Is Sainsbury's Lemon & Herb Queen Green Olives ultra-processed?
It's processed, but not ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Whole foods combined with:
- 16 ingredients
- 2 additives
- Nutri-Score D
Less processed green olives
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
Queen Green Olives 94% (Green Olives, Salt (processing marker), Acidity Regulator (Citric Acid), Antioxidant (Ascorbic Acid)), Vegetable Oil (processing marker) (Sunflower Vegetable Oil, Rapeseed Vegetable Oil), Lemon Zest, Coriander, Lemon infused Vegetable Oil (Sunflower Vegetable Oil (processing marker), Rapeseed Vegetable Oil), Lemon Zest
Additives: E300 Ascorbic acid , E330 Citric acid
As written on the pack
Queen Green Olives (94%) (Green Olives, Salt, Acidity Regulator: Citric Acid; Antioxidant: Ascorbic Acid), Vegetable Oil (Sunflower, Rapeseed), Lemon Zest, Coriander, Lemon infused Vegetable Oil (Sunflower, Rapeseed, Lemon Zest).
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.
Among 54 green olives
From least to most processed, this one ranks 42nd. 13% of the green olives here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 00423045, last edited 21 July 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.