Is Primal Kitchen A Tad Sweet Ketchup Sweetened with Honey ultra-processed?

Ketchup 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:

Honey
Salt

11 ingredients
No additives
Nutri-Score D

Less processed ketchup

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 concentrate, balsamic vinegar (white wine vinegar, grape must), distilled vinegar, honey (processing marker), salt (processing marker), less than 2% of (onion), garlic, spices

As written on the pack

ORGANIC TOMATO CONCENTRATE, ORGANIC BALSAMIC VINEGAR (ORGANIC WHITE WINE VINEGAR, ORGANIC GRAPE MUST), ORGANIC DISTILLED VINEGAR, ORGANIC HONEY, SALT, LESS THAN 2% OF: ORGANIC ONION POWDER, ORGANIC GARLIC POWDER, ORGANIC SPICES

What makes it processed

Culinary ingredients

Kitchen staples like sugar, salt and oil. On their own they make a food processed, not ultra-processed.

Honey Honey, used as a sweetener.
Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 155 ketchup

From least to most processed, this one ranks 56th. 54% of the ketchup 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 155 ketchup, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0840224600385, last edited 4 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 D (from A, best, to E).
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.