Is Primal Kitchen Original Buffalo Sauce ultra-processed?

8.5 oz (241 g) Products without gluten Sold in the United States and Bolivia

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Whole foods combined with:

Salt
Starch
Vegetable oil

12 ingredients
No additives
Nutri-Score E

Less processed products without gluten

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

cayenne pepper sauce (vinegar, aged red cayenne peppers, salt (processing marker), garlic), avocado oil (processing marker), water, distilled vinegar, potato starch (processing marker), garlic, paprika, tamarind seed gum

As written on the pack

CAYENNE PEPPER SAUCE (VINEGAR, AGED RED CAYENNE PEPPERS, SALT, GARLIC), AVOCADO OIL, WATER, ORGANIC DISTILLED VINEGAR, ORGANIC POTATO STARCH, GARLIC POWDER, ORGANIC PAPRIKA, TAMARIND SEED GUM.

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.
Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 178 products without gluten

From least to most processed, this one ranks 33rd. 74% of the products without gluten 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 178 products without gluten, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0855232007392, last edited 4 June 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.