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Is Red’s Red's Unholy Barbecue Sauce Mild ultra-processed?

Barbecue sauces Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Red’s Red's Unholy Barbecue Sauce Mild

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:

  • 50 ingredients
  • 3 additives
  • Nutri-Score E

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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, Demerara sugar, Tomato paste, Brown sugar, Spirit vinegar, Cider vinegar, Comflour, Salt, Orange, Colour (Plain caramel), Worcester sauce, Water, Malt vinegar (Barley), Sugar, Molasses, Salt, Spices, Dark soy sauce, Soya (Water, Soya Beans, Salt, Fortified wheat flour (Iron, Thiamin, Niacin, Calcium carbonate)), Water, Sugar, Molasses, Salt, Malted barley extract, Acidity Regulator (Acetic acid), Onion, Concentrated lemon juice, Garlic, Molasses, White Balsamic vinegar (White wine vinegar, Sucrose, Balsamic vinegar), Garlic, Spices, Smoke flavouring, Herbs, Acidity Regulator (Citric acid)

Additives: E150a Plain caramel , E260 Acetic acid , E330 Citric acid

As written on the pack

Water, Demerara sugar, Tomato paste, Brown sugar, Spirit vinegar, Cider vinegar, Comflour, Salt, Orange puree, Colour (Plain caramel), Worcester sauce (Water, Malt vinegar (Barley), Sugar, Molasses, Salt, Spices, Dark soy sauce (Soya extract (Water, Soya Beans, Salt, Fortified wheat flour (Iron, Thiamin, Niacin, Calcium carbonate)), Water, Sugar, Molasses, Salt, Malted barley extract, Acidity Regulator (Acetic acid)), Onion powder, Concentrated lemon juice, Garlic powder), Molasses, White Balsamic vinegar (White wine vinegar, Sucrose syrup, Balsamic vinegar), Garlic powder, Spices, Smoke flavouring, Herbs, Acidity Regulator (Citric acid).

What makes it ultra-processed

Cosmetic additives

Added to change how the food looks, feels or tastes, not to keep it safe. A hallmark of ultra-processed food.

  • E150a Plain caramel Plain caramel is a brown colour made by heating sugars.
  • Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.
  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
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.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
  • Sauce A prepared sauce used as an ingredient.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 107 barbecue sauces

From least to most processed, this one ranks 48th. 86% of the barbecue 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 107 barbecue sauces, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5039303002379, last edited 7 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.