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Is Great Value Coarse Ground Black Pepper ultra-processed?

Spices Sold in the United States and Spain

Pack of Great Value Coarse Ground Black Pepper

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:

  • 11 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

salt, black pepper, citric acid, onion, sugar, garlic, tricalcium phosphate, celery seed, canola oil, lemon oil, fd&c yellow #5 aluminum lake

Additives: E330 Citric acid

As written on the pack

SALT, BLACK PEPPER, CITRIC ACID, ONION, SUGAR, GARLIC, TRICALCIUM PHOSPHATE, CELERY SEED, CANOLA OIL, LEMON OIL, FD&C YELLOW #5 ALUMINUM LAKE

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.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 303 spices

From least to most processed, this one ranks 179th. 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 0078742254661, last edited 1 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.