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Is Texas Longhorn Jalapeño Cheese Sauce ultra-processed?

200 g Sauces Sold in Sweden

Pack of Texas Longhorn Jalapeño Cheese 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:

  • 34 ingredients
  • 9 additives
  • 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

Vatten, ost (ost, vatten, smör, komjölksprotein, emulgeringsmedel, vassle, skummjölk spulver, surhetsreglerande medel (e270), färgämne (e160a, e160e), klumpförebyggandemedel (solroslecitin)), mjölk, vetemjöl, rapsolja, tomat, jalapeño, salt, ättika, konserveringsmedel (e211, e202), emulgeringsmedel (e472), surhetsreglerandemedel (e330, e509), färgämne (betakaroten), arom

Additives: E160a Carotene , E160ai Beta-carotene , E160e Beta-apo-8′-carotenal (c30) , E202 Potassium sorbate , E211 Sodium benzoate , E270 Lactic acid , E330 Citric acid , E472 Acid esters of mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids , E509 Calcium chloride

As written on the pack

Vatten, ost (ost, vatten, smör, komjölksprotein, emulgeringsmedel, vassle pulver, skummjölk spulver, surhetsreglerande medel (E270), färgämne (E160a, E160e), klumpförebyggandemedel (solroslecitin)), mjölk, vetemjöl, rapsolja, tomat, jalapeño, salt, ättika, konserveringsmedel (E211, E202), emulgeringsmedel (E472), surhetsreglerandemedel (E330, E509), färgämne (betakaroten), arom.

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.

  • E160a Carotene Carotenes are orange-yellow pigments, either synthesised or extracted from carrots, algae or palm oil.
  • E160e Beta-apo-8′-carotenal (c30) 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.
  • Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.
  • Emulsifier Emulsifiers keep fat and water from separating, giving products a smooth, stable texture over a long shelf life.
  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.

Substances rarely used in home kitchens

Refined or extracted in factories, such as syrups made from starch or isolated proteins. The other hallmark of ultra-processed food.

  • Whey Whey is the liquid left over from cheese making, usually dried into a powder and used as a cheap source of milk solids, protein and lactose.
6 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.

  • E202 Potassium sorbate Preservatives are substances which prolong the shelf-life of foods by protecting them against deterioration caused by micro-organisms and/or which protect against growth of pathogenic micro-organisms.
  • Anti-caking agent Anti-caking agents are substances which reduce the tendency of individual particles of a foodstuff to adhere to one another.
  • Butter Butter, the fat churned from cream.
  • Preservative Preservatives slow spoilage by microbes.
  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Cheese Cheese is milk preserved with salt, cultures and rennet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 2,962 sauces

From least to most processed, this one ranks 2827th. 60% of the 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 2,962 sauces, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 7330836301037, last edited 2 April 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.