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Is Sainsburys Taste the Difference Balsamic Vinegar of Modena ultra-processed?

Balsamic vinegars of Modena Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Sainsburys Taste the Difference Balsamic Vinegar of Modena

No, it's a kitchen staple

  1. 1 Unprocessed
  2. 2 Kitchen staple
  3. 3 Processed
  4. 4 Ultra-processed

It is pressed or refined from a food and used for cooking, like oil, butter or sugar.

  • 3 ingredients
  • 1 additive

Less processed condiments

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

Ingredients

Cooked Grape Must, Wine Vinegar, Antioxidant

Additives: E220 Sulphur dioxide

As written on the pack

Cooked Grape Must, Wine Vinegar, Antioxidant: Sulphur Dioxide.

Why it is in group 2

Category rules

Open Food Facts puts every product in this category in at least this group.

  • Vinegars Products in the category "Vinegars" are at least group 2.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 31 balsamic vinegars of Modena

From least to most processed, this one ranks 20th. 32% of the balsamic vinegars of Modena 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 31 balsamic vinegars of Modena, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 01736632, 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.
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.