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Is Primal Kitchen Organic Steak Sauce ultra-processed?

Sauces Sold in the United States

Pack of Primal Kitchen Organic Steak Sauce

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

  1. 1 Unprocessed
  2. 2 Kitchen staple
  3. 3 Processed
  4. 4 Ultra-processed

Whole foods combined with:

  • 17 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score E

Less processed 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

Water, balsamic vinegar, crushed tomatoes, distilled vinegar, sea salt, tamarind, tapioca starch, orange juice, ground ginger, onion, garlic, mustard, sage, black pepper, allspice, cloves, celery seed

As written on the pack

Water, organic balsamic vinegar, organic crushed tomatoes, organic distilled vinegar, sea salt, organic tamarind, organic tapioca starch, organic orange juice concentrate*, organic ground ginger, organic onion powder, organic garlic powder, organic mustard flour, organic sage, organic black pepper, organic allspice, organic cloves, organic celery seed

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.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 2,962 sauces

From least to most processed, this one ranks 658th. 60% of the 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 2,962 sauces, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0855232007415, last edited 26 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 E (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.