Is BALAJI Mung Dal ultra-processed?

Sold in the United Kingdom and India

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Whole foods combined with:

Salt
Vegetable oil

10 ingredients
No additives
Nutri-Score D

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

mung bean splits 84%, edible vegetable oil (processing marker) (CONTAINS ONE and MORE OF THE FOLLOWINGS PALMOLEIN, rice bran, corn, cottonseed), seasoning, edible cumin salt, black salt (processing marker), as seasonment

As written on the pack

MUNG BEAN SPLITS (84%), EDIBLE VEGETABLE OIL (CONTAINS ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWINGS PALMOLEIN, RICE BRAN, CORN, COTTONSEED), **SEASONING [EDIBLE CUMIN SALT, BLACK SALT). **AS SEASONMENT

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

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 8906010500238, last edited 29 July 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.