Is Tiao Hu Sriracha Hot Sauce ultra-processed?

455 Hot sauces Sold in Australia

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Thickener
E1422 Acetylated distarch adipate
E415 Xanthan gum

11 ingredients
3 additives
Nutri-Score E

Less processed hot 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

Red Chilli Puree 35.4%, Sugar (processing marker), Water, Salt (processing marker), Garlic Puree 7%, Bird's Eye Chilli Puree 5.9%, Acidity Regulator (260), Thickeners (ultra-processing marker) (1422, 415)

Additives: E1422 Acetylated distarch adipate , E260 Acetic acid , E415 Xanthan gum

Also detected, but not matched to one ingredient: E1422 Acetylated distarch adipate, E415 Xanthan gum.

As written on the pack

Red Chilli Puree (35.4%), Sugar, Water, Salt, Garlic Puree (7.0%), Bird's Eye Chilli Puree (5.9%), Acidity Regulator (260), Thickeners (1422, 415)

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.

E1422 Acetylated distarch adipate Acetylated distarch adipate is a chemically modified starch that holds up to heating, freezing and acidity, used to thicken sauces and fillings.
E415 Xanthan gum Xanthan gum is a thickener made by fermenting sugar with the bacterium Xanthomonas campestris.
Thickener Thickeners, often gums or modified starches, make liquids more viscous so that a product feels richer than its ingredients alone would make it.

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 185 hot sauces

From least to most processed, this one ranks 153rd. 70% of the hot 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 185 hot sauces, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 9337944001079, last edited 30 January 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 E (from A, best, to E).
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.