Is Organics Persto Basil ultra-processed?
It's processed, but not ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Whole foods combined with:
- 16 ingredients
- 2 additives
- Nutri-Score D
Less processed sauces
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
Basil, sunflower oil (processing marker), cashew, potato flakes (potatoes, rosemary extract), tofu (water, soybeans, magnesium chloride), extra-virgin olive oil (processing marker), pine nuts, salt (processing marker), cane sugar (processing marker), garlic, citric acid
Additives: E330 Citric acid , E392 Extracts of rosemary
As written on the pack
Basil, sunflower oil, cashew, potato flakes (potatoes, rosemary extract), tofu (water, soybeans, magnesium chloride), extra-virgin olive oil, pine nuts, salt, cane sugar, garlic powder, citric acid.
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.
Among 2,964 sauces
From least to most processed, this one ranks 1126th. 60% of the sauces here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0079893124582, last edited 26 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 D (from A, best, to E).
- General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.