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Is Jaimin Dry Fruit Samosa ultra-processed?

200g (7oz) Samosas Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Jaimin Dry Fruit Samosa

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

  1. 1 Unprocessed
  2. 2 Kitchen staple
  3. 3 Processed
  4. 4 Ultra-processed

Whole foods combined with:

  • 33 ingredients
  • 2 additives
  • Nutri-Score E

Less processed salty snacks

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

White Flour (wheat), Palmolein Oil, Sugar, Chickpea Flour, Raisins, cashew nuts 3%, Salt, Asafoetida, Coriander, Cumin Seeds, Red Chilli 0.6%, SESAME Seeds, Cinnamon Powder, Ground Clove, Black Pepper Powder, Star Anise, Ground Mace, Black Cardamom, Ginger Powder, Bay Leaf, Mango, Carom Seeds, Fennel Seeds, Green Cardamom, Long Pepper, Mint, Acid (e330), White Pepper, Turmeric Powder, Antioxidant (e319)

Additives: E319 Tertiary-butylhydroquinone (tbhq) , E330 Citric acid

As written on the pack

White Flour (WHEAT), Palmolein Oil, Sugar, Chickpea Flour, Raisins (SULPHITES) (4%), CASHEW NUTS (3%), Salt, Asafoetida, Coriander Powder, Cumin Seeds, Red Chilli Powder (0.6%), SESAME Seeds, Cinnamon Powder, Ground Clove, Black Pepper Powder, Ground Star Anise, Ground Mace, Black Cardamom Powder, Ginger Powder, Ground Bay Leaf, Mango Powder, Carom Seeds, Fennel Seeds, Green Cardamom Powder, Long Pepper Powder, Mint Powder, Acid (E330), White Pepper Powder, Turmeric Powder, Antioxidant (E319).

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.

Category rules

Open Food Facts puts every product in this category in at least this group.

  • Salty snacks Products in the category "Salty snacks" are at least group 3.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 13 samosas

From least to most processed, this one ranks 9th. 31% of the samosas 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 13 samosas, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 8908000870178, last edited 1 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 E (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.