Is Saclà Caviar de Tomates à l'Ail ultra-processed?

190g Tomato purées Sold in the United Kingdom, Belgium and 2 more countries

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Flavouring
Fructose

14 ingredients
2 additives
Nutri-Score C

Less processed tomato purées

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 52% (tomatoes, tomato juice), sunflower oil (processing marker), dried tomatoes 20%, basil, garlic 3%, fructose (ultra-processing marker), sea salt (processing marker), natural flavor (ultra-processing marker), acidity regulator (lactic acid), antioxidant (residual sulfur dioxide)

Additives: E220 Sulphur dioxide , E270 Lactic acid

As written on the pack

tomatoes 52% (diced tomatoes, tomato juice), sunflower oil, dried tomatoes (partially rehydrated) 20%, basil, garlic 3%, fructose, sea salt, natural flavor, acidity regulator (lactic acid), antioxidant (residual sulfur dioxide),

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.

Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.

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.

Fructose Fructose is the sugar found naturally in fruit and honey, but as an ingredient it is refined industrially, mostly from corn starch.

2 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.
Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 36 tomato purées

From least to most processed, this one ranks 36th. 3% of the tomato purées 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 36 tomato purées, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 8001060000933, last edited 4 April 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.