Is Wagamama Korean style BBQ stir fry 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:
- 37 ingredients
- 3 additives
- Nutri-Score E
Less processed soy sauces
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
Water, Soy Sauce (processing marker) 25% (Water, Soybeans, Wheat, Salt (processing marker)), Demerara Sugar (processing marker), Gochujang Style Chilli Paste 10% (Red Chilli, Rice Flour, White Wine Vinegar, Caster Sugar (processing marker), Salt (processing marker), Water, Black Beans, Rice Wine, Glucose Syrup (ultra-processing marker), Yeast Extract (from Barley), Wheat Flour, Sunflower Oil (processing marker), Citric Acid), Rice Vinegar, Ginger, Thai Garlic Paste (Garlic, Sugar (processing marker), Salt (processing marker), Acetic Acid), Red Chilli Purée, Modified Maize Starch (ultra-processing marker), Salt (processing marker), Natural Flavouring (ultra-processing marker), Rapeseed Oil, Citric Acid, Paprika Extract (ultra-processing marker), Cinnamon
Additives: E160c Paprika extract , E260 Acetic acid , E330 Citric acid
As written on the pack
Water, Soy Sauce (25%), (Water, Soybeans, Wheat, Salt), Demerara Sugar, Gochujang Style Chilli Paste (10%), (Red Chilli, Rice Flour, White Wine Vinegar, Caster Sugar, Salt, Water, Black Beans (Soya), Rice Wine, Glucose Syrup, Yeast Extract (from Barley), Wheat Flour, Sunflower Oil, Acidity Regulator: Citric Acid); Rice Vinegar, Ginger Purée, Thai Garlic Paste (Garlic, Sugar, Salt, Acidity Regulator: Acetic Acid), Red Chilli Purée, Modified Maize Starch, Salt, Natural Flavouring, Rapeseed Oil, Acidity Regulator: Citric Acid; Colour: Paprika Extract; Cinnamon.
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.
- 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.
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.
- Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
- Glucose syrup Glucose syrup is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
5 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.
- Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
- Sauce A prepared sauce used as an ingredient.
Among 94 soy sauces
From least to most processed, this one ranks 86th. 60% of the soy sauces here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5039303006377, last edited 3 September 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.