Is Haldiram's Bhel Puri ultra-processed?

150 g Puffed rice Sold in Canada

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Whole foods combined with:

Salt
Sugar

44 ingredients
2 additives
Nutri-Score E

Less processed puffed rice

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

Puffed Rice 16%, Refined Palmolein Oil, Chick Peas lentils 10%, Peanuts 8%, Enriched White Flour 8%, Chick Peas Flour 8%, Tepary Beans Rice Flakes 4%, Black Bengal Gram Flakes 3%, lodised Salt, Turmeric, Cumin, Powder, Black Pepper, Ajowan, Cardamom, Clove, Cinnamon, Nutmeg, Bay leaf, Asafetida Coriander Powder, Curry, Red Chilli, Black Salt (processing marker), Citric Acid (e330), Ginger, Sauces Ingredients (Sugar (processing marker)), Green Chilli, Red Chilli, Dates, lodised Salt Tamarind Powder, Cumin, Citric Acetic Acid (e260), Black Pepper, Dried Ginger der, Clove, Garlic, Cardamom, Nutmeg, Bay Leaves, Black Salt (processing marker), Cinnamon

Additives: E260 Acetic acid , E330 Citric acid

As written on the pack

Puffed Rice (16%), Refined Palmolein Oil, Chick Peas lentils (10%), Peanuts (8%), Enriched White Flour (8%), Chick Peas Flour (8%), Tepary Beans Rice Flakes (4%), Black Bengal Gram Flakes (3%), lodised Salt, Turmeric, Cumin. Powder, Black Pepper, Ajowan, Cardamom, Clove, Cinnamon, Nutmeg, Bay leaf & Asafetida Coriander Powder, Curry Leaves, Red Chilli, Black Salt, Citric Acid (E330), Dry Ginger Flour. Sauces Ingredients : Refined Sugar, Green Chilli, Red Chilli, Dates, lodised Salt Tamarind Powder, Cumin, Citric Acetic Acid (E 260), Black Pepper, Dried Ginger der, Clove, Garlic Powder, Cardamom, Nutmeg, Bay Leaves, Black Salt & Cinnamon

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 15 puffed rice

From least to most processed, this one ranks 9th. 40% of the puffed rice 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 15 puffed rice, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 8904004401523, 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 E (from A, best, to E).
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.