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Is Waitrose Honey mustard ultra-processed?

Mustards Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Waitrose Honey mustard

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
  • 2 additives
  • Nutri-Score D

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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

rapeseed oil, water, honey 14%, white wine vinegar, mustard 7% (white wine vinegar, water, yellow mustard seeds, brown mustard seeds, yellow mustard flour, salt, pimento, cinnamon), sugar, dijon mustard 1.5% (water, yellow mustard flour, spirit vinegar, salt, brown mustard, mustard), english mustard 1.5% (water, mustard, spirit vinegar, salt, lemon, mustard, turmeric), brown mustard seeds, salt, garlic purée, preservative (potassium sorbate), black pepper, stabiliser (xanthan gum)

Additives: E202 Potassium sorbate , E415 Xanthan gum

As written on the pack

rapeseed oil, water, honey (14%), white wine vinegar, wholegrain mustard (7%) (white wine vinegar, water, yellow mustard seeds, brown mustard seeds, yellow mustard flour, salt, ground pimento, ground cinnamon), sugar, dijon mustard (1.5%) (water, yellow mustard flour, spirit vinegar, salt, brown mustard flour, mustard flour bran), english mustard (1.5%) (water, mustard flour, spirit vinegar, salt, lemon concentrate, mustard flour bran, ground turmeric), brown mustard seeds, salt, garlic purée, preservative (potassium sorbate), black pepper, stabiliser (xanthan gum)

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.

  • E415 Xanthan gum Xanthan gum is a thickener made by fermenting sugar with the bacterium Xanthomonas campestris.
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.

  • E202 Potassium sorbate Preservatives are substances which prolong the shelf-life of foods by protecting them against deterioration caused by micro-organisms and/or which protect against growth of pathogenic micro-organisms.
  • Honey Honey, used as a sweetener.
  • Preservative Preservatives slow spoilage by microbes.
  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 136 mustards

From least to most processed, this one ranks 109th. 40% of the mustards 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 136 mustards, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5000169135228, last edited 5 June 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 D (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.