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Is Alesto Texas style BBQ crunch ultra-processed?

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Pack of Alesto Texas style BBQ crunch

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:

  • 46 ingredients
  • 2 additives
  • Nutri-Score D

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

seasoning Ingredients 35% Sweet Chilli Flavoured Green Peas (Green Peas, Modified Com Starch, Sunflower Oil, Wheat Flour, Sugar, Sweet Chilli Seasoning (Sugar, Dried Tomato, Yeast Extract, Dried Garlic, Dried Onion, Acidity Regulator (Citric Acid), Chilli, Cumin, Parsley, Coriander, Ginger, Aniseed, Sunflower Oil, Colour (Paprika Extract), Lime Oil), Salt), Fried and Salted Corn Snack 30% (Cornflour, Sunflower Oil, Salt), Corn 29% (Corn, Sunflower Oil, Salt), Barbecue Seasoning 4% (Sugar, Dried Onion, Smoked Paprika, Dried Tomato, Yeast Extract, Smoke Flavouring, Dried Garlic, Chilli, Fennel Seeds, Ginger, White Pepper), Sunflower Oil

Additives: E160c Paprika extract , E330 Citric acid

As written on the pack

seasoning Ingredients 35% Sweet Chilli Flavoured Green Peas (Green Peas, Modified Com Starch, Sunflower Oil, Wheat Flour, Sugar, Sweet Chilli Seasoning [Sugar, Dried Tomato, Yeast Extract, Dried Garlic, Dried Onion, Acidity Regulator: Citric Acid; Dried Chilli, Dried Cumin, Parsley Flakes, Dried Coriander, Dried Ginger, Dried Aniseed, Sunflower Oil, Colour: Paprika Extract; Lime Oil], Salt), 30% Fried and Salted Corn Snack (Cornflour, Sunflower Oil, Salt), 29% Fried and Salted Corn (Corn, Sunflower Oil, Salt), 4% Barbecue Seasoning (Sugar, Dried Onion, Smoked Paprika, Dried Tomato, Yeast Extract, Smoke Flavouring, Dried Garlic, Dried Chilli, Ground Fennel Seeds, Dried Ginger, Ground White Pepper), Sunflower Oil.

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.

  • E160c Paprika extract Paprika extract is a red-orange colour extracted from paprika peppers.
  • 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.
3 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.

  • 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.

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About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 20176969, 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 D (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.