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Is O'Food Gochujang ultra-processed?

Sauces Sold in the United States and France

Pack of O'Food Gochujang

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:

  • 23 ingredients
  • 1 additive
  • Nutri-Score E

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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

Corn syrup, red pepper mixed seasoning (red pepper, sea salt, garlic, onion), rice flour, water, isomalto oligosaccharide, soybean paste (soybean, soybean, soybean, salt, malt), sea salt, red pepper, spirits, yeast extract powder (yeast extracts, dextrin), glutinous rice, malt

Additives: E1400 Dextrin

As written on the pack

Corn syrup, red pepper mixed seasoning(red pepper powder, sea salt, garlic, onion), rice flour, water, isomalto oligosaccharide, fermented soybean paste(soybean, fermented soybean, roasted soybean powder, salt, seed malt), sea salt, red pepper powder, spirits, yeast extract powder (yeast extracts, dextrin), glutinous rice, seed malt

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.

  • E1400 Dextrin Dextrin is starch partly broken down by heat or acid, used as a thickener, binder and coating.
  • Sweetener Sweeteners give sweetness with few or no calories, many at hundreds of times the strength of sugar.
1 ingredient 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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 2,964 sauces

From least to most processed, this one ranks 1880th. 60% of the sauces 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 2,964 sauces, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0661799970525, last edited 30 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.