Is Sainsburys Tomato sauce with basil ultra-processed?

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
Starch
Sugar
Vegetable oil

12 ingredients
No additives
Nutri-Score A

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

Tomatoes 74%, Tomato Paste, Sugar (processing marker), Water, Onions, Olive Oil (processing marker), Corn Starch (processing marker), Basil 0.5%, Sea Salt (processing marker), Concentrated Lemon Juice, Oregan White Pepper Powder, Garlic

As written on the pack

Organic Tomatoes (74%), Organic Tomato Paste, Organic Sugar, Water*, Organic Onions, Organic Olive Oil, Organic Corn Starch, Organic Basil (0.5%), Sea Salt*, Organic Concentrated Lemon Juice, Organic Oregan Organic White Pepper Powder, Organic Garlic Powder

What makes it processed

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.
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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 444 tomato sauces

From least to most processed, this one ranks 159th. 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 444 tomato sauces, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 00448468, 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.
NOVA measures processing, not nutrition. For nutrition, Open Food Facts gives this product a Nutri-Score of A (from A, best, to E).
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.