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Is Sainsbury's Taste The Difference Mushroom & Roasted Garlic Pasta Sauce ultra-processed?

Pasta sauces Sold in the United Kingdom

Yes, it's ultra-processed

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

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

  • 19 ingredients
  • 1 additive
  • Nutri-Score C

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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

11 ^ ingredients (Portobello Mushrooms 38%), Water, Medium Fat Hard Cheese (Cows' Milk), Single Cream (Cows' Milk), Extra Virgin Olive Oil, Corn Starch, Onion, Sugar, Garlic 1.5%, Flavouring, Parsley, Acidity Regulator (Lactic Acid), Porcini Mushroom 0.5%, Salt, Dietary Information Preparation and Safety sainsburys.co.uk

Additives: E270 Lactic acid

As written on the pack

11 ^ INGREDIENTS: Portobello Mushrooms (38%), Water, Medium Fat Hard Cheese (Cows' Milk), Single Cream (Cows' Milk), Extra Virgin Olive Oil, Corn Starch, Onion, Sugar, Roasted Garlic (1.5%), Flavouring, Parsley, Acidity Regulator: Lactic Acid; Porcini Mushroom Powder (0.5%), Salt. Dietary Information Preparation and Safety sainsburys.co.uk

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.

  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
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.

  • 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.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
  • Cheese Cheese is milk preserved with salt, cultures and rennet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 317 pasta sauces

From least to most processed, this one ranks 218th. 49% of the pasta sauces 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 317 pasta sauces, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5063334006068, 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.
  • 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.