Pesto Sauce, Pesto

Why Does This Score Ultra-Processed?

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

• Corn-Based Sweeteners (Glucose): HFCS is a hallmark of ultra-processed foods.
• Natural Flavors (Natural Flavorings): Despite being natural, these are highly processed extracts.
• Other Additives (Potato Flakes (Potatoes, Monoand Diglycerides Of Fatty Acids, Spices, Diphosphate, Sodium Metabisulphite, Ascorbyl Palmitate, Citric Acid)): Miscellaneous additives generally indicate processing.

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 Pesto Sauce, Pesto'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.

Vegetable OilsProcessing indicator

In this product: Sunflower Seed Oil, Extra Virgin Olive Oil.

Natural oils are minimally processed, hydrogenated oils indicate UPF.

Salt & SodiumProcessing indicator

In this product: Salt.

Basic preservative, but high amounts indicate processing.

Food AcidsProcessing indicator

In this product: Lactic Acid.

Common in both traditional and industrial foods.