Is Sainsbury's Tomato & Hidden Veg ultra-processed?

500 g 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:

Corn

17 ingredients
1 additive
Nutri-Score B

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

For information Tomatoes 42%, Water, Red Pepper 12%, Carrots 10%, Tomato Purée online to www, Onions 6%, Rapeseed Oil, Salt (processing marker), Garlic Purée, Basil, Maize (ultra-processing marker), Starch (processing marker), Acidity Regulator (Citric Acid), Oregano, Black Pepper, Salt IC JAR W ت IC LID Chad

Additives: E330 Citric acid

As written on the pack

For information Tomatoes (42%), Water, Red Pepper (12%), Carrots (10%), Tomato Purée online to www. (8%), Onions (6%), Rapeseed Oil, Salt, Garlic Purée, Basil, Modified Maize, Starch, Acidity Regulator: Citric Acid; Oregano, Black Pepper. Suitable for vegetarians. Salt IC JAR W ت IC LID Chad

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.

Corn An ingredient mostly produced industrially and rarely used in home kitchens.

2 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.

How the NOVA groups work

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 00278355, last edited 20 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 B (from A, best, to E).
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.