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Is Great Value Dry Roasted Peanuts Seasoned with Sea Salt ultra-processed?

16 oz Roasted peanuts Sold in the United States

Pack of Great Value Dry Roasted Peanuts Seasoned with Sea Salt

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:

  • 13 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed roasted 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

peanuts, CONTAINS 2% and LESS OF THE FOLLOWING (salt), sugar, cornstarch, maltodextrin, corn syrup solids, ? torula yeast, paprika (color), spice, garlic powder, onion powder

As written on the pack

PEANUTS, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF THE FOLLOWING: SALT, SUGAR, CORNSTARCH, MALTODEXTRIN, CORN SYRUP SOLIDS, ? TORULA YEAST, PAPRIKA (COLOR), SPICE, GARLIC POWDER, ONION POWDER

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.
  • Maltodextrin Maltodextrin is a white powder made by partly breaking down starch.
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 93 roasted peanuts

From least to most processed, this one ranks 54th. 46% of the roasted 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 93 roasted peanuts, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0078742083186, last edited 20 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 C (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.