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Is Waitrose Guacamole ultra-processed?

Guacamoles Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Waitrose Guacamole

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:

  • 12 ingredients
  • 1 additive
  • Nutri-Score B

Less processed plant-based spreads

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

Avocado 83%, tomato, lime juice, sugar, onion, red chilli, coriander, antioxidant (ascorbic acid), garlic purée, salt, rice starch

Additives: E300 Ascorbic acid

As written on the pack

Avocado (83%), tomato, lime juice, sugar, onion, red chilli, coriander, antioxidant (ascorbic acid), garlic purée, salt, rice starch

What makes it processed

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.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 34 guacamoles

From least to most processed, this one ranks 18th. 32% of the guacamoles 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 34 guacamoles, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5000169579756, last edited 27 March 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.