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Is Waitrose Red Onion Chutney ultra-processed?

350g Onion chutneys Sold in the United Kingdom and France

Pack of Waitrose Red Onion Chutney

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:

  • 12 ingredients
  • 3 additives
  • Nutri-Score D

Less processed onion chutneys

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

Sugar, red onion 41%, balsamic vinegar 6% (white wine vinegar, grape must, caramel), white wine vinegar, water, citric acid, pectin, salt, black pepper

Additives: E150 Caramel , E330 Citric acid , E440 Pectins

As written on the pack

Sugar, red onion (41%), BALSAMIC VINEGAR (6%) (white wine vinegar, grape must, colour caramel), white wine vinegar, water, acidity regulator citric acid, gelling agent pectin, salt, black pepper

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.

  • E150 Caramel A food additive authorised for industrial food production.
  • E440 Pectins Pectins are gelling agents extracted from citrus peel or apple pomace.
2 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.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 15 onion chutneys

From least to most processed, this one ranks 14th. 53% of the onion 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 15 onion chutneys, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5000169250112, last edited 1 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 D (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.