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Is Kar's Sweet 'N Salty Mix Trail Mix ultra-processed?

57g Nuts Sold in the United States and Cambodia

Pack of Kar's Sweet 'N Salty Mix Trail Mix

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:

  • 30 ingredients
  • 8 additives
  • Nutri-Score D

Less processed nuts

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

peanuts (peanuts, sunflower oil, salt), raisins, cocoa candies, confectionery coating (sugar, hydrogenated palm kernel oil, cocoa powder, whey powder, nonfat milk powder, soy lecithin (emulsifier), vanilla, sugar, contains less than 1% of gum acacia corn syrup, titanium dioxide (color), confectioner's glaze, yellow 5 lake, red 40 lake, yellow 6 lake, blue 2 lake, yellow 6, blue 1 lake), sunflower kernels (sunflower kernels, sunflower oil, salt)

Additives: E102 Tartrazine , E110 Sunset yellow FCF , E129 Allura red , E132 Indigotine , E133 Brilliant blue FCF , E171 Titanium dioxide , E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin

As written on the pack

PEANUTS (PEANUTS, SUNFLOWER OIL, SALT), RAISINS, COCOA CANDIES (CONFECTIONERY COATING (SUGAR, HYDROGENATED PALM KERNEL OIL, COCOA POWDER, WHEY POWDER, NONFAT MILK POWDER, SOY LECITHIN (AN EMULSIFIER), VANILLA], SUGAR, CONTAINS LESS THAN 1% OF GUM ACACIA CORN SYRUP, TITANIUM DIOXIDE [COLOR], CONFECTIONER'S GLAZE, YELLOW 5 LAKE, RED 40 LAKE, YELLOW 6 LAKE, BLUE 2 LAKE, YELLOW 6, BLUE 1 LAKE), SUNFLOWER KERNELS (SUNFLOWER KERNELS, SUNFLOWER OIL, SALT)

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.

  • E102 Tartrazine Tartrazine is a synthetic yellow azo dye (FD&C Yellow No. 5 in the US).
  • E110 Sunset yellow FCF Sunset yellow FCF is a synthetic orange azo dye (FD&C Yellow No. 6 in the US).
  • E129 Allura red Allura red AC is a synthetic red azo dye (FD&C Red No. 40 in the US).
  • E132 Indigotine 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.
  • E133 Brilliant blue FCF Brilliant blue FCF is a synthetic blue dye, listed in the US as FD&C Blue No. 1.
  • E171 Titanium dioxide Titanium dioxide is a white pigment.
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  • E322 Lecithins Lecithins are fatty substances extracted mostly from soybeans, sunflower seeds or eggs, used as emulsifiers to keep fat and water mixed, for example in chocolate.
  • Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.
  • Emulsifier Emulsifiers keep fat and water from separating, giving products a smooth, stable texture over a long shelf life.

Substances rarely used in home kitchens

Refined or extracted in factories, such as syrups made from starch or isolated proteins. The other hallmark of ultra-processed food.

  • Whey Whey is the liquid left over from cheese making, usually dried into a powder and used as a cheap source of milk solids, protein and lactose.
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.

  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
  • Milk powder Milk powder is milk with the water evaporated off: a preserved form of a whole food rather than an industrial extract.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 613 nuts

From least to most processed, this one ranks 609th. 30% of the nuts 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 613 nuts, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0077034009873, last edited 2 October 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 D (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.