Is Balaji Wafers Shing Bhujiya - Nimbu Chatka ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 34 ingredients
- 4 additives
- Nutri-Score E
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Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
Peanut 70%, chickpea flour 13%, edible vegetable oil (processing marker) (contains one and more of the followings (palmolein), rice bran, corn, cottonseed), corn flour, black gram, seasoning, edible common salt (processing marker), spices, condiments (chilli, cumin, black pepper, carom seed), vegetable (garlic, onion, lemon 0.3%), maltodextrin (ultra-processing marker), hydrolyzed vegetable protein, e330, yeast extract, e627 (ultra-processing marker), e631 (ultra-processing marker), e551 (ultra-processing marker), flavour (ultra-processing marker) (flavouring (natural flavouring, nature identical flavouring), substances)
Additives: E330 Citric acid , E551 Silicon dioxide , E627 Disodium guanylate , E631 Disodium inosinate
As written on the pack
Peanut (70%), chickpea flour (13%), edible vegetable oil (contains one or more of the followings: palmolein, rice bran, corn, cottonseed), corn flour, black gram flour, seasoning (edible common salt, spices & condiments (chilli, cumin, black pepper, carom seed), dehydrated vegetable powder (garlic, onion, lemon (0.3%)), maltodextrin, hydrolyzed vegetable protein (soya), acidity regulator (INS 330), yeast extract, flavour enhancer (INS 627, INS 631), anticaking agent (INS 551), flavour (natural & nature identical flavouring substances)).
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.
- E551 Silicon dioxide A food additive used to dissolve, dilute, disperse or otherwise physically modify a food additive or nutrient without altering its function -and without exerting any technological effect itself- in order to facilitate its handling, application or use of the food additive or nutrient.
- E627 Disodium guanylate Disodium guanylate is a flavour enhancer usually used together with MSG.
- E631 Disodium inosinate Disodium inosinate is a flavour enhancer usually used together with MSG.
- 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.
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.
- Salty snacks Products in the category "Salty snacks" are at least group 3.
- Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
- Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
Among 2,497 appetizers
From least to most processed, this one ranks 2094th. 64% of the appetizers here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 8906010500863, last edited 2 October 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.