Is Tesco Mint Sauce 180G ultra-processed?

180 g Mint sauces Sold in the United Kingdom and France

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Colour
Flavouring
E415 Xanthan gum

13 ingredients
1 additive
Nutri-Score C

Less processed 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

mint 49%, white wine vinegar, sugar (processing marker), water, balsamic vinegar (wine vinegar, grape must), stabiliser (xanthan gum (ultra-processing marker)), salt (processing marker), colour (ultra-processing marker) (copper complexes of chlorophyllin complex), flavouring (ultra-processing marker)

Additives: E415 Xanthan gum

As written on the pack

reconstituted mint (49%), white wine vinegar (sulphites), sugar (sulphites), water, balsamic vinegar (wine vinegar, grape must), stabiliser (xanthan gum), salt, colour (copper complexes of chlorophyllin complex), flavouring.

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.
Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.
Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.

2 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.

Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 10 mint sauces

From least to most processed, this one ranks 5th. 100% of the mint 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 10 mint sauces, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5031021953612, last edited 18 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.