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Is Cape Herb & Spice Portuguese Peri Peri ultra-processed?

100g Spices Sold in the United Kingdom, the United States and Germany

Pack of Cape Herb & Spice Portuguese Peri Peri

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:

  • 14 ingredients
  • 1 additive

Less processed spices

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

Sea Salt 45%, Brown Sugar, Chilli 8%, Paprika, Dried Garlic 5%, Garlic 5%, Black Peppercorns, Silicon Dioxide, Mustard Powder, Mustard Seeds, Lemon Juice (Maltodextrin, Lemon Juice), Smoke Flavouring

Additives: E551 Silicon dioxide

As written on the pack

Sea Salt (45%), Brown Sugar, Chilli Flakes (8%), Paprika, Dried Garlic (5%) Roasted Garlic (5%), Black Peppercorns, Anti-Caking Agent (Silicon Dioxide), Mustard Powder, Mustard Seeds, Lemon Juice Powder (Maltodextrin, Lemon Juice), Smoke Flavouring.

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.
  • 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.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 303 spices

From least to most processed, this one ranks 273rd. 36% of the spices 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 303 spices, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 6006507005009, last edited 14 September 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.
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.