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Is Chilli coated peanuts ultra-processed?

1100 g Peanuts Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Chilli coated peanuts

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:

  • 26 ingredients
  • 1 additive
  • Nutri-Score D

Less processed peanuts

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

peanut 47%, starch (potato, maize, wheat), sunflower-oil made flour, rice flour, sugar, dextrose, salt, food fibers (chicory), onion powder, spices (garlic powder, cayenne pepper, red pepper, cumin), spice extract (turmeric, paprika, rosemary), sugar, yeast extract, oregano, e160a

Additives: E160a Carotene

As written on the pack

47% peanut, starch (potato, maize, wheat), sunflower-oil made flour, rice flour, sugar, dextrose, salt, food fibers(chicory), onion powder, spices ( garlic powder, cayenne pepper, red pepper, cumin), spice extract ( turmeric, paprika, rosemary), caramelized sugar, yeast extract, oregano, colour (e160a), may contain nuts and sesame,

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.

  • E160a Carotene Carotenes are orange-yellow pigments, either synthesised or extracted from carrots, algae or palm oil.

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.

  • Dextrose Dextrose is pure glucose crystallised from starch-derived syrup.
  • Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
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.

  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 162 peanuts

From least to most processed, this one ranks 121st. 50% of the peanuts 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 162 peanuts, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 8711299021349, last edited 21 August 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.