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Is Simply Nature Thick & Chunky Salsa ultra-processed?

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Pack of Simply Nature Thick & 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:

  • 17 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

diced tomatoes in tomato juice, tomato puree (water, tomato paste), onion, green bell peppers, dried onion, cane sugar, salt, jalapeno peppers, garlic, white vinegar, cilantro, cumin, black pepper, chipotle pepper, cilantro

As written on the pack

ORGANIC DICED TOMATOES IN ORGANIC TOMATO JUICE, ORGANIC TOMATO PUREE (WATER, ORGANIC TOMATO PASTE), ORGANIC ONION, ORGANIC GREEN BELL PEPPERS, ORGANIC DRIED ONION, ORGANIC CANE SUGAR, SALT, ORGANIC JALAPENO PEPPERS, ORGANIC GARLIC, ORGANIC WHITE VINEGAR, ORGANIC CILANTRO, ORGANIC CUMIN POWDER, ORGANIC BLACK PEPPER, ORGANIC CHIPOTLE PEPPER POWDER, ORGANIC DRIED CILANTRO.

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.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 433 dips

From least to most processed, this one ranks 107th. 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 4099100021608, last edited 1 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 A (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.