Amino acids

No. Amino acids is not one of the markers Open Food Facts uses to classify a food as processed or ultra-processed, so on its own it doesn't raise a product's NOVA group.

What it is

A food additive authorised for industrial food production.

A product that contains it can still be ultra-processed for other reasons: 15 of the 15 products here that contain amino acids (100%) are in group 4 because of other ingredients or additives.