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Is Santa Maria Chunky Salsa ultra-processed?

Dips Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Santa Maria Chunky Salsa

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

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

Whole foods combined with:

  • 19 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score A

Less processed dips

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

Tomato 83% (crushed tomatoes, tomato purée), water, onion 2%, green bell pepper, salt, spices, herbs (garlic, chilli pepper, cumin, cayenne pepper, coriander, oregano), lime juice, maize starch, red bell pepper, jalapeño 0.03%

As written on the pack

Tomato (83%) (crushed tomatoes, tomato purée), water, onion (2%), green bell pepper, salt, spices and herbs (garlic, chilli pepper, cumin, cayenne pepper, coriander, oregano), lime juice, maize starch, red bell pepper, jalapeño (0.03%).

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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 433 dips

From least to most processed, this one ranks 109th. 43% of the dips 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 433 dips, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 7311312006271, 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.