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Is Sainsbury's Pickled Gherkins in Vinegar ultra-processed?

340g Pickled gherkins Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Sainsbury's Pickled Gherkins in Vinegar

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
  • 1 additive
  • Nutri-Score A

Less processed pickled cucumbers

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

Gherkins, Gherkins, Water, Salt, Preservative (Potassium Metabisulphite), Water, Sugar, Spirit Vinegar, Dried Onions, Red Bell Peppers, Mustard Seeds, Dill Seeds

Additives: E224 Potassium metabisulphite

As written on the pack

Gherkins (Gherkins, Water, Salt, Preservative (Potassium Metabisulphite (Sulphites))), Water, Sugar, Spirit Vinegar, Dried Onions, Red Bell Peppers, Mustard Seeds, Dill Seeds.

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.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

Preservation and traditional processing

Keep food safe or ferment it, like preservatives and cultures. A sign of processing, not ultra-processing.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 25 pickled gherkins

From least to most processed, this one ranks 10th. 56% of the pickled gherkins 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 25 pickled gherkins, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 00286473, last edited 27 March 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 A (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.