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Is Blue Diamond Smokehouse Almonds and More ultra-processed?

20 oz Nuts Sold in the United States

Pack of Blue Diamond Smokehouse Almonds and More

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
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score D

Less processed nuts

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

Almonds, cashews, pistachios, sea salt, maltodextrin, vegetable oil (cottonseed, peanut, soybean, sunflower), natural hickory smoke flavor, yeast, hydrolyzed corn, soy protein, natural flavors

As written on the pack

Almonds, cashews, pistachios, sea salt, maltodextrin, vegetable oil (cottonseed, peanut, soybean and/or sunflower), natural hickory smoke flavor, yeast, hydrolyzed corn and soy protein, natural flavors.

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.

  • 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.
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.

  • 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

Among 613 nuts

From least to most processed, this one ranks 471st. 30% of the nuts 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 613 nuts, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0041570158272, last edited 17 November 2025), 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.