Is Sainsbury's Rich Taramasalata ultra-processed?

Salted spreads Sold in the United Kingdom

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Whole foods combined with:

Salt
Sugar

20 ingredients
1 additive
Nutri-Score D

Less processed salted spreads

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, Cod Roe (Gadus morhua), Breadcrumbs (Fortified Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Water, Salt (processing marker), Yeast), Onion, Concentrated Lemon Juice 1.5%, Salt (processing marker), Granulated Sugar (processing marker), Beetroot, Acidity Regulator (Citric Acid)

Additives: E330 Citric acid

As written on the pack

Water, Atlantic Cod Roe (Gadus morhua) (Fish) (9%), Breadcrumbs (Fortified Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Water, Salt, Yeast), Onion, Concentrated Lemon Juice (1.5%), Salt, Granulated Sugar, Beetroot Concentrate, Acidity Regulator: Citric Acid.

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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 533 salted spreads

From least to most processed, this one ranks 203rd. 53% of the salted spreads 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 533 salted spreads, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 01539615, 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.
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 D (from A, best, to E).
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.