Is Estrella Jordnötsringar ultra-processed?

250g Puffed salty snacks made from maize with peanuts Sold in Sweden and Germany

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Glucose

14 ingredients
No additives
Nutri-Score D

Less processed puffed salty snacks

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 butter 29% (roasted peanuts, grape sugar (ultra-processing marker), salt (processing marker)), cornflour, rice flour, oil (sunflower oil (processing marker), rapeseed oil), korn flour, raw flour, sugar (processing marker), salt (processing marker), grape sugar (ultra-processing marker)

As written on the pack

peanut butter 29% (ground roasted peanuts, grape sugar, salt), cornflour, rice flour, sunflower/rapeseed oil, korn flour, raw flour, sugar, salt, grape sugar, may contain traces of nuts and milk,

What makes it ultra-processed

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.

Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.

4 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.

Salty snacks Products in the category "Salty snacks" are at least group 3.
Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 8 puffed salty snacks made from maize with peanuts

From least to most processed, this one ranks 5th. 88% of the puffed salty snacks made from maize with 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 8 puffed salty snacks made from maize with peanuts, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 7310532113950, last edited 25 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 D (from A, best, to E).
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.