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Is The Spice Tailor Fiery Szechuan Sauce ultra-processed?

Meal kits Sold in the United Kingdom

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:

  • 26 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Tomatoes 54%, Water, Sugar, Black Vinegar, White Miso Paste (Water, Saya Beans, Rice, Salt), Soy Sauce (Water, Saya Beans, Wheat, Salt), Garlic 2.5%, Sesame Oil, Rice Vinegar, Cornflour, Ginger, Ground Szechuan Peppercorns, Red Chilli, Salt, White Pepper, Spices (Red Chilli, Szechuan Peppercorns)

As written on the pack

Tomatoes (54%), Water, Sugar, Black Vinegar (contains Wheat). White Miso Paste (Water, Saya Beans, Rice, Salt), Soy Sauce (Water, Saya Beans, Wheat, Salt), Garlic (2.5%) Sesame Oil, Rice Vinegar, Cornflour, Ginger, Ground Szechuan Peppercorns, Dried Red Chilli, Salt, Ground White Pepper, Dried Whole Spices (Red Chilli, Szechuan Peppercorns). Allergy Advice:

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.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

Category rules

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

  • Meal kits Products in the category "Meal kits" are at least group 3.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 20 meal kits

From least to most processed, this one ranks 4th. 75% of the meal kits 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 20 meal kits, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5000354926631, 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.
  • 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.