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Is Tesco Honey & Mustard Dressing ultra-processed?

Honey mustards Sold in the United Kingdom and France

Pack of Tesco Honey & Mustard 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:

  • 32 ingredients
  • 1 additive
  • Nutri-Score D

Less processed honey mustards

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

Ingredients Water, Rapeseed Oil, Sugar, Lemon Juice from Concentrate, Honey 8%, White Wine Vinegar, Egg Yolk, Mustard 3%, Citrus Fibre, Salt, American Style Sorbate) Stabiliser (Xanthan Gum), Mustard, Black Pepper, Preservative, Potassium Mustard contains (Water), Black Mustard Seed, Spirit Vinegar, Salt, American Style Mustard contains (Water), Spirit Vinegar, Mustard Flour, Sea Salt, Mustard Husk, Turmeric, Paprika, Garlic Powder, Nutrition 100ml Each tablespoon Typical values contains (15m), contains Energy

Additives: E415 Xanthan gum

As written on the pack

Ingredients Water, Rapeseed Oil, Sugar, Lemon Juice from Concentrate, Honey (8%), White Wine Vinegar, Reconstituted Dried Egg Yolk, Wholegrain Mustard (3%), Citrus Fibre, Salt, American Style Sorbate) Stabiliser (Xanthan Gum). Wholegrain Mustard, Black Pepper, Preservative (Potassium Mustard contains: Water, Black Mustard Seed, Spirit Vinegar, Salt. American Style Mustard contains: Water, Spirit Vinegar, Mustard Flour, Sea Salt, Mustard Husk, Turmeric, Paprika, Garlic Powder. Allergy advice For allergens, see ingredients in bold. Suitable for vegetarians Nutrition 100ml Each tablespoon Typical values contains (15m) contains Energy 915kJ/

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.

Substances rarely used in home kitchens

Refined or extracted in factories, such as syrups made from starch or isolated proteins. The other hallmark of ultra-processed food.

  • Vegetable fiber Isolated plant fibres, such as inulin, oat fibre or bamboo fibre, are extracted industrially and added to change texture or support "source of fibre" claims.
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.

  • Honey Honey, used as a sweetener.
  • 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 10 honey mustards

From least to most processed, this one ranks 5th. 80% of the honey mustards 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 10 honey mustards, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5051622956126, last edited 3 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 D (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.