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Chunky Vegetable Pasta Sauce

500g · ranked #550 of 813 in pasta sauces
Least processed#550 / 813Healthiest#179 / 724Lowest sugar#459 / 777✓ Palm-oil-free
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NOVA · 4 · 19 INGREDIENTS · 1 ADDITIVES
Ultra-processed. 1 additive and 19 ingredients — substantially industrial.
Verified · NOVAUpdated · Mar 2026
Score breakdown · 0–100 per axis
Processing
12
Healthiness
96
Low sugar
70
Low calorie
100
Low salt
55
High protein
0
High fibre
0
Nutrient density
80
Organic
0
Each facet scores 0–100 independently. The headline score above is currently the processing axis only; we're building a weighted composite (Phase 2 — Sprint C) that blends them.
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Barcode · 01699142 · Photo sourced Jul 2026
The ledger · every product starts at 100
From 100 to 12.
INGREDIENT
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Starting balance100
Tomatoes57%
—0
Water~0–33%
whole / basic0
Tomato Purée~0–33%
see related (2)
whole / basic0
Yellow Peppers4%
see related (1)
—0
Red Peppers3%
—0
—0
Sugar~0–3%
added sugar-3
Modified Maize Starch~0–3%
see related (4)
—0
Onions~0–3%
—0
Salt~0–3%
whole / basic0
Acidity
—0
Regulator
—0
Citric
—0
Acid
—0
Onion Powder~0–3%
see related (1)
whole / basic0
industrial oil-3
Basil~0–3%
—0
Garlic Purée~0–3%
see related (2)
whole / basic0
FinalNOVA · 4 · Ultra-processed12

Per-ingredient deltas come from a published rubric. Additive deltas come from the 468-entry E-number glossary (Open Food Facts taxonomy).

Flagged additives · 1
Citric acidE330 · low
Naturally occurs in citrus. Industrial form is fermented from glucose.
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