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Is Old El Paso Chunky Salsa Dip Mild ultra-processed?

312 g Dips Sold in Australia and New Zealand

Pack of Old El Paso Chunky Salsa Dip Mild

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:

  • 31 ingredients
  • 3 additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed dips

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

chopped tomatoes 53%, water, onion 11%, tomato paste (tomato, food acid (citric acid)), green capsicum 7%, salt, vinegar, coriander, onion, guajillo chilli 0.5%, lemon juice concentrate, sugar, thickener (xanthan gum), garlic powder, cumin, firming agent (calcium chloride), food acid (citric acid), oregano, black pepper, capsicum extract nutrit servings per package serving size (1, 4 d energy protein fat), total, saturated carbohydrate, sugars dietary fibre sodium

Additives: E330 Citric acid , E415 Xanthan gum , E509 Calcium chloride

As written on the pack

chopped tomatoes (53%), water, onion (11%), tomato paste (tomato, food acid (citric acid)), green capsicum (7%), salt, vinegar, coriander, onion flakes, guajillo chilli (0,5%), lemon juice concentrate, sugar, thickener (xanthan gum), garlic powder, cumin, firming agent (calcium chloride), food acid (citric acid), oregano, black pepper, capsicum extract nutrit servings per package serving size: 78 g 1/4 d energy protein fat, total - saturated carbohydrate - sugars dietary fibre sodium

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.

  • E415 Xanthan gum Xanthan gum is a thickener made by fermenting sugar with the bacterium Xanthomonas campestris.
  • Firming agent Firming agents keep fruit and vegetable tissue crisp or firm through processing and storage.
  • Thickener Thickeners, often gums or modified starches, make liquids more viscous so that a product feels richer than its ingredients alone would make it.
2 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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 433 dips

From least to most processed, this one ranks 380th. 43% of the dips 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 433 dips, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 8410076421777, last edited 24 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.