Is TESCO finest Horseradish Sauce ultra-processed?

Dips Sold in the United Kingdom

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

E163 Anthocyanins
E415 Xanthan gum

20 ingredients
4 additives
Nutri-Score C

Less processed dips

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

horseradish 28%, rapeseed oil, spirit vinegar, ild, sugar (processing marker), water, ef jpg107881 l3802 double cream, lemon juice from concentrate, egg, salt (processing marker), skimmed milk, 2 horseradish powder, stabiliser (xanthan gum (ultra-processing marker)), mustard, preservatives (processing marker) (potassium sorbate (processing marker), sodium metabisulphite), ziga allergy advice for allergens, e163 ។ peel to reveal nutrition

Additives: E163 Anthocyanins , E202 Potassium sorbate , E223 Sodium metabisulphite , E415 Xanthan gum

Also detected, but not matched to one ingredient: E163 Anthocyanins.

As written on the pack

grated horseradish (28%), rapeseed oil, spirit vinegar, ild. sugar (sulphites), water, ef jpg107881 l3802 double cream (milk) (4%), lemon juice from concentrate, dried egg, salt, dried skimmed milk, 2 horseradish powder, stabiliser (xanthan gum), mustard flour, preservatives (potassium sorbate, sodium metabisulphite). ziga allergy advice for allergens, see ingredients in bold. suitable for vegetarians. 170g e 163 ។ peel to reveal nutrition

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.

E163 Anthocyanins Colours are substances which add or restore colour in a food, and include natural constituents of foods and natural sources which are normally not consumed as foods as such and not normally used as characteristic ingredients of food.
E415 Xanthan gum Xanthan gum is a thickener made by fermenting sugar with the bacterium Xanthomonas campestris.

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.
Preservative Preservatives slow spoilage by microbes.
Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 433 dips

From least to most processed, this one ranks 363rd. 43% of the dips 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 433 dips, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 03057162, last edited 25 May 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.