Is Sainsburys Pickled Pink slaw ultra-processed?

Pickled vegetables Sold in the United Kingdom

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Colour

11 ingredients
No additives
Nutri-Score B

Less processed pickled vegetables

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

Mixed Vegetables in varying proportions 51% (White Cabbage, Red Cabbage, Onion, Carrot), Water, Sugar (processing marker), Spirit Vinegar, Sea Salt (processing marker), Colour (ultra-processing marker) (Hibiscus)

As written on the pack

Mixed Vegetables in varying proportions (51%) (White Cabbage, Red Cabbage, Onion, Carrot), Water, Sugar, Spirit Vinegar, Sea Salt, Colour: Hibiscus Concentrate

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.

Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.

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 126 pickled vegetables

From least to most processed, this one ranks 75th. 47% of the pickled vegetables 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 126 pickled vegetables, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 00455275, 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 B (from A, best, to E).
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.