Top 10 · Updated October 2026

Least Processed Cooking Sauces

7 of the top 10 cooking sauces products sit in NOVA group 1 — the least processed end of the scale. The cooking sauces with the lowest NOVA processing group — fewer industrial ingredients and additives. We checked 120 cooking sauces with complete data.

  1. 1 Pulpe de tomates BIO

    Pulpe de tomates BIO

    AUCHAN · 0.4 kg
    a NOVA 1 20 kcal 3 g sugar 1.3 g protein 0.5 g fat

    Also: Palm oil free · Vegan · Vegetarian

  2. 2 Purée de tomates

    Purée de tomates

    AUCHAN · 0.5 kg
    a NOVA 1 34 kcal 4 g sugar 1.7 g protein 0.5 g fat

    Also: Palm oil free · Vegan · Vegetarian

  3. 3 Sweet and Sour Sauce

    Sweet and Sour Sauce

    Marks & Spencer · 340 g
    a NOVA 1 79 kcal 13.9 g sugar 0.5 g protein 0.7 g fat

    Also: Palm oil free · Vegan · Vegetarian

  4. 4 Jus de citron

    Jus de citron

    Auchan Bio · 0.25 l
    b NOVA 1 27 kcal 2 g sugar 0.4 g protein 0.5 g fat

    Also: Palm oil free · Vegan · Vegetarian

  5. 5 Purée de tomate

    Purée de tomate

    Zakia · 600 g
    b NOVA 1 36 kcal 4.4 g sugar 1.7 g protein 0.2 g fat

    Also: Palm oil free · Vegetarian · No additives

  6. 6 CHEF Roux Blanc 6x1kg

    CHEF Roux Blanc 6x1kg

    Chef · 1000 g
    b NOVA 1 47 kcal 0 g sugar 0.5 g protein 3.3 g fat

    Also: Vegan · Vegetarian · No additives

  7. 7 Oignons frits

    Oignons frits

    AUCHAN · 0.1 kg
    e NOVA 1 590 kcal 9 g sugar 6 g protein 44 g fat

    Also: No additives

  8. 8 Sauce tomate Barilla Spéciale Pizza

    Sauce tomate Barilla Spéciale Pizza

    Barilla · 400 g
    a NOVA 3 54 kcal 5 g sugar 1.5 g protein 2.2 g fat

    Also: Palm oil free · Vegetarian · No additives

  9. 9 Bolognese onion and garlic

    Bolognese onion and garlic

    Dolmio · 500g
    a NOVA 3 48 kcal 7.2 g sugar 1.6 g protein 0.3 g fat

    Also: Palm oil free

  10. 10 Tomato & calabrian chilli sauce

    Tomato & calabrian chilli sauce

    Tesco
    a NOVA 3 55 kcal 8.1 g sugar 2.2 g protein 0.8 g fat

    Also: Palm oil free

How we built this list

We ranked all published cooking sauces on Foodmetria that have a photo and the required nutrition data, using values per 100 g from the product label. Ties are broken by Nutri-Score and by how often shoppers scan the product. Rankings update automatically as label data changes. Read our methodology.

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