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Is Vitasia Wasabi ultra-processed?

43 g Condiment pastes Sold in Sweden, Germany and Spain

Pack of Vitasia Wasabi

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:

  • 12 ingredients
  • 5 additives
  • Nutri-Score E

Less processed condiment pastes

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

pepparrot 75%, pepparrots 10%, senapsfrön, salt, wasabi 3.5%, rapsolja, pepparrotsolja, citronsyra, kryddextrakt (pepparrot, gurkmeja), kopparkomplex av klorofyller och klorofylliner

Additives: E140 Chlorophylls and Chlorophyllins , E140ii Chlorophyllins , E141 Copper complexes of chlorophylls and chlorophyllins , E141i Copper complexes of chlorophylls , E330 Citric acid

Also detected, but not matched to one ingredient: E141 Copper complexes of chlorophylls and chlorophyllins.

As written on the pack

75 % pepparrot, 10 % pepparrotspulver, malda senapsfrön, salt, 3,5 % wasabi, rapsolja, pepparrotsolja, syra (citronsyra), kryddextrakt (pepparrot, gurkmeja), färgämne (kopparkomplex av klorofyller och klorofylliner).

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.

  • E140 Chlorophylls and Chlorophyllins 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.
  • E141 Copper complexes of chlorophylls and chlorophyllins 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.
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.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 17 condiment pastes

From least to most processed, this one ranks 17th. 35% of the condiment pastes 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 17 condiment pastes, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 20564926, last edited 14 August 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.