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Is Aldi 2 Melting Centre Nut roasts ultra-processed?

2 x 195 g Sold in Ireland

Pack of Aldi 2 Melting Centre Nut roasts

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:

  • 45 ingredients
  • 6 additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

carrot 15%, broccoli 11%, romanesco cauliflower 11%, cauliflower 11%, Red Onions, Water, Onions, Maize Polenta, walnuts 4.5%, Rice Flour, Maple Syrup, Soya Milk, Gram Flour, Melt (Water, Modified Potato Starch, Coconut Oil, Chickpeas, Salt, Flavouring, Acidity Regulator (Citric Acid), Colour (Carotenes)), Sunflower Oil, Extra Virgin Olive Oil, Salt, Garlic, Cranberries, Redcurrants, Sugar, Thickeners (Modified Waxy Maize Starch), Carob Flour, Xanthan Gum, Maize Starch, Thyme, Gelling Agent (Pectins), Colours (Curcumin), Paprika Extract, Dextrose, White Pepper, S F St Fr Co of

Additives: E100 Curcumin , E160a Carotene , E160c Paprika extract , E330 Citric acid , E415 Xanthan gum , E440 Pectins

As written on the pack

CARROT (15%), BROCCOLI (11%), ROMANESCO CAULIFLOWER (11%), CAULIFLOWER (11%), Red Onions, Water, Onions, Maize Polenta, WALNUTS (4.5%), Rice Flour, Maple Syrup, Soya Milk, Gram Flour, Vegan Melt (Water, Modified Potato Starch, Coconut Oil, Chickpeas, Salt, Flavouring, Acidity Regulator: Citric Acid; Colour: Carotenes), Sunflower Oil, Extra Virgin Olive Oil, Salt, Garlic, Cranberries, Redcurrants, Sugar, Thickeners: Modified Waxy Maize Starch, Carob Flour, Xanthan Gum; Maize Starch, Thyme, Gelling Agent: Pectins; Colours: Curcumin, Paprika Extract; Dextrose, Ground White Pepper. ALLERGY ADVICE: For allergens, see ingredients in bold. DIETARY ADVICE: Suitable for vegans. May also contain other nuts, peanuts and sesame. No artificial colours, S F St Fr Co of

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.

  • E100 Curcumin Colours are substances which add or restore colour in a food, and include natural constituents of foods and natural sources which are normally not consumed as foods as such and not normally used as characteristic ingredients of food.
  • E160a Carotene Carotenes are orange-yellow pigments, either synthesised or extracted from carrots, algae or palm oil.
  • E160c Paprika extract Paprika extract is a red-orange colour extracted from paprika peppers.
  • E415 Xanthan gum Xanthan gum is a thickener made by fermenting sugar with the bacterium Xanthomonas campestris.
  • E440 Pectins Pectins are gelling agents extracted from citrus peel or apple pomace.
  • Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.
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  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
  • Gelling agent Gelling agents such as pectin, gelatine or carrageenan set liquids into gels and stabilise textures.
  • Thickener Thickeners, often gums or modified starches, make liquids more viscous so that a product feels richer than its ingredients alone would make it.
  • Modified starch Modified starch is starch altered physically, with enzymes or chemically, so that it thickens, gels or survives freezing and heating better than ordinary starch.

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.

  • Dextrose Dextrose is pure glucose crystallised from starch-derived syrup.
  • Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
  • Soy preparation An ingredient mostly produced industrially and rarely used in home kitchens.
5 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.

  • Maple syrup An ingredient mostly produced industrially and rarely used in home kitchens.
  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

How the NOVA groups work

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4061464718654, last edited 2 April 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.