No — SO Organic Tomato Ketchup is not ultra-processed.
A simple recipe with familiar ingredients—fine for everyday use.
This ketchup contains concentrated tomato purée, water, sugar, vinegar, maize starch, sea salt, and allspice. These are conventional culinary ingredients and basic food components. No industrial formulations or additives that trigger a UPF classification are present. Concentrated tomato purée and maize starch do not, by themselves, make the product ultra-processed.
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No — SO Organic Tomato Ketchup by Sainsbury's is not ultra-processed, so it is not a UPF (ultra-processed food). This ketchup contains concentrated tomato purée, water, sugar, vinegar, maize starch, sea salt, and allspice. These are conventional culinary ingredients and basic food components. No industrial formulations or additives that trigger a UPF classification are present. Concentrated tomato purée and maize starch do not, by themselves, make the product ultra-processed.
Ultra-processed foods (UPFs) are industrial formulations made with ingredients and additives you wouldn't find in a home kitchen — such as emulsifiers, artificial flavourings, colourings and modified starches. The classification is based on the NOVA system used by researchers and dietitians worldwide.
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Product information comes from public databases and Nomi's own analysis, and may contain errors. Always check the packaging. Ultra-processed classification is based on the NOVA food processing system.