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Is David Roberts Sweet & Spicy The Perfect Mix ultra-processed?

1.4kg Nut confectioneries Sold in Canada

Pack of David Roberts Sweet & Spicy The Perfect Mix

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:

  • 68 ingredients
  • 7 additives
  • Nutri-Score D

Less processed nut confectioneries

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

Praline peanuts (peanuts, sugars (sugar, glucose), soy lecithin, salt), Barbeque peanuts, roasted peanuts (peanuts, canola oil, peanut oil, salt), seasoning (sugars (corn syrup, dextrose, sugar), sea salt, smoke flavour, tomato, monosodium glutamate, garlic, onion, citric acid, caramel colour, spice extracts, silicon dioxide, allura red, sunset yellow FCF, sunflower oil), Hot cajun sticks, yellow corn masa, soybean oil, cajun seasoning (sugars (maltodextrin), corn, salt, spices (onion, tomato, garlic, natural flavoring, green pepper), cornstarch), Sesame sticks (enriched wheat flour (unbleached wheat floar, malted barley flour, niacin, iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), soybean oil, sesame seeds, bulgur wheat, salt, beet powder, turmeric), Praline almonds (almonds, sugars (sugar, glucose), soy lecithin, salt)

Additives: E110 Sunset yellow FCF , E129 Allura red , E150c Ammonia caramel , E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin , E330 Citric acid , E621 Monosodium glutamate

Also detected, but not matched to one ingredient: E150c Ammonia caramel.

As written on the pack

Praline peanuts (peanuts, sugars (sugar, glucose), soy lecithin, salt), Barbeque peanuts (roasted peanuts (peanuts, canola oil and/or peanut oil, salt), seasoning (sugars (corn syrup, dextrose, sugar) sea salt, smoke flavour, tomato powder, monosodium glutamate, garlic powder, onion powder, citric acid, caramel colour, spice extracts, silicon dioxide, allura red, sunset yellow FCF, sunflower oil), Hot cajun sticks (yellow corn masa, soybean oil, cajun seasoning (sugars (maltodextrin), corn, salt, spices (onion powder, tomato powder, garlic powder, natural flavoring, green pepper powder), cornstarch)), Sesame sticks (enriched wheat flour (unbleached wheat floar, malted barley flour, niacin, iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), soybean oil, sesame seeds, bulgur wheat, salt, beet powder, turmeric), Praline almonds (almonds, sugars (sugar, glucose), soy lecithin, salt). Contains: Peanut, Almond, Sesame, Soy, Gluten. May contain: Other Tree nuts.

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.

  • E110 Sunset yellow FCF Sunset yellow FCF is a synthetic orange azo dye (FD&C Yellow No. 6 in the US).
  • E129 Allura red Allura red AC is a synthetic red azo dye (FD&C Red No. 40 in the US).
  • E150c Ammonia caramel Ammonia caramel is a brown colour made by heating sugars with ammonia compounds.
  • E322 Lecithins Lecithins are fatty substances extracted mostly from soybeans, sunflower seeds or eggs, used as emulsifiers to keep fat and water mixed, for example in chocolate.
  • E621 Monosodium glutamate Monosodium glutamate (MSG) is the sodium salt of glutamic acid, made by fermentation and used to strengthen savoury taste.
  • 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.

  • 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.
  • Maltodextrin Maltodextrin is a white powder made by partly breaking down starch.
5 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.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
  • Sweet snacks Products in the category "Sweet snacks" are at least group 3.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 42 nut confectioneries

From least to most processed, this one ranks 32nd. 83% of the nut confectioneries 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 42 nut confectioneries, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0067261112965, last edited 1 April 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.