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Is Tesco Finest Finest Tartare Sauce ultra-processed?

Tartare sauces Sold in the United Kingdom and France

Pack of Tesco Finest Finest Tartare 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:

  • 25 ingredients
  • 6 additives
  • Nutri-Score D

Less processed tartare 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

Rapeseed Oil, Water, Spirit Vinegar, Sugar, Gherkin 6%, Double Cream, led Capers 3%, Capers 5%, Salt, Modified Maize Starch, Egg Yolk, Acetic Acid, Citric Acid, Concentrated Lemon Juice, Mustard Flour, Potassium Sorbate, Xanthan Gum, Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), White Wine Vogar, Turmeric

Additives: E170 Calcium carbonates , E170i Calcium carbonate , E202 Potassium sorbate , E260 Acetic acid , E330 Citric acid , E415 Xanthan gum

As written on the pack

Rapeseed Oil, Water, Spirit Vinegar, Sugar, Gherkin (6%). Double Cream (Milk), led Capers (3%), Whole Capers 5%), Salt, Modified Maize Starch, Dried Egg Yolk, Acidity Regulators (Acetic Acid, Citric Acid), Concentrated Lemon Juice, Mustard Flour, Preservative (Potassium Sorbate), Stabiliser (Xanthan Gum), Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), White Wine Vogar, Turmeric.

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.

  • E170 Calcium carbonates Calcium carbonate is chalk.
  • 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 14 tartare sauces

From least to most processed, this one ranks 9th. 86% of the tartare 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 14 tartare sauces, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5053947608667, last edited 26 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 D (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.