Is Specially-Selected Caramelised Red Onion Chutney ultra-processed?

310 g Onion chutneys Sold in the United Kingdom and Ireland

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Whole foods combined with:

Salt
Sugar

14 ingredients
No additives
Nutri-Score E

Less processed plant-based spreads

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

red onion 31%, sugar (processing marker), bramley apple, white wine vinegar, balsamic vinegar (red wine vinegar, grape must), muscovado sugar (processing marker), apple puree, molasses (processing marker), sea salt (processing marker), dried onion, ginger, garlic purée

As written on the pack

red onion (31%), sugar, bramley apple, white wine vinegar, balsamic vinegar (red wine vinegar, grape must), muscovado sugar, apple puree, molasses, sea salt, dried onion, ginger purée, garlic purée,

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 15 onion chutneys

From least to most processed, this one ranks 5th. 53% of the onion chutneys 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 15 onion chutneys, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4088600041582, last edited 27 March 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.