Is Haldiram's Nimbu Masala ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 33 ingredients
- 3 additives
- Nutri-Score E
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
potatoes 41%, vegetable oil (processing marker) (cotton seed, corn, palmolein), chickpeas flour 6%, tepary beans flour 3%, starch (processing marker) (sago), rice, lemon powder, salt (processing marker), sugar (processing marker), tomato, red chilli, mango, cumin, coriander, onion, garlic, acidity regulator (citric acid (e330)), colour (ultra-processing marker), paprika oleoresin (ultra-processing marker) (e160c), anticaking agent (processing marker) (silicon dioxide (ultra-processing marker) (e551)), contains flavouring (ultra-processing marker) (natural flavouring, nature identical flavouring), substances-lemon product of india
Additives: E160c Paprika extract , E330 Citric acid , E551 Silicon dioxide
As written on the pack
potatoes (41%), vegetable oil (cotton seed, corn , palmolein), chickpeas flour (6%), tepary beans flour (3%), starch (sago), rice powder, lemon powder, salt, sugar powder, tomato powder, red chilli powder, mango powder, cumin powder, coriander powder, onion powder, garlic powder, acidity regulator [citric acid powder (e 330)], colour (paprika oleoresin (e160c)] and anticaking agent [silicon dioxide (e551)], contains natural and nature identical flavouring substances-lemon product of india
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.
- E160c Paprika extract Paprika extract is a red-orange colour extracted from paprika peppers.
- 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.
- Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.
- Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
5 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.
- Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
- 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 8904063200679, last edited 2 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.