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Is Sir Kensington's Special Sauce Original ultra-processed?

354 ml Sauces Sold in the United States

Pack of Sir Kensington's Special Sauce Original

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:

  • 19 ingredients
  • 2 additives
  • Nutri-Score E

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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

Sunflower Oil, Water, Certified Humane Cage Free Egg Yolks, Cucumbers, Distilled Vinegar, Tomato Paste, Lemon Juice, Cane Sugar, Salt, Mustard, Mustard Seed, Citric Acid, Smoked Paprika, Dried Garlic, Garlic, Jalapeño Peppers, Xanthan Gum, Dill Weed, Black Pepper

Additives: E330 Citric acid , E415 Xanthan gum

As written on the pack

Sunflower Oil, Water, Certified Humane Cage Free Egg Yolks, Cucumbers, Distilled Vinegar, Tomato Paste, Lemon Juice, Cane Sugar, Salt, Mustard Flour, Mustard Seed, Citric Acid, Smoked Paprika, Dried Garlic, Garlic, Jalapeño Peppers, Xanthan Gum, Dill Weed, Black 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.

  • E415 Xanthan gum Xanthan gum is a thickener made by fermenting sugar with the bacterium Xanthomonas campestris.
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.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 2,962 sauces

From least to most processed, this one ranks 1646th. 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 0850551005968, last edited 7 October 2024), 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.