Is Prego Traditional Italian Sauce ultra-processed?

23.5 oz Tomato sauces Sold in the United States

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Whole foods combined with:

Salt

13 ingredients
1 additive

Less processed tomato sauces

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, contains less than 1% of (salt (processing marker)), dehydrated onions, spices, garlic, citric acid, onion extract, garlic extract

Additives: E330 Citric acid

As written on the pack

Tomato puree (water, tomato paste), diced tomatoes in tomato juice, canola oil, contains less than 1% of: salt, dehydrated onions, spices, dehydrated garlic, citric acid, onion extract, garlic extract.

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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 442 tomato sauces

From least to most processed, this one ranks 244th. 40% of the tomato sauces 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 442 tomato sauces, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0051000250315, last edited 31 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.
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.