Is Sainsbury's Olive oil 1 Cal Cooking Spray ultra-processed?

Olive oil sprays Sold in the United Kingdom

Yes, it's ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Less processed isn't automatically healthier, so compare the labels for what matters to you, such as sugar or salt.

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Extra olive oil 53%, water, rapeseed, lecithin (ultra-processing marker), citric acid, xanthan gum (ultra-processing marker), potassium sorbate

Additives: E202 Potassium sorbate , E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin , E330 Citric acid , E415 Xanthan gum

As written on the pack

Extra olive oil (53%), water, rapeseed, lecithin, citric acid, xanthan gum, potassium sorbate.

Added to change how the food looks, feels or tastes, not to keep it safe. A hallmark of ultra-processed food.

E322 Lecithins Lecithins are fatty substances extracted mostly from soybeans, sunflower seeds or eggs, used as emulsifiers to keep fat and water mixed, for example in chocolate.
E415 Xanthan gum Xanthan gum is a thickener made by fermenting sugar with the bacterium Xanthomonas campestris.

From least to most processed, this one ranks 6th. 75% of the olive oil sprays 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.

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 00448567, last edited 5 March 2026), available under the Open Database License. If something is wrong or the recipe has changed, you can correct it there.
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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).
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