Is Stamford Street Co. Tomato Ketchup ultra-processed?

1 x 460 g, 30 servings Tomato Ketchup Sold in the United Kingdom

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Whole foods combined with:

Salt
Starch
Sugar

15 ingredients
1 additive
Nutri-Score C

Less processed ketchup

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, Tomato Purée 19%, Sugar (processing marker), Spirit Vinegar, Maize Starch (processing marker), Salt (processing marker), Onion, Acidity Regulator (Citric Acid), Coriander, Allspice, Cloves, Cassia, Cardamom, Clove Leaf Oil

Additives: E330 Citric acid

As written on the pack

Water, Tomato Purée (19%), Sugar, Spirit Vinegar, Maize Starch, Salt, Onion Powder, Acidity Regulator: Citric Acid; Ground Coriander, Allspice, Ground Cloves, Ground Cassia, Ground Cardamom, Clove Leaf Oil.

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.
Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 61 tomato Ketchup

From least to most processed, this one ranks 28th. 54% of the tomato Ketchup 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 61 tomato Ketchup, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 00144322, last edited 30 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 C (from A, best, to E).
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.