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Is Tesco American Inspired Mustard ultra-processed?

Mustards Sold in the United States

Pack of Tesco American Inspired Mustard

Yes, it's ultra-processed

  1. 1 Unprocessed
  2. 2 Kitchen staple
  3. 3 Processed
  4. 4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

  • 18 ingredients
  • 4 additives
  • Nutri-Score D

Less processed mustards

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, Mustard 11%, Sugar, Glucose-Fructose Syrup, Acidity Regulator (Acetic Acid), Mustard 3%, Salt, Turmeric Powder, Stabiliser (Xanthan Gum), Cinnamon, Curcumin, Preservative (Potassium Sorbate), Clove, Garlic, Flavouring

Additives: E100 Curcumin , E202 Potassium sorbate , E260 Acetic acid , E415 Xanthan gum

As written on the pack

Water, Mustard Flour (11%), Sugar, Glucose-Fructose Syrup, Acidity Regulator (Acetic Acid), Mustard Bran (3%), Salt, Turmeric Powder, Stabiliser (Xanthan Gum), Cinnamon, Curcumin, Preservative (Potassium Sorbate), Clove, Garlic Powder, Flavouring. Allergy Advice For allergens, see ingredients in bold. Suitable for vegans.

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.

  • E100 Curcumin Colours are substances which add or restore colour in a food, and include natural constituents of foods and natural sources which are normally not consumed as foods as such and not normally used as characteristic ingredients of food.
  • E415 Xanthan gum Xanthan gum is a thickener made by fermenting sugar with the bacterium Xanthomonas campestris.
  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.

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.

  • Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
  • Fructose Fructose is the sugar found naturally in fruit and honey, but as an ingredient it is refined industrially, mostly from corn starch.
4 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.

  • E202 Potassium sorbate Preservatives are substances which prolong the shelf-life of foods by protecting them against deterioration caused by micro-organisms and/or which protect against growth of pathogenic micro-organisms.
  • Preservative Preservatives slow spoilage by microbes.
  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 136 mustards

From least to most processed, this one ranks 134th. 40% of the mustards 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 136 mustards, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5059697735783, last edited 29 August 2025), 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 D (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.