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Is Tesco Creamed Horseradish Sauce ultra-processed?

180 g Sauces Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Tesco Creamed Horseradish 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:

  • 17 ingredients
  • 4 additives
  • Nutri-Score C

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Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

rapeseed oil, horseradish 18%, horseradish 15%, water, spirit vinegar, sugar, modified maize starch, double cream 2%, salt, free range egg yolk (water, egg yolk), mustard flour, xanthan gum, potassium sorbate, sodium metabisulphite, citric acid

Additives: E202 Potassium sorbate , E223 Sodium metabisulphite , E330 Citric acid , E415 Xanthan gum

As written on the pack

rapeseed oil, horseradish 18%, reconstituted dried horseradish 15%, water, spirit vinegar, sugar ( sulphites ), modified maize starch ( sulphites ), double cream ( milk ) 2%, salt, pasteurised free range reconstituted dried egg yolk (water, dried egg yolk), mustard flour, stabiliser (xanthan gum), preservatives (potassium sorbate, sodium metabisulphite ), citric acid

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.

  • 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 2,962 sauces

From least to most processed, this one ranks 2087th. 60% of the 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 2,962 sauces, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5054269690637, last edited 14 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.