Is Sainsbury's Tomato & Mascarpone sause ultra-processed?

350g, 2 servings Tomato sauces 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
Cheese

16 ingredients
No additives
Nutri-Score C

Less processed tomato 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, Tomato 22%, Mascarpone Cheese (processing marker) 8.5% (Cows Milk), Tomato Purée, Single Cream (Cows' Milk), Cornflour, Onion, Carrot, Medium Fat Hard Cheese (processing marker) (Cows' Milk), Salt (processing marker), Garlic Purée, Basil, Black Pepper

As written on the pack

Water, Tomato (22%), Mascarpone Cheese (8.5%) (Cows Milk), Tomato Purée, Single Cream (Cows' Milk), Cornflour, Onion, Carrot, Medium Fat Hard Cheese (Cows' Milk), Salt, Garlic Purée, Basil, Black Pepper

What makes it processed

Processed ingredients

Processed foods in their own right, such as cheese or milk powder.

Cheese Cheese is milk preserved with salt, cultures and rennet.

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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 442 tomato sauces

From least to most processed, this one ranks 186th. 40% of the tomato 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 442 tomato sauces, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 01127409, last edited 30 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 C (from A, best, to E).
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.