Is Santa Maria Norge As Pizza Sauce Tomato & Herbs ultra-processed?

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Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Modified starch

23 ingredients
4 additives

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Tomat 67%, tomatpure, rapsolja, vatten, socker (processing marker), salt (processing marker), ättika, modifierad majsstärkelse (ultra-processing marker), örter 0.4% (korianderblad, basilika, oregano, persilja, mynta), surhetsreglerande medel (citronsyra, mjölksyra), kryddor, vitlök, lök, konserveringsmedel (processing marker) (e202 (processing marker), e211)

Additives: E202 Potassium sorbate , E211 Sodium benzoate , E270 Lactic acid , E330 Citric acid

As written on the pack

Tomat 67%, tomatpure, rapsolja, vatten, socker, salt, ättika, modifierad majsstärkelse, örter 0.4% (korianderblad, basilika, oregano, persilja, mynta), surhetsreglerande medel (citronsyra, mjölksyra), kryddor, vitlök, lök, konserveringsmedel (E202, E211).

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.

Modified starch Modified starch is starch altered physically, with enzymes or chemically, so that it thickens, gels or survives freezing and heating better than ordinary starch.

5 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.

E202 Potassium sorbate Preservatives are substances which prolong the shelf-life of foods by protecting them against deterioration caused by micro-organisms and/or which protect against growth of pathogenic micro-organisms.
Preservative Preservatives slow spoilage by microbes.
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.

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About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 7311310037642, last edited 2 April 2026), available under the Open Database License. If something is wrong or the recipe has changed, you can correct it there.
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The NOVA group is an automated estimate from crowdsourced data: a missing or mistyped ingredient can change it.
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