Is The Bay Tree Hot stuff horseradish ultra-processed?

175g Plant-based spreads Sold in the United Kingdom

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Thickener
Whey
E412 Guar gum

19 ingredients
3 additives
Nutri-Score D

Less processed plant-based spreads

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

Horseradish 61% (Horseradish 41%, Spirit Vinegar, Rapeseed Oil, Whey Powder (ultra-processing marker), Milk), Salt (processing marker), Thickener (ultra-processing marker) (Guar Gum (ultra-processing marker)), Acidity Regulator (Citric Acid), Antioxidant (Sodium Metabisulphite), Rapeseed Oil, Spirit Vinegar, Lemon Juice, Cornflour, Sugar (processing marker), Salt (processing marker)

Additives: E223 Sodium metabisulphite , E330 Citric acid , E412 Guar gum

As written on the pack

Horseradish (61%) [Grated Horseradish (41%), Spirit Vinegar, Rapeseed Oil, Whey Powder [Milk], Salt, Thickener: Guar Gum, Acidity Regulator: Citric Acid, Antioxidant: Sodium Metabisulphite), Rapeseed Oil, Spirit Vinegar, Lemon Juice, Cornflour, Sugar, Salt.

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.

E412 Guar gum Guar gum is a thickener ground from the seeds of the guar plant.
Thickener Thickeners, often gums or modified starches, make liquids more viscous so that a product feels richer than its ingredients alone would make it.

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.

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 1,373 plant-based spreads

From least to most processed, this one ranks 1213th. 51% of the plant-based spreads 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 1,373 plant-based spreads, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5032714013149, 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 D (from A, best, to E).
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.