Is Sainsbury's Potato Salad ultra-processed?

Potato salads 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:

Vegetable fiber

20 ingredients
No additives
Nutri-Score C

Less processed potato salads

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

Cooked 64% (Potato), Mayonnaise (processing marker) (Water, Rapeseed Oil, Egg, Cornflour, Sugar (processing marker), Rice Starch (processing marker), Salt (processing marker), Spirit Vinegar, Citrus Fibre (ultra-processing marker), Egg White, Potato Fibre (ultra-processing marker)), Onion, Sugar (processing marker), Chives, Spirit Vinegar, Parsley, Salt (processing marker)

As written on the pack

Cooked (64%):Potato: Mayonnaise (Water, Rapeseed Oil, Pasteurised Egg, Cornflour, Sugar, Rice Starch, Salt, Spirit Vinegar, Citrus Fibre, Dried Egg White, Potato Fibre), Onion, Sugar, Chives, Spirit Vinegar, Parsley, Salt.

What makes it ultra-processed

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.

Vegetable fiber Isolated plant fibres, such as inulin, oat fibre or bamboo fibre, are extracted industrially and added to change texture or support "source of fibre" claims.

5 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.

Meals Products in the category "Meals" are at least group 3.
Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
Sauce A prepared sauce used as an ingredient.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 28 potato salads

From least to most processed, this one ranks 4th. 89% of the potato salads 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 28 potato salads, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 00505697, last edited 28 April 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.
NOVA measures processing, not nutrition. For nutrition, Open Food Facts gives this product a Nutri-Score of C (from A, best, to E).
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.