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Is Old El Paso chunky guacamole imp ultra-processed?

240g Guacamoles Sold in the United Kingdom and Ireland

Pack of Old El Paso chunky guacamole imp

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:

  • 38 ingredients
  • 6 additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed guacamoles

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, avocado 14%, chopped tomatoes 10%, onions 7%, cream cheese, cream, modified com starch, rapeseed oil, potato flakes, wheat flour, garlic puree, whey, salt, spices, lime juice concentrate, whey powder, sugar, dried glucose syrup, acidity regulator (glucono, delta-lactone, citric acid), jalapenos, herbs, dextrose, antioxidant (ascorbic acid), caseinate, colours (chlorophyllins, lutein), yeast extract, garlic powder, For any queries and advice on our products, you can contact us on (0800 591 223, 1800 535 115, @www.oldelpaso.co.uk C)

Additives: E140 Chlorophylls and Chlorophyllins , E140ii Chlorophyllins , E161b Lutein , E223 Sodium metabisulphite , E300 Ascorbic acid , E330 Citric acid

As written on the pack

Water, avocado (14%), chopped tomatoes (10%), onions (7%), cream cheese, cream, modified com starch, rapeseed oil, potato flakes (contains sulphites), wheat flour, garlic puree, whey extract (milk), salt, spices, lime juice concentrate (contains sulphites), whey powder (milk), sugar, dried glucose syrup, acidity regulator (glucono - delta-lactone, citric acid), dried jalapenos, herbs, dextrose, antioxidant (ascorbic acid), caseinate (milk), colours (chlorophyllins, lutein), yeast extract, garlic powder. For allergens, see ingredients in bold. For any queries or advice on our products, you can contact us on: 0800 591 223 (UK) 1800 535 115 (RO) @www.oldelpaso.co.uk C

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.

  • E140 Chlorophylls and Chlorophyllins Colours are substances which add or restore colour in a food, and include natural constituents of foods and natural sources which are normally not consumed as foods as such and not normally used as characteristic ingredients of food.
  • E161b Lutein Colours are substances which add or restore colour in a food, and include natural constituents of foods and natural sources which are normally not consumed as foods as such and not normally used as characteristic ingredients of food.
  • Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.

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.

  • Dextrose Dextrose is pure glucose crystallised from starch-derived syrup.
  • 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.
  • Whey Whey is the liquid left over from cheese making, usually dried into a powder and used as a cheap source of milk solids, protein and lactose.
3 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.
  • Cheese Cheese is milk preserved with salt, cultures and rennet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 34 guacamoles

From least to most processed, this one ranks 32nd. 32% of the guacamoles 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 34 guacamoles, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 8410076421074, last edited 29 July 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 C (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.