Is Sweet Baby Ray's Buffalo Wing Wing Sauce ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- Hydrogenated oil
- E160c Paprika extract
- E322 Lecithins
- E405 Propane-1‚2-diol alginate
- E415 Xanthan gum
- 16 ingredients
- 6 additives
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
aged cayenne pepper, vinegar, water, salt (processing marker), soybean oil (processing marker), hydrogenated soybean oil (ultra-processing marker), contains less than 2% of vegetable oil (soybean, canola), garlic powder, paprika, propylene glycol alginate (ultra-processing marker), xanthan gum (ultra-processing marker), citric acid, soy lecithin (ultra-processing marker), oleoresin paprika (ultra-processing marker)
Additives: E160c Paprika extract , E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin , E330 Citric acid , E405 Propane-1‚2-diol alginate , E415 Xanthan gum
As written on the pack
AGED CAYENNE PEPPER, VINEGAR, WATER, SALT, SOYBEAN OIL, HYDROGENATED SOYBEAN OIL, CONTAINS LESS THAN 2% OF VEGETABLE OIL (SOYBEAN AND/OR CANOLA), GARLIC POWDER, PAPRIKA, PROPYLENE GLYCOL ALGINATE, XANTHAN GUM, CITRIC ACID, SOY LECITHIN, OLEORESIN PAPRIKA
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.
- E160c Paprika extract Paprika extract is a red-orange colour extracted from paprika peppers.
- E322 Lecithins Lecithins are fatty substances extracted mostly from soybeans, sunflower seeds or eggs, used as emulsifiers to keep fat and water mixed, for example in chocolate.
- E405 Propane-1‚2-diol alginate A food additive used to dissolve, dilute, disperse or otherwise physically modify a food additive or nutrient without altering its function -and without exerting any technological effect itself- in order to facilitate its handling, application or use of the food additive or nutrient.
- E415 Xanthan gum Xanthan gum is a thickener made by fermenting sugar with the bacterium Xanthomonas campestris.
Substances rarely used in home kitchens
Refined or extracted in factories, such as syrups made from starch or isolated proteins. The other hallmark of ultra-processed food.
- Hydrogenated oil Hydrogenation turns liquid oil into a solid fat that resists going rancid.
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.
- Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0013409128442, last edited 1 October 2026), available under the Open Database License. If something is wrong or the recipe has changed, you can correct it there.
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- The NOVA group is an automated estimate from crowdsourced data: a missing or mistyped ingredient can change it.
- General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.