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Is Sainsbury's Teriyaki and Sesame Sauce ultra-processed?

Soy sauces Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Sainsbury's Teriyaki and Sesame Sauce

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:

  • 37 ingredients
  • 1 additive
  • Nutri-Score D

Less processed soy sauces

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, Sugar, Rice Vinegar, Dark Soy Sauce 8% (Water, Salt, Sugar, Molasses, Barley Malt Extract, Soya Bean 4%, A idity Regulator (Acetic Acid Fortified Wheat Flour, Wheat Flour), Calcium Carbonate, Iron, iacin, Thiamin), Ginger 5%, Modifier Maize Starch, Rapeseed Oil, Sesame Seed 1%, Sesame Oil 1%, Yeast Extract Powder (Yeast Extract (Barley), Salt), cidity Regulator (Litric Acid), Colour (Plain Caramel), Chinese Five Spice (Star Anise, Cinnamon, Fennel Seed, Black Pepper, Clove), Red Chilli Purée

Additives: E150a Plain caramel

As written on the pack

Water, Sugar, Rice Vinegar, Dark Soy Sauce (8%) (Water, Salt, Sugar, Molasses, Barley Malt Extract, Soya Bean (4%), A idity Regulator: Acetic Acid Fortified Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, iacin, Thiamin)), Ginger Purée (5%), Modifier Maize Starch, Rapeseed Oil, Sesame Seed (1%), Sesame Oil (1%), Yeast Extract Powder (Yeast Extract (Barley), Salt), cidity Regulator: Litric Acid; Colour: Plain Caramel; Chinese Five Spice (Star Anise, Cinnamon, Fennel Seed, Black Pepper, Clove), Red Chilli Purée. Allergy advice:

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.

  • E150a Plain caramel Plain caramel is a brown colour made by heating sugars.
  • Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.
4 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.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
  • Sauce A prepared sauce used as an ingredient.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 94 soy sauces

From least to most processed, this one ranks 53rd. 60% of the soy 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 94 soy sauces, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 01848984, last edited 12 June 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.