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Is Tesco Plum and Hoisin Stir Fry Sauce ultra-processed?

165g Hoisin sauces Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Tesco Plum and Hoisin Stir Fry 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:

  • 19 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed hoisin 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

Water, Plum, Sugar, Cornflour, Rice Vinegar Ginger Purée 2%, Garlic Purée, Yellow Soya Bean, Salt, Soya Bean, Caramelised Sugar Syrup, Spirit Vinegar, Flavourings, Black Pepper, Cinnamon Powder, Fennel, Ginger Powder, Star Anise, Clove, Alcohol

As written on the pack

Water, Concentrated Plum Juice, Sugar, Cornflour, Rice Vinegar Ginger Purée (2%), Garlic Purée, Yellow Soya Bean, Salt, Soya Bean, Caramelised Sugar Syrup, Spirit Vinegar, Flavourings, Black Pepper, Cinnamon Powder, Fennel Powder, Ginger Powder, Star Anise, Clove Powder, Alcohol.

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.

  • 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 15 hoisin sauces

From least to most processed, this one ranks 3rd. 87% of the hoisin 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 15 hoisin sauces, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 03302149, last edited 27 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 C (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.