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Is Aldi 4 Vegetable Samosas ultra-processed?

Vegetable samosas Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Aldi 4 Vegetable Samosas

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

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

Whole foods combined with:

  • 42 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed salty snacks

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

Mixed Vegetables 58% (Onion, Potato, Cauliflower, Spinach, Carrot, Peas, Green Beans), Rapeseed Oil, 饾悥饾悺饾悶饾悮饾惌 饾悈饾惀饾惃饾惍饾惈 (饾悥饾悺饾悶饾悮饾惌 饾悈饾惀饾惃饾惍饾惈, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Rice Flour, Tomato Pur茅e, Cumin Seed, Tomato, Ginger, Coriander Leaf, Lemon Juice From Concentrate, Salt, Sugar, Garlic Pur茅e, Coriander, Garam Masala (Coriander, Cumin, Cinnamon Powder, Green Cardamom, Ground Clove, Star Anise, Ginger Powder, Ground Nutmeg, Fennel, Black Pepper), Turmeric Powder, Chilli, Poppy Seeds, Green Cardamom, Bay Leaf

As written on the pack

Mixed Vegetables (58%) (Onion, Potato, Cauliflower, Spinach Leaf, Carrot, Peas, Green Beans) Rapeseed Oil, 饾悥饾悺饾悶饾悮饾惌 饾悈饾惀饾惃饾惍饾惈 (饾悥饾悺饾悶饾悮饾惌 饾悈饾惀饾惃饾惍饾惈, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Rice Flour, Tomato Pur茅e, Cumin Seed, Diced Tomato, Ginger Pur茅e, Coriander Leaf, Lemon Juice From Concentrate, Salt, Sugar, Garlic Pur茅e, Coriander Powder, Garam Masala Powder (Coriander, Cumin Powder, Cinnamon Powder, Ground Green Cardamom, Ground Clove, Ground Star Anise, Ginger Powder, Ground Nutmeg, Ground Fennel, Black Pepper), Turmeric Powder, Chilli Powder, Poppy Seeds, Ground Green Cardamom, Ground Bay Leaf.

What makes it processed

Culinary ingredients

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.

Category rules

Open Food Facts puts every product in this category in at least this group.

  • Meals Products in the category "Meals" are at least group 3.
  • Salty snacks Products in the category "Salty snacks" are at least group 3.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 9 vegetable samosas

From least to most processed, this one ranks 5th. 33% of the vegetable samosas 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 9 vegetable samosas, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4088600054476, last edited 14 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.