Is Prego Tomato Basil Garlic ultra-processed?

Tomato sauces with basil Sold in the United States

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Flavouring

13 ingredients
1 additive
Nutri-Score C

Less processed tomato sauces with basil

Tomato Basil Rao's Homemade 8 ingredients · no additives NOVA group 3
Tomato & Basil Pasta Sauce Simply Nature 9 ingredients · no additives NOVA group 3
Tomato Basil Marinara Trader Giotto's 12 ingredients · no additives NOVA group 3
Premium Organic Tomato & Basil Pasta Sauce Paesana 7 ingredients · no additives NOVA group 3

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

tomato puree (water, tomato paste), diced tomatoes in tomato juice, canola oil, sugar (processing marker), contains less than 1% of (salt (processing marker)), garlic, citric acid, spices, basil, flavoring (ultra-processing marker)

Additives: E330 Citric acid

As written on the pack

tomato puree (water, tomato paste), diced tomatoes in tomato juice, canola oil, sugar, contains less than 1% of: salt, dehydrated garlic, citric acid, spices, basil, flavoring,

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.

Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.

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 35 tomato sauces with basil

From least to most processed, this one ranks 30th. 29% of the tomato sauces with basil 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 35 tomato sauces with basil, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0051000093240, last edited 17 May 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.