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Is Alesto Dry Roasted peanuts ultra-processed?

400g Roasted peanuts Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Alesto Dry Roasted peanuts

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:

  • 24 ingredients
  • 1 additive
  • Nutri-Score E

Less processed roasted peanuts

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

Roasted Peanuts 94%, Seasoning, Wheat Flou Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Yeast Extract, Spices (Turmeric, Celery, Salt, Maltodextrin, Onion, Cinnamon, Flavouring, Yeast Powder, Herbs Oregano, Thyme, Rapeseed Oil, Colour (rika Extract), Vegetable Extract), Stabiliser (Gum Arabic)

Additives: E414 Acacia gum

As written on the pack

94% Roasted Peanuts, Seasoning (Wheat Flou Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Yeast Extract, Spices (Turmeric, Celery, Salt, Maltodextrin, Onion Powder, Cinnamon], Flavouring, Yeast Powder, Herbs Oregano, Thyme], Rapeseed Oil, Colour: rika Extract; Vegetable Extract), Stabiliser: Gum Arabic.

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.

  • E414 Acacia gum Gum arabic (acacia gum) is the hardened sap of acacia trees, used to stabilise flavour emulsions in soft drinks and to coat sweets.
  • Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.
  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.

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.

  • Maltodextrin Maltodextrin is a white powder made by partly breaking down starch.
1 ingredient that would only make it processed

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 92 roasted peanuts

From least to most processed, this one ranks 77th. 46% of the roasted peanuts 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 92 roasted peanuts, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4335619182271, 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 E (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.