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Is Sainsbury's Green Olives ultra-processed?

Green olives Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Sainsbury's Green Olives

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:

  • 13 ingredients
  • 3 additives
  • Nutri-Score D

Less processed green olives

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

Green Olives 95% (Green Olives, Salt, Citric Acid, Lactic Acid, Ascorbic Acid), Vegetable Oil (Sunflower Vegetable Oil, Rapeseed Vegetable Oil), Parsley, Basil, Garlic, Citric Acid

Additives: E270 Lactic acid , E300 Ascorbic acid , E330 Citric acid

As written on the pack

Green Olives (95%) (Green Olives, Salt, Acidity Regulators: Citric Acid, Lactic Acid; Antioxidant: Ascorbic Acid), Vegetable Oil (Sunflower, Rapeseed), Parsley, Basil, Garlic, Acidity Regulator: Citric Acid.

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

How the NOVA groups work

Among 54 green olives

From least to most processed, this one ranks 46th. 13% of the green olives 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 54 green olives, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 00335072, last edited 5 August 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.