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Is Chef Select Onion Bhaji ultra-processed?

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Pack of Chef Select Onion Bhaji

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

  1. 1 Unprocessed
  2. 2 Kitchen staple
  3. 3 Processed
  4. 4 Ultra-processed

Whole foods combined with:

  • 23 ingredients
  • 2 additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Onion, Rapeseed Oil, Chickpea Flour (Maize Flour, Chickpeas, Yellow Split Peas), Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Raising Agents (Calcium Phosphate), Sodium Carbonates, Coriander, Cumin, Red Chilli, Lemon Juice from Concentrate, Salt, Turmeric, Coriander, Chilli

Additives: E341 Calcium phosphates , E500 Sodium carbonates

As written on the pack

Onion, Rapeseed Oil, Chickpea Flour (Maize Flour, Chickpeas, Yellow Split Peas), Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Raising Agents: Calcium Phosphate, Sodium Carbonates; Coriander, Ground Cumin, Red Chilli, Lemon Juice from Concentrate, Salt, Ground Turmeric, Ground Coriander, Dried Chilli.

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.

How the NOVA groups work

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 20005474, 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 C (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.