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Is Tesco Sweet piccalilli ultra-processed?

350g Pickled vegetables Sold in the United Kingdom and Germany

Pack of Tesco Sweet piccalilli

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:

  • 17 ingredients
  • 3 additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed pickled vegetables

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

Vegetables In Varying Proportions 38% (Cauliflower, Gherkin, Onion, Silverskin Onion), Water, Spirit Vinegar, Sugar, Acetylated Distarch Adipate, Mustard Flour, Rice Flour, Salt, Spices, Riboflavin, Rapeseed Oil, Flavouring, Cinnamon

Additives: E101 Riboflavin , E101i Riboflavin , E1422 Acetylated distarch adipate

As written on the pack

Vegetables In Varying Proportions (38%) [Cauliflower, Gherkin, Onion, Silverskin Onion], Water, Spirit Vinegar, Sugar, Thickener (Acetylated Distarch Adipate), Mustard Flour, Rice Flour, Salt, Spices, Colour (Riboflavin), Rapeseed Oil, Flavouring, Cinnamon Extract

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.

  • E101 Riboflavin 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.
  • E1422 Acetylated distarch adipate Acetylated distarch adipate is a chemically modified starch that holds up to heating, freezing and acidity, used to thicken sauces and fillings.
  • 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 126 pickled vegetables

From least to most processed, this one ranks 120th. 47% of the pickled vegetables 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 126 pickled vegetables, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5057967137954, last edited 12 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.