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Is Primal Kitchen Yum Yum Sauce ultra-processed?

10 oz Dips Sold in the United States

Pack of Primal Kitchen Yum Yum Sauce

Yes, it's ultra-processed

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

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

  • 23 ingredients
  • 1 additive
  • Nutri-Score E

Less processed dips

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

Avocado oil, vinegar, water, pear juice concentrate, egg yolks, potato starch, tomato puree (water, tomato paste), sea salt, garlic powder, citric acid, salt, tamarind seed gum, mustard flour, cayenne pepper sauce (aged red cayenne peppers, vinegar, salt, garlic), paprika, mushroom extract, white pepper

Additives: E330 Citric acid

As written on the pack

Avocado oil, organic vinegar, water, organic pear juice concentrate, organic egg yolks, potato starch, organic tomato puree (water, organic tomato paste), sea salt, garlic powder, citric acid, salt, tamarind seed gum, organic mustard flour, cayenne pepper sauce (aged red cayenne peppers, vinegar, salt, garlic), organic paprika, mushroom extract, organic white pepper.

What makes it ultra-processed

Substances rarely used in home kitchens

Refined or extracted in factories, such as syrups made from starch or isolated proteins. The other hallmark of ultra-processed food.

3 ingredients that would only make it processed

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 433 dips

From least to most processed, this one ranks 293rd. 43% of the dips 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 433 dips, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0840224600743, last edited 2 August 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.