Is Aldi Roasted Pepitas ultra-processed?

6 oz Seeds Sold in the United States

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Whole foods combined with:

Salt
Vegetable oil

8 ingredients
No additives
Nutri-Score C

Less processed seeds

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

pepitas, vegetable oil canola, cottonseed, sunflower, peanut, soybean oil (processing marker), salt (processing marker), may contain shell fragments

As written on the pack

pepitas, vegetable oil canola, cottonseed, sunflower, peanut and/or soybean oil), salt, may contain tree nuts, peanuts, wheat, soy, milk, egg and sesame, may contain shell fragments,

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

How the NOVA groups work

Among 1,082 seeds

From least to most processed, this one ranks 676th. 27% of the seeds 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 1,082 seeds, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4099100146226, last edited 10 April 2025), 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.