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Is Wagamama Teriyaki stir fru sauce ultra-processed?

Teriyaki sauces Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Wagamama Teriyaki stir fru sauce

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

  1. 1 Unprocessed
  2. 2 Kitchen staple
  3. 3 Processed
  4. 4 Ultra-processed

Whole foods combined with:

  • 33 ingredients
  • 2 additives
  • Nutri-Score E

Less processed 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

dark soy sauce 22% (water, soyabeans 17%, wheat, salt), demerara sugar, water, rice vinegar, dark soy sauce 15% (soy, water, soybeans, salt, fortified wheat flour (wheat, calcium carbonate, iron, thiamine, niacin)), water, sugar, cane molasses, salt, barley malt extract, acetic acid) modified maize starch, thai garlic paste 3% (garlic, sugar, salt, acetic acid), ginger 3%, citric acid, cinnamon

Additives: E260 Acetic acid , E330 Citric acid

As written on the pack

dark soy sauce (22%), (water, soyabeans 17%, wheat, salt), demerara sugar, water, rice vinegar, dark soy sauce (15%) (soy extract, water, soybeans, salt, fortified wheat flour (wheat, calcium carbonate, iron, thiamine, niacin)) water, sugar, cane molasses, salt, barley malt extract, acidity regulator: acetic acid) modified maize starch, thai garlic paste (3%) ( garlic, sugar, salt, acidity regulator: acetic acid), ginger puree (3%), acidity regulator: citric acid, ground cinnamon

What makes it processed

Processed ingredients

Processed foods in their own right, such as cheese or milk powder.

  • Sauce A prepared sauce used as an ingredient.

Culinary ingredients

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 22 teriyaki sauces

From least to most processed, this one ranks 8th. 64% of the teriyaki 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 22 teriyaki sauces, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5039303005691, 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.