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Is Tesco Coconut Lime & Chilli Dressing ultra-processed?

175ml Salad dressings Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Tesco Coconut Lime & Chilli Dressing

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:

  • 25 ingredients
  • 2 additives
  • Nutri-Score C

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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, coconut milk 17%, butternut squash, rapeseed oil, sugar, lime juice, red chili, spirit vinegar, cornflour, lemongrass, lime leaf, garlic puree, salt, onion, carrot concentrate, stabiliser (pectin), black pepper, sunflower oil, leek, colour (paprika extract), celery, garlic, nutmeg oil

Additives: E160c Paprika extract , E440 Pectins

As written on the pack

water, coconut milk (17%), butternut squash, rapeseed oil, sugar, lime juice, red chili, spirit vinegar, cornflour, lemongrass, lime leaf, garlic puree, salt, onion concentrate, carrot concentrate, stabiliser (pectin), black pepper, sunflower oil, leek concentrate, colour (paprika extract), celery concentrate, garlic concentrate, nutmeg oil

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.
  • E440 Pectins Pectins are gelling agents extracted from citrus peel or apple pomace.
  • Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.
3 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.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 252 salad dressings

From least to most processed, this one ranks 150th. 85% of the salad dressings 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 252 salad dressings, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 03477397, 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 C (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.