Mojo Criollo Spanish Sauce

Why Does This Score Ultra-Processed?

In our analysis, Mojo Criollo Spanish Sauce scores Ultra-Processed. That classification is shaped by ingredients commonly associated with ultra-processed foods:

• Chemical Preservatives (Sodium Benzoate As A Preservative): Synthetic preservatives are UPF indicators.
• Stabilizers & Gums (Sour Orange (Water, Sugar Cane, Natural And Artificial Orange Flavor, Citric Acid, Xanthan Gum, Salt, Propylene Glycol, Artificial Color Fd&C Yellow 6 & #5)And Lemon (Filtered Water, Lemon Blend From Concentrate, Lemon Oil, 1/10 Of 1% Sodium Benzoate And 1/30 Of 1% Sodium Bisulfite As Preservatives). Water): Industrial stabilizers common in UPF.

Within Cooking Sauces, this product is more processed than about 83% of the 9,519 products we've analyzed.

Processing classification reflects ingredient and additive analysis, not a judgment of any product's safety, quality, or healthfulness.

What These Ingredients Tell Us

We group Mojo Criollo Spanish Sauce's ingredients into ingredient categories and note how each relates to food processing. The notes below describe the category, not this specific product's formulation.

Salt & SodiumProcessing indicator

In this product: Salt.

Basic preservative, but high amounts indicate processing.

Food AcidsProcessing indicator

In this product: Citric Acid.

Common in both traditional and industrial foods.