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Is Tesco Wholegrain mustard ultra-processed?

180 g Mustards Sold in the United Kingdom and France

Pack of Tesco Wholegrain mustard

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

  1. 1 Unprocessed
  2. 2 Kitchen staple
  3. 3 Processed
  4. 4 Ultra-processed

Whole foods combined with:

  • 12 ingredients
  • 1 additive
  • Nutri-Score D

Less processed 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

Water, Brown Mustard Seeds 30%, White Wine Vinegar, Spirit Vinegar, Sugar, Salt, Mustard 3.5%, Cinnamon, Preservative (Sodium Metabisulphite), Pimento, Turmeric

Additives: E223 Sodium metabisulphite

As written on the pack

Water, Brown Mustard Seeds (30%), White Wine Vinegar (Sulphites), Spirit Vinegar, Sugar, Salt, Mustard Flour (3.5%). Cinnamon, Preservative (Sodium Metabisulphite), Pimento, Turmeric.

What makes it processed

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.

Preservation and traditional processing

Keep food safe or ferment it, like preservatives and cultures. A sign of processing, not ultra-processing.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 136 mustards

From least to most processed, this one ranks 67th. 40% of the 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 136 mustards, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5051140474263, last edited 14 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 D (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.