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Is Tesco Crushed Garlic ultra-processed?

90 g Vegetables based foods Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Tesco Crushed Garlic

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:

  • 7 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed vegetables based foods

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, Garlic Purée 19%, Dried Garlic 19%, Sugar, Acidity Regulator, Citric Acid Salt, Cornflour

As written on the pack

Water, Garlic Purée (19%). Dried Garlic (19%), Sugar, Acidity Regulator (Citric Acid Salt, Cornflour. Suitable for vegans

What makes it processed

Culinary ingredients

Kitchen staples like sugar, salt and oil. On their own they make a food processed, not ultra-processed.

  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 1,390 vegetables based foods

From least to most processed, this one ranks 670th. 25% of the vegetables based foods 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 1,390 vegetables based foods, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5053947370366, last edited 7 July 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.