Is Schwartz Hollandaise Sauce ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 34 ingredients
- 3 additives
- Nutri-Score E
Less processed sauces
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
modified starch (ultra-processing marker), wheat flour (with calcium, iron, niacin (vitamin b3), thiamin (vitamin b1)), skimmed milk powder (processing marker), maltodextrin (ultra-processing marker), cream 5% (from milk), fat (sunflower oil (processing marker), lactose (ultra-processing marker) (from millk), milk protein (ultra-processing marker)), flavourings contain barley, wheat, salt (processing marker), butter (processing marker) 2% (butter (from milk), maltodextrin (ultra-processing marker)), mustard flour, cid (citric acid), onion powder, egg powder, protein enriched whey powder (from milk), dried lemon juice loncentrate, carotenes (ultra-processing marker), white pepper
Additives: E14XX Modified Starch , E160a Carotene , E330 Citric acid
As written on the pack
modified starch, wheat flour (with calcium, iron, niacin (vitamin b3), thiamin (vitamin b1)), skimmed milk powder, maltodextrin, cream powder (5%)(from milk), fat powder (sunflower oil, lactose (from millk), milk protein), flavourings contain barley, wheat), salt, butter powder 2%)(butter (from milk), maltodextrin), mustard flour, cid (citric acid), onion powder, egg powder, protein enriched whey powder (from milk), dried lemon juice loncentrate, colour (carotenes), white pepper
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.
- E14xx Modified Starch Modified starches (E1400 to E1452) are starches treated physically, with enzymes or chemically so that they thicken and hold up to heating, freezing or acidity better than ordinary starch.
- E160a Carotene Carotenes are orange-yellow pigments, either synthesised or extracted from carrots, algae or palm oil.
- 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.
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.
- Lactose Lactose is milk sugar, crystallised industrially from whey, a by-product of cheese making.
- Maltodextrin Maltodextrin is a white powder made by partly breaking down starch.
- Milk proteins Milk proteins are proteins separated from milk, such as caseinates and whey protein concentrates, added to adjust texture or raise protein content.
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.
- Butter Butter, the fat churned from cream.
- Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
- Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
- Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
- Milk powder Milk powder is milk with the water evaporated off: a preserved form of a whole food rather than an industrial extract.
Among 2,964 sauces
From least to most processed, this one ranks 2786th. 60% of the sauces here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5000225015464, last edited 10 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 E (from A, best, to E).
- General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.