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Is Sainsbury's Manchego ultra-processed?

170 gr Goat cheeses Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Sainsbury's Manchego

Yes, it's ultra-processed

  1. 1 Unprocessed
  2. 2 Kitchen staple
  3. 3 Processed
  4. 4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

  • 7 ingredients
  • 4 additives
  • Nutri-Score B

Less processed goat cheeses

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

Manchego cheese (sheep's milk), Lysozyme, Rind Only, Natamycin, plain caramel, Annatto

Additives: E1105 Lysozyme , E150a Plain caramel , E160b Annatto , E235 Natamycin

As written on the pack

Manchego cheese (sheep’s milk) Preservative: Lysozyme (Egg) Rind Only: Preservative: Natamycin, colouring (plain caramel, Annatto)

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.
  • E160b Annatto Colours are substances which add or restore colour in a food, and include natural constituents of foods and natural sources which are normally not consumed as foods as such and not normally used as characteristic ingredients of food.
1 ingredient that would only make it processed

Kitchen staples like sugar, salt and oil. On their own they make a food processed, not ultra-processed.

  • Cheeses Products in the category "Cheeses" are at least group 3.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 14 goat cheeses

From least to most processed, this one ranks 14th. 21% of the goat cheeses 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 14 goat cheeses, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 01847758, last edited 17 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 B (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.