Is Alesto (Lidl) Thai Sweet Chilli Style - Coated Peanuts ultra-processed?

180.0 g Coated peanuts Sold in the United Kingdom

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Dextrose
Glucose

16 ingredients
1 additive
Nutri-Score D

Less processed coated 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

peanuts 46%, starch (processing marker), wheat flour, sunflower oil (processing marker), sugar (processing marker), salt (processing marker), spices, chilli, tomato powder, dextrose (ultra-processing marker), spirit vinegar, spice extracts, carob, citric acid, key lime oil, yeast extract

Additives: E330 Citric acid

As written on the pack

46% peanuts, starch (contains wheat), wheat flour, sunflower oil, sugar, salt, spices, chilli powder, tomato powder, dextrose, spirit vinegar powder, spice extracts, carob powder, acid: citric acid, key lime oil, yeast extract, traces (nuts)

What makes it ultra-processed

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.

Dextrose Dextrose is pure glucose crystallised from starch-derived syrup.
Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.

5 ingredients that would only make it processed

Kitchen staples like sugar, salt and oil. On their own they make a food processed, not ultra-processed.

Salty snacks Products in the category "Salty snacks" are at least group 3.
Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
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 13 coated peanuts

From least to most processed, this one ranks 3rd. 85% of the coated 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 13 coated peanuts, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4056489309253, last edited 24 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 D (from A, best, to E).
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.