Is Haldiram's Aloo Bhujia ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 26 ingredients
- 2 additives
- Nutri-Score E
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
Potatoes 44%, Vegetable Oil (processing marker) (Cotton Seed, Corn, Palmolein), Chickpeas Flour 4%, Moth bean flour 2%, Rice, Starch (processing marker) (Sago), Salt (processing marker), Coriander, Cumin, Mango, Ginger Powder, Garlic, Onion, Lemon Powder, Red Chili, Turmeric Powder, Mint Leaves, Acidity regulator |Citric Acid Powder (e330), Anticaking agent (processing marker) (Silicon dioxide (ultra-processing marker) (e551))
Additives: E330 Citric acid , E551 Silicon dioxide
As written on the pack
Potatoes (44%), Vegetable Oil (Cotton Seed, Corn & Palmolein), Chickpeas Flour (4%), Moth bean flour(2%), Rice Powder, Starch (Sago), Salt, Coriander Powder, Cumin Powder, Mango Powder, Ginger Powder, Garlic Powder, Onion Powder, Lemon Powder, Red Chili Powder, Turmeric Powder, Mint Leaves Powder, Acidity regulator |Citric Acid Powder (E 330)] and Anticaking agent [Silicon dioxide (E551)]
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.
- E551 Silicon dioxide A food additive used to dissolve, dilute, disperse or otherwise physically modify a food additive or nutrient without altering its function -and without exerting any technological effect itself- in order to facilitate its handling, application or use of the food additive or nutrient.
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.
- Anti-caking agent Anti-caking agents are substances which reduce the tendency of individual particles of a foodstuff to adhere to one another.
- Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
- Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
- Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 8904063200013, 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 E (from A, best, to E).
- General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.