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Is Waitrose mango chutney ultra-processed?

315 Mango chutneys Sold in the United Kingdom

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:

  • 16 ingredients
  • 1 additive
  • Nutri-Score D

Less processed fruit-based foods

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

Mango 40%, sugar, water, mango purée 10%, cornflour, concentrated lemon juice, ginger, garlic purée, salt, coriander seeds, acid (acetic acid), onion, cinnamon, red chilli purée, Per 20g serving Energy 146k

Additives: E260 Acetic acid

As written on the pack

Mango (40%), sugar, water, mango purée (10%), cornflour, concentrated lemon juice, ginger purée, garlic purée, salt, ground coriander seeds, acid (acetic acid), onion seeds, cinnamon, red chilli purée, Per 20g serving Energy 146k)

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.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 23 mango chutneys

From least to most processed, this one ranks 18th. 22% of the mango chutneys 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 23 mango chutneys, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5000169049815, 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.
  • 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.