Szechuan sauce
Processing
4
Ultra-processed
Group 4 of 4 on the NOVA scale
Additives listed
2
None we have assessed
2 of them not yet assessed here
Sugars per 100g
17g
Medium
UK FSA front of pack threshold
Three separate readings, kept apart on purpose. This is not a score, and none of it says this product is harmful.
Additives (2)
This label lists 1 acidity regulator and 1 colour.
Also on the label, not assessed here yet
- E150A Plain caramel colour
- E260 Acetic acid acidity regulator
Names and jobs come from the register of additives permitted in Great Britain, which we have not finished transcribing: a code shown without a name is a gap in our coverage, not a finding that it is unapproved. Naming one is not grading it either. Full detail appears only where we have an assessment against a named authority, so all of this describes our coverage rather than these additives. Most are common and low concern.
Ingredients
water, sugar, tomato paste (13%), rice vinegar, soy sauce [water, soya beans, wheat flour, salt], modified maize starch, chillies, sunflower oil, garlic, colour (plain caramel), ginger, yeast extract, szechuan pepper (0.2%), nigella seeds, dried basil, black pepper, salt, acidity regulator (acetic acid).
As printed on the pack, in the producer's own order: ingredients are listed by weight, so what comes first is most of what is in it. E numbers link to their assessment where we have one.