Is White Mausu Smoky Chilli Oil ultra-processed?

Vegetable oils Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of White Mausu Smoky Chilli Oil

No, it's a kitchen staple

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

It is pressed or refined from a food and used for cooking, like oil, butter or sugar.

  • 13 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score E

Ingredients

Sunflower Oil, Chilli 12% (Red Chilli, Korean Chilli, Chipotle Morita Flake), Agave Syrup, Garlic (Garlic, Sunflower Oil), Sea Salt, Tamari Soy Sauce, Star Anise, Cinnamon

As written on the pack

Sunflower Oil, Chilli Flakes (12%) [Red Chilli Flake, Korean Chilli Flake, Chipotle Morita Flake], Agave Syrup, Fried Garlic [Garlic, Sunflower Oil], Sea Salt, Tamari Soy Sauce, Star Anise, Cinnamon. Allergy Advice:

Why it is in group 2

Category rules

Open Food Facts puts every product in this category in at least this group.

  • Fats Products in the category "Fats" are at least group 2.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 359 vegetable oils

From least to most processed, this one ranks 318th. 10% of the vegetable oils 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 359 vegetable oils, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5391539750081, 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 E (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.