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Is Sainsbury's Mint Sauce ultra-processed?

Mint sauces Sold in the United Kingdom

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:

  • 21 ingredients
  • 3 additives

Less processed 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

Water, Spirit Vinegar, Glucose-Fructose Syrup, Sugar, Mint 5%, Cornflour, Salt, Copper Complex of Chlorophyllin, Xanthan Gum, Spearmint Oil, RINSE JAR Recycle LID Recycle We're sure you'll love Try me! this product, If you don't, simply return for a full refund, Or, call our careline 0800 636262, Your statutory rights are not affected, Packed in the UK for Sainsbury's Supermarkets Ltd, London, ecin 2ht, Not for EU, Want to find out more? sainsburys.co.uk 7429243 D0419 06.24 L5671

Additives: E140 Chlorophylls and Chlorophyllins , E140ii Chlorophyllins , E415 Xanthan gum

Also detected, but not matched to one ingredient: E140 Chlorophylls and Chlorophyllins.

As written on the pack

Water, Spirit Vinegar, Glucose-Fructose Syrup, Sugar, Mint (5%), Cornflour, Salt, Colour: Copper Complex of Chlorophyllin; Stabiliser: Xanthan Gum; Spearmint Oil. RINSE JAR Recycle LID Recycle We're sure you'll love Try me! this product. If you don't, simply return for a full refund. Or, call our careline 0800 636262. Your statutory rights are not affected. Packed in the UK for Sainsbury's Supermarkets Ltd, London, ECIN 2HT. Not for EU. Want to find out more? sainsburys.co.uk 7429243 D0419 06.24 L5671

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.

  • E140 Chlorophylls and Chlorophyllins 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.
  • E415 Xanthan gum Xanthan gum is a thickener made by fermenting sugar with the bacterium Xanthomonas campestris.

Substances rarely used in home kitchens

Refined or extracted in factories, such as syrups made from starch or isolated proteins. The other hallmark of ultra-processed food.

  • Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
  • Fructose Fructose is the sugar found naturally in fruit and honey, but as an ingredient it is refined industrially, mostly from corn starch.
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.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 10 mint sauces

From least to most processed, this one ranks 6th. 100% of the mint 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 10 mint sauces, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 01767261, last edited 27 September 2026), available under the Open Database License. If something is wrong or the recipe has changed, you can correct it there.
  • 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.