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Is ICA Basic Chilinötter ultra-processed?

500 g Peanuts Sold in Sweden

Pack of ICA Basic Chilinötter

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:

  • 26 ingredients
  • 2 additives
  • Nutri-Score B

Less processed 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

Jordnötter 46%, potatisstärkelse, palmolja, salt, florsocker, vetestärkelse, socker, kryddor (curry, cayennepeppar, spiskummin, svartpeppar, jalapeño), vitlök, modifierad majsstärkelse, vitlöks, vetemjöl, lök, färgämne (e100), rapsolja, hydrolyserat majsprotein, arom, basilika, surhetsreglerande medel (e330)

Additives: E100 Curcumin , E330 Citric acid

As written on the pack

Jordnötter 46 %, potatisstärkelse, palmolja, salt, florsocker, vetestärkelse, socker, kryddor (curry, cayennepeppar, spiskummin, svartpeppar, jalapeño), vitlök, modifierad majsstärkelse, vitlökspulver, vetemjöl, lök, färgämne (E100), rapsolja, hydrolyserat majsprotein, arom (innehåller soja), basilika, surhetsreglerande medel (E330).

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.

  • E100 Curcumin Colours are substances which add or restore colour in a food, and include natural constituents of foods and natural sources which are normally not consumed as foods as such and not normally used as characteristic ingredients of food.
  • 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.
  • Modified starch Modified starch is starch altered physically, with enzymes or chemically, so that it thickens, gels or survives freezing and heating better than ordinary 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 162 peanuts

From least to most processed, this one ranks 132nd. 50% of the 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 162 peanuts, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 7318690081357, 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 B (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.