Is Polli Sundried tomatoes ultra-processed?

2 x 60 g Dried tomatoes Sold in the United Kingdom

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Whole foods combined with:

Salt
Sugar
Vegetable oil

11 ingredients
2 additives
Nutri-Score D

Less processed dried tomatoes

Sun-dried tomato Tesco 3 ingredients · no additives NOVA group 1
Sun Dried Tomatoes Julienne-Cut Bella Sun Luci 2 ingredients · no additives NOVA group 1
Sun Dried Tomatoes With Italian Basil Bella Sun Luci 3 ingredients · 1 additive NOVA group 1

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

Marinated sundried tomatoes strips (sundried tomatoes in strips 50%, water, salt (processing marker), sugar (processing marker), acidity regulator (citric acid), antioxidant (ascorbic acid)), sunflower oil (processing marker), may contain stones

Additives: E300 Ascorbic acid , E330 Citric acid

As written on the pack

Marinated sundried tomatoes strips (sundried tomatoes in strips 50%, water, salt, sugar, acidity regulator: citric acid; antioxidant: ascorbic acid), sunflower oil. NO PRESERVATIVES. MAY CONTAIN STONES.

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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 42 dried tomatoes

From least to most processed, this one ranks 36th. 2% of the dried tomatoes 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 42 dried tomatoes, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 8001310005824, last edited 27 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.
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.