Is Tesco Tomato & Basil ultra-processed?

600 g Tomatoes Sold in the United Kingdom and France

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Whole foods combined with:

Salt
Sugar
Sauce

21 ingredients
No additives
Nutri-Score A

Less processed tomatoes

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

Tomato 50%, Tomato Purée, Onion, Tomato Juice, Carrot, Basil, Rapeseed Oil, Garlic Purée, Salt (processing marker), Worcester Sauce (processing marker) (Water, Sugar (processing marker), Spirit Vinegar, Molasses (processing marker), Onion, Salt (processing marker), Tamarind, Clove, Ginger, Garlic Purée), Black Pepper

As written on the pack

Tomato 50%, Tomato Purée, Onion, Tomato Juice, Carrot, Basil, Rapeseed Oil, Garlic Purée, Salt, Worcester Sauce (Water, Sugar, Spirit Vinegar, Molasses, Onion, Salt, Tamarind Concentrate, Clove Powder, Ginger Purée, Garlic Purée), Black Pepper

What makes it processed

Processed ingredients

Processed foods in their own right, such as cheese or milk powder.

Sauce A prepared sauce used as an ingredient.

Culinary ingredients

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.

Category rules

Open Food Facts puts every product in this category in at least this group.

Meals Products in the category "Meals" are at least group 3.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 188 tomatoes

From least to most processed, this one ranks 135th. 9% of the tomatoes 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 188 tomatoes, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5050179965964, last edited 17 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 A (from A, best, to E).
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.