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Is Wagamama firecracker mayo vegan ultra-processed?

Mayonnaises Sold in the United Kingdom

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:

  • 37 ingredients
  • 4 additives
  • Nutri-Score D

Less processed mayonnaises

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

War, Rapeseed Oil 25%, Spirit Vinegar Chilli 7%, Sugar, Modified Maize Starch, Modified Potato Starch, Sambal 3.8% (Chilli Peppers, Salt), Soy Sauce (Water, Soybeans, Salt, Spirit Vinegar), Brown Sugar (Sugar, Caramel, Sugar Syrup), Garlic Purée 1.9%, Ginger 1.1%, Apple Vinegar, Rice Vinegar, Salt, Sea Salt, Flavouring, Mustard, Thickener hot Guar Gum, Acid (Citric Acid), Mushroom JJJ Extract, Antioxidant (e385), Colour (Paprika Extract, For alergens), including cereals containing a gluten, V79727 Свотны Cyk $265ml

Additives: E160c Paprika extract , E330 Citric acid , E385 Calcium disodium ethylenediaminetetraacetate , E412 Guar gum

Also detected, but not matched to one ingredient: E412 Guar gum.

As written on the pack

War, Rapeseed Oil (25%), Spirit Vinegar Chilli (7%), Sugar, Modified Maize Starch, Modified Potato Starch, Sambal (3.8%) (Chilli Peppers, Salt), Soy Sauce (Water, Soybeans, Salt, Spirit Vinegar), Brown Sugar (Sugar, Caramel, Sugar Syrup) Garlic Purée (1.9%), Ginger Purée (1.1%) Apple Vinegar, Rice Vinegar, Salt and Sea Salt, Flavouring, Mustard Flour, Thickener hot Guar Gum, Acid: Citric Acid, Mushroom JJJ Extract, Antioxidant: E385, Colour: Paprika Extract. For alergens, including cereals containing a gluten, see ingredients in bold. V79727 Свотны Cyk $265ml

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.

  • E160c Paprika extract Paprika extract is a red-orange colour extracted from paprika peppers.
  • E412 Guar gum Guar gum is a thickener ground from the seeds of the guar plant.
  • Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.
  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
  • Modified starch Modified starch is starch altered physically, with enzymes or chemically, so that it thickens, gels or survives freezing and heating better than ordinary starch.
4 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.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
  • Sauce A prepared sauce used as an ingredient.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 239 mayonnaises

From least to most processed, this one ranks 218th. 72% of the mayonnaises 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 239 mayonnaises, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5039303007688, last edited 4 June 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 D (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.