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Is Specially Selected Marinara Sauce ultra-processed?

24 oz Vegetable-based foods and beverages Sold in the United States

Pack of Specially Selected Marinara Sauce

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:

  • 11 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed vegetable-based foods and beverages

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

Italian tomatoes, tomato puree, crushed tomatoes, salt, olive oil, onion, garlic puree, basil, black pepper, dried basil, dried oregano

As written on the pack

Italian tomatoes, tomato puree, crushed tomatoes, salt, olive oil, onion, garlic puree, basil, black pepper, dried basil, dried oregano.

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.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 955 vegetable-based foods and beverages

From least to most processed, this one ranks 474th. 28% of the vegetable-based foods and beverages 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 955 vegetable-based foods and beverages, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4061464272415, last edited 19 April 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 C (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.