Is Sainsbury's Gravy granules ultra-processed?

100 ml Dehydrated sauces 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:

Colour
E150a Plain caramel

13 ingredients
1 additive

Less processed dehydrated sauces

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

erence intakes of an average adult (8400 r ingredients (Potato Starch (processing marker)), Palm Oil, Salt (processing marker), Fortified Wheat rWheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), ion Powder, Colour (ultra-processing marker) (Plain Caramel (ultra-processing marker))

Additives: E150a Plain caramel

As written on the pack

erence intakes of an average adult (8400 r ingredients: Potato Starch, Palm Oil, Salt, Fortified Wheat rWheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin) ion Powder, Colour: Plain Caramel

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.

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.
Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 50 dehydrated sauces

From least to most processed, this one ranks 6th. 96% of the dehydrated 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 50 dehydrated sauces, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 01174397, last edited 11 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.
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.