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Is AlBatal Popcorn Butter 25gm البطل ultra-processed?

25gm Popcorn Sold in Canada and Saudi Arabia

Pack of AlBatal Popcorn Butter 25gm البطل

Yes, it's ultra-processed

  1. 1 Unprocessed
  2. 2 Kitchen staple
  3. 3 Processed
  4. 4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

  • 15 ingredients
  • 7 additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed popcorn

Less processed isn't automatically healthier, so compare the labels for what matters to you, such as sugar or salt.

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Popcorn, Palm Olein Oil (Vegetable), Nature-identical Butter Flavour, Maize Maltodextrin, Whey Powder, Salt, Sugar, Potato Maltodextrin, e621, e551, e262i, e330, e471, e160c

Additives: E160c Paprika extract , E262 Sodium acetates , E262i Sodium acetate , E330 Citric acid , E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids , E551 Silicon dioxide , E621 Monosodium glutamate

As written on the pack

Popcorn, Palm Olein Oil (Vegetable), Nature-identical Butter Flavour, Maize Maltodextrin, Whey Powder, Salt, Sugar, Potato Maltodextrin, Flavour Enhancer (E621), Anticaking Agent (E551), Preservative (E262i), Food Acid (E330), Emulsifier (E471), Natural Colour (E160c)

What makes it ultra-processed

Cosmetic additives

Added to change how the food looks, feels or tastes, not to keep it safe. A hallmark of ultra-processed food.

  • E160c Paprika extract Paprika extract is a red-orange colour extracted from paprika peppers.
  • E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids are made from fats and glycerol.
  • E551 Silicon dioxide A food additive used to dissolve, dilute, disperse or otherwise physically modify a food additive or nutrient without altering its function -and without exerting any technological effect itself- in order to facilitate its handling, application or use of the food additive or nutrient.
  • E621 Monosodium glutamate Monosodium glutamate (MSG) is the sodium salt of glutamic acid, made by fermentation and used to strengthen savoury taste.

Substances rarely used in home kitchens

Refined or extracted in factories, such as syrups made from starch or isolated proteins. The other hallmark of ultra-processed food.

  • Maltodextrin Maltodextrin is a white powder made by partly breaking down starch.
  • Whey Whey is the liquid left over from cheese making, usually dried into a powder and used as a cheap source of milk solids, protein and lactose.
2 ingredients that would only make it processed

Kitchen staples like sugar, salt and oil. On their own they make a food processed, not ultra-processed.

  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 188 popcorn

From least to most processed, this one ranks 185th. 57% of the popcorn here are ultra-processed.

Ranked by NOVA group, then by the number of ultra-processing signs, additives and ingredients. Our ordering, not part of NOVA.

All 188 popcorn, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 6281016001074, last edited 18 September 2026), available under the Open Database License. If something is wrong or the recipe has changed, you can correct it there.
  • Photo: Open Food Facts contributors, CC BY-SA 3.0.
  • The NOVA group is an automated estimate from crowdsourced data: a missing or mistyped ingredient can change it.
  • NOVA measures processing, not nutrition. For nutrition, Open Food Facts gives this product a Nutri-Score of C (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.