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Is Simple Truth Organic Ketchup ultra-processed?

17 g Ketchup Sold in the United States

Pack of Simple Truth Organic Ketchup

No, it's a kitchen staple

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

It is pressed or refined from a food and used for cooking, like oil, butter or sugar.

  • 8 ingredients
  • No additives

Less processed ketchup

Less processed isn't automatically healthier, so compare the labels for what matters to you, such as sugar or salt.

Ingredients

tomato concentrate (water, tomato paste), sugar, vinegar, salt, spices, onion

As written on the pack

ORGANIC TOMATO CONCENTRATE (WATER, ORGANIC TOMATO PASTE), ORGANIC SUGAR, ORGANIC VINEGAR, SALT, ORGANIC SPICES, ORGANIC ONION POWDER

Why it is in group 2

Category rules

Open Food Facts puts every product in this category in at least this group.

  • Fats Products in the category "Fats" are at least group 2.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 157 ketchup

From least to most processed, this one ranks 4th. 54% of the ketchup 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 157 ketchup, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0011110858535, last edited 3 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.
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.