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Is Sky Valley Sriracha Sauce/Salsa Sriracha (57800) ultra-processed?

Sriracha sauces Sold in the United States

Pack of Sky Valley Sriracha Sauce/Salsa Sriracha (57800)

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:

  • 11 ingredients
  • 2 additives
  • Nutri-Score E

Less processed sriracha 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

Water, jalapeño peppers (red jalapeño peppers, citric acid), cane sugar, distilled vinegar, salt, dried garlic, spice, less than 2% of soybean oil, xanthan gum

Additives: E330 Citric acid , E415 Xanthan gum

As written on the pack

Water, jalapeño peppers (red jalapeño peppers, citric acid), cane sugar, distilled vinegar, salt, dried garlic, spice, less than 2% of soybean oil, xanthan gum.

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.
2 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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 21 sriracha sauces

From least to most processed, this one ranks 11th. 71% of the sriracha 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 21 sriracha sauces, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0046015167321, last edited 3 January 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.