Is Trader Giotto's Organic Vodka Sauce ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 22 ingredients
- 2 additives
- Nutri-Score B
Less processed sauces
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
tomatoes, tomato puree (water, tomato paste), heavy cream, sweet whey (ultra-processing marker), onions, salt (processing marker), parmesan cheese (processing marker) (milk, salt (processing marker), powdered cellulose (ultra-processing marker), microbial enzymes), extra virgin olive oil (processing marker), garlic puree (garlic, water), lemon juice concentrate, basil, vodka (potato), oregano
Additives: E460 Cellulose , E460ii Powdered cellulose
As written on the pack
Organic tomatoes, organic tomato puree (water, organic tomato paste), organic heavy cream (milk), organic sweet whey, organic onions, salt, organic parmesan cheese (cultured pasteurized organic milk, salt, powdered cellulose, microbial enzymes), organic extra virgin olive oil, organic garlic puree (organic garlic, water), organic lemon juice concentrate, organic basil, organic vodka (potato), organic oregano.
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.
- E460 Cellulose A food additive used to dissolve, dilute, disperse or otherwise physically modify a food additive or nutrient without altering its function -and without exerting any technological effect itself- in order to facilitate its handling, application or use of the food additive or nutrient.
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.
3 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.
- Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
- Cheese Cheese is milk preserved with salt, cultures and rennet.
Among 2,964 sauces
From least to most processed, this one ranks 1982nd. 60% of the sauces here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 00599757, last edited 5 May 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 B (from A, best, to E).
- General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.