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Is Tesco Burger sauce ultra-processed?

235 ml Burger sauces Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Tesco Burger sauce

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:

  • 20 ingredients
  • 5 additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed burger 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

Water, Rapeseed Oil, Sugar, Gherkin, Spirit Vinegar, Modified Maize Starch, Pasteurised Egg Yolk, Dijon Mustard (Water, Mustard Seed, Spirit Vinegar, Salt), Onion Powder, Salt, Tartaric Acid, Xanthan Gum, Guar Gum, Dill, Potassium Sorbate, Paprika Extract

Additives: E160c Paprika extract , E202 Potassium sorbate , E334 L(+)-tartaric acid , E412 Guar gum , E415 Xanthan gum

As written on the pack

Water, Rapeseed Oil, Sugar, Gherkin, Spirit Vinegar, Modified Maize Starch, Pasteurised Egg Yolk, Dijon Mustard (Water, Mustard Seed, Spirit Vinegar, Salt), Onion Powder, Salt, Acidity Regulator (Tartaric Acid), Thickeners (Xanthan Gum, Guar Gum), Dill, Preservative (Potassium Sorbate), Colour (Paprika Extract).

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.
  • E412 Guar gum Guar gum is a thickener ground from the seeds of the guar plant.
  • E415 Xanthan gum Xanthan gum is a thickener made by fermenting sugar with the bacterium Xanthomonas campestris.
  • Modified starch Modified starch is starch altered physically, with enzymes or chemically, so that it thickens, gels or survives freezing and heating better than ordinary 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.
  • 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 23 burger sauces

From least to most processed, this one ranks 17th. 91% of the burger 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 23 burger sauces, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5057753931117, last edited 13 September 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.