Is Sainburys Garlic Paste ultra-processed?

85g Vegetables based foods Sold in the United Kingdom

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

E415 Xanthan gum

13 ingredients
2 additives
Nutri-Score D

Less processed vegetables based foods

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

Garlic Puree 52%, Garlic 19%, Spirit Vinegar, Water, Sugar (processing marker), Rapeseed Oil, Concentrated Lemon Juice, Cornflour, Salt (processing marker), Stabiliser (Xanthan Gum (ultra-processing marker)), Preservative (processing marker) (Potassium Sorbate (processing marker))

Additives: E202 Potassium sorbate , E415 Xanthan gum

As written on the pack

Garlic Puree (52%), Garlic (19%), Spirit Vinegar, Water, Sugar, Rapeseed Oil, Concentrated Lemon Juice, Cornflour, Salt, Stabiliser: Xanthan Gum, Preservative: Potassium Sorbate.

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.

E415 Xanthan gum Xanthan gum is a thickener made by fermenting sugar with the bacterium Xanthomonas campestris.

4 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.

E202 Potassium sorbate Preservatives are substances which prolong the shelf-life of foods by protecting them against deterioration caused by micro-organisms and/or which protect against growth of pathogenic micro-organisms.
Preservative Preservatives slow spoilage by microbes.
Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 1,390 vegetables based foods

From least to most processed, this one ranks 1191st. 25% of the vegetables based foods 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 1,390 vegetables based foods, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 00157742, last edited 27 March 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 D (from A, best, to E).
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.