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Is Simply GETARIAN Lid House, ton, KTS 9NU. Road, 902867"> S ultra-processed?

440 g Sauces Sold in the United Kingdom

Yes, it's ultra-processed

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

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

  • 27 ingredients
  • 1 additive
  • Nutri-Score B

Less processed 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

Tomato Purée 48%, Water, Tomatoes 6%, Modified Maize Starch, Salt, Sugar, Rapeseed Oil, Acidity Regulator (Citric Ac Garlic Powder), Dried Basil, Oregano, Black Pepper, Fennel, Sweetener (Saccharins, Cooking Instructions The following are guidelines only, Some appliances may vary Hob), Gently heat a little oil in a pan, Fry 500g minced beef and minced turkey over a medium heat for 3-4 minutes until browned, Add the contents of the jar and stir thoroughly, Cover and simmer gently for 15-20 minutes until cooked through, stirring occasionally, Ensure food is piping hot and cooked throughout before serving Do not reheat, Not suitable for microwave cooking, Serving Suggestion (Serve with freshly cooked pasta, Storage Instructions)

Additives: E954 Saccharin and its salts

As written on the pack

48% Tomato Purée from Concentrate, Water, 6% Tomatoes, Modified Maize Starch, Salt, Sugar, Rapeseed Oil, Acidity Regulator: Citric Ac Garlic Powder, Dried Basil, Oregano, Ground Black Pepper, Ground Fennel, Sweetener: Saccharins. Cooking Instructions The following are guidelines only. Some appliances may vary Hob: Gently heat a little oil in a pan. Fry 500g minced beef or minced turkey over a medium heat for 3-4 minutes until browned. Add the contents of the jar and stir thoroughly. Cover and simmer gently for 15-20 minutes until cooked through, stirring occasionally. Ensure food is piping hot and cooked throughout before serving Do not reheat. Not suitable for microwave cooking. Serving Suggestion: Serve with freshly cooked pasta. Storage Instructions

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.

  • E954 Saccharin and its salts Sweeteners are substances used to impart a sweet taste to foods or in table-top sweeteners.
  • Sweetener Sweeteners give sweetness with few or no calories, many at hundreds of times the strength of sugar.
  • 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.
3 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.

  • 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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 2,962 sauces

From least to most processed, this one ranks 2208th. 60% of the 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 2,962 sauces, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4056489902867, last edited 17 June 2026), available under the Open Database License. If something is wrong or the recipe has changed, you can correct it there.
  • 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 B (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.