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Is Batts: All Purpose Seasoning ultra-processed?

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Pack of Batts: All Purpose Seasoning

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:

  • 15 ingredients
  • 1 additive
  • Nutri-Score D

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

A blend of salt and spices Ingred ents (Salt), Paprika 6%, Dried Chill, Cracked Black Pepper 3%, Onion, Dried Garlic, Nutmeg, Celery Seeds, Colour (Paprika Extract), Cayenne Pepper, Coriander, Anti-Caking Agent (Silicon Dioxide Allergy Advice)

Additives: E160c Paprika extract

As written on the pack

A blend of salt and spices Ingred ents: Salt, 6% Ground Paprika, Dried Chill, 3% Cracked Black Pepper, Onion Granules, Dried Garlic, Ground Nutmeg, Ground Celery Seeds, Colour: Paprika Extract; Cayenne Pepper, Ground Coriander, Anti-Caking Agent: Silicon Dioxide Allergy Advice: For allergens, see ingredients in bold.

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.
2 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.

  • Anti-caking agent Anti-caking agents are substances which reduce the tendency of individual particles of a foodstuff to adhere to one another.
  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.

How the NOVA groups work

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 20409500, 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.