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Is Tartare Sauce ultra-processed?

200 g Tartare sauces Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Tartare 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:

  • 20 ingredients
  • 2 additives
  • Nutri-Score E

Less processed 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

Rapeseed Oil, Free Range Pasteurised Whole Egg 10%, Capers 8%, Capers, Water, Salt, White Wine Vinegar Gherkins 8% (Gherkins, Malt Vinegar (from Barley), Salt, Water, Acid (Acetic Acid)), Spirit Vinegar, Unrefined Raw Cane Sugar, Sea Salt, Mustard, Preservative (Sorbic Acid)

Additives: E200 Sorbic acid , E260 Acetic acid

As written on the pack

Rapeseed Oil, Free Range Pasteurised Whole Egg (10%), Capers (8%) (Capers, Water, Salt, White Wine Vinegar Gherkins (8%) (Gherkins, Distilled Malt Vinegar (from Barley) Salt, Water, Acid: Acetic Acid), Spirit Vinegar, Unrefined Raw Cane Sugar, Sea Salt, Mustard Flour, Preservative: Sorbic Acid.

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.

Preservation and traditional processing

Keep food safe or ferment it, like preservatives and cultures. A sign of processing, not ultra-processing.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 14 tartare sauces

From least to most processed, this one ranks 2nd. 86% of the tartare 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 14 tartare sauces, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5060092690515, 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.