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Is Primal Kitchen Vegan Alfredo Pasta Sauce ultra-processed?

Alfredo sauces Sold in the United States

Pack of Primal Kitchen Vegan Alfredo Pasta 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:

  • 12 ingredients
  • 1 additive
  • Nutri-Score C

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, cashew butter, tapioca starch, avocado oil, sea salt, garlic, onion, black pepper, lemon juice concentrate, citric acid (cashew), Certified

Additives: E330 Citric acid

As written on the pack

WATER, CASHEW BUTTER, TAPIOCA STARCH, AVOCADO OIL, SEA SALT, ROASTED GARLIC, ONION POWDER, BLACK PEPPER, LEMON JUICE CONCENTRATE, CITRIC ACID, NUTRITIONAL YEAST CONTAINS: TREE NUTS (CASHEW) Certified

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 18 alfredo sauces

From least to most processed, this one ranks 1st. 94% of the alfredo 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 18 alfredo sauces, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0850004639054, last edited 1 February 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.