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Is Providore Provincial Italian tomatoes with grilled bell peppers pasta sauce ultra-processed?

400g Tomatoes Sold in Australia and New Zealand

Pack of Providore Provincial Italian tomatoes with grilled bell peppers 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:

  • 17 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score B

Less processed tomatoes

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

Tomatoes 67%, red bell peppers 20%, onion 3.5%, sunflower oil, sugar, salt, garlic, wine vinegar, food acids (citric, lactic, ascorbic), sweet paprika, chilli, extra virgin olive oil, parsley, pepper

As written on the pack

Tomatoes (67%) (puree), grilled red bell peppers (20%), onion (3.5%), sunflower oil, sugar, salt, garlic, wine vinegar, food acids (citric, lactic, ascorbic), sweet paprika, chilli, extra virgin olive oil, parsley, pepper.

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.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 188 tomatoes

From least to most processed, this one ranks 134th. 9% of the tomatoes 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 188 tomatoes, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 9300645111033, last edited 5 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 B (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.