucose syrup is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 13 glazes with vinegar

From least to most processed, this one ranks 13th. 85% of the glazes with vinegar 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 13 glazes with vinegar, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5029223008889, last edited 23 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.
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.