Is Aldi Chargrilled peppers ultra-processed?

Vegetables based foods Sold in the United Kingdom

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Whole foods combined with:

Salt
Sugar
Vegetable oil

7 ingredients
1 additive
Nutri-Score C

Less processed vegetables based foods

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

red and yellow peppers 60%, sunflower oil (processing marker) 39%, white wine vinegar, sugar (processing marker), rock salt (processing marker), acidity regulator (lactic acid)

Additives: E270 Lactic acid

As written on the pack

grilled red and yellow peppers (60%), sunflower oil (39%), white wine vinegar, sugar, rock salt, acidity regulator: lactic acid

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.
Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 1,390 vegetables based foods

From least to most processed, this one ranks 905th. 25% of the vegetables based foods 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 1,390 vegetables based foods, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4088600229935, last edited 27 March 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.