Maggi NOVA 4

Hot and Sweet tomato chili sauce

Hot and Sweet tomato chili sauce: 4/5 ingredient safety

Hot and Sweet tomato chili sauce by Maggi has 4 tracked ingredients, with an overall safety score of 4 out of 5, in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.

  • Safety score in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
  • NOVA processing classification: group 4

How This Score Is Built

Hot and Sweet tomato chili sauce draws on FDA status, EU regulatory status, US state actions, and published research, combined into a single editorially-derived 1-5 scale (never an official government rating). 4 of its 4 tracked ingredients are scored so far; data as of 2026-09-07.

Open Food Facts, FDA, and EU regulatory records feed this score. The FDA site → has the primary record; our methodology page explains the scoring.

Where Hot and Sweet tomato chili sauce sits nationally

Average ingredient safety score vs. 58,710 other scored products in PlainIngredients

4 Top 80% higher than 20% of 58,710 scored products

Average ingredient safety score (1 = highest risk, 5 = safest), bucketed by value

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Source PlainIngredients ingredient safety index · 2026-09-07

4
Low Risk
Average ingredient safety: 4 out of 5
Based on 4 tracked ingredients
4
Tracked Ingredients
0
Concerning
3
Low Risk / Safe
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Nutri-Score

Ingredient Safety Breakdown

Processing Level

4
NOVA Group 4
Ultra-processed foods

Ultra-processed products are formulations made mostly or entirely from substances derived from foods and additives. They typically contain ingredients not commonly used in home cooking.

Full Ingredients List

WATER, SUGAR TOMATO PASTE, CHILLI PUREE SALT, AND LESS THAN 2% OF TAPIOCA STARCH, CHILI POWDER, GARLIC POWDER, GINGER POWDER, RED ONION POWDER, NATURAL FLAVORS, POTASSIUM IODATE, ACETIC ACID, SODIUM BENZOATE (PRESERVATIVE), XANTHAN GUM.

Compare beyond brand

Nationwide peers by additive safety & ingredient depth

Two PlainIngredients-derived comparison paths for Hot and Sweet tomato chili sauce: nearest mean mapped additive safety score and nearest mapped ingredient count among indexable products with at least 3 scored additives, excluding same-brand siblings. Scores describe regulatory and research signals on additives, not dietary advice.

Product Details

Brand
Maggi
Barcode
0028000811525
NOVA Group
4 — Ultra-processed foods
Available In
United States

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Frequently asked questions

Is Hot and Sweet tomato chili sauce above or below average on ingredient safety?

Among the 58,710 PlainIngredients products with a scored ingredient list, Hot and Sweet tomato chili sauce's 4/5 average puts it in the lower 80%, in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.

What does a 4/5 ingredient safety score mean?

Each ingredient gets a 1-5 score (1 highest risk, 5 safest) built from FDA and EU regulatory status; Hot and Sweet tomato chili sauce's 4/5 is the average across every mapped ingredient it lists, landing it in the Low Risk tier.

Every figure on PlainIngredients is rendered directly from FDA, EU, EFSA and U.S. state regulatory records, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.