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Is Aldi Organic Smooth Peanut Butter ultra-processed?

454 g Pure peanut butters Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Aldi Organic Smooth Peanut Butter

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:

  • 4 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score A

Less processed pure peanut butters

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

peanuts 99.9%, Sea Salt, "permitted non- ALLERGY ADVICE, Energy 2634kJ

As written on the pack

ORGANIC PEANUTS (99.9%), Sea Salt*. "permitted non-organic ingredient ALLERGY ADVICE: For allergens, see ingredients in bold. May also contain nuts. DIETARY ADVICE: Suitable for vegans. NATURAL OIL SEPARATION. GIVE ME A STIR! No Palm Oil. Natural source of protein. No Added Sugar. 'CONTAINS NATURALLY OCCURRING SUGARS THE 7.89 tuates 305) 5% skal 17% €Y 2.90 % of an adult's Reference Intake 1.30 Sugars 0.89 salt 0.02g <1% 7% RINSE JAR Recycle CAP Recycle Typical values per 100g: Energy 2634kJ/

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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 9 pure peanut butters

From least to most processed, this one ranks 7th. 22% of the pure peanut butters 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 pure peanut butters, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4088600498980, 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 A (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.