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Is Koh-Kae Peanuts Coconut Cream Flavour Coated ultra-processed?

230 g Peanuts Sold in Australia, France and Thailand

Pack of Koh-Kae Peanuts Coconut Cream Flavour Coated

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:

  • 25 ingredients
  • 4 additives
  • Nutri-Score D

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

peanuts 50%, soft wheat flour, sugar, coconut oil, salt, coconut cream 3%, cream (sugar, water, palm oil, whey powder, skim milk powder, butter, maltodextrin, e339, e407, vitamins, vitamin a, vitamin b1, vitamin d3, lactose), egg, e950, baking powder (e503)

Additives: E339 Sodium phosphates , E407 Carrageenan , E503 Ammonium carbonates , E950 Acesulfame k

As written on the pack

peanuts 50%, soft wheat flour, sugar, coconut oil, salt, coconut cream 3%, sweetened concentrated cream (sugar, water, palm oil, whey powder, skim milk powder, butter powder, maltodextrin, acidity regulator (e339), stabilizer (e407), vitamins (a, b1, d3), lactose), egg, sweetener (e950), baking powder (e503),

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.

  • E407 Carrageenan Carrageenan is a thickener and gelling agent extracted from red seaweed, used widely in dairy desserts, plant-based drinks and processed meats.
  • E950 Acesulfame k Acesulfame K is a synthetic sweetener about 200 times sweeter than sugar, often combined with aspartame or sucralose.

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.

  • Lactose Lactose is milk sugar, crystallised industrially from whey, a by-product of cheese making.
  • Maltodextrin Maltodextrin is a white powder made by partly breaking down starch.
  • 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.
6 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.

  • Butter Butter, the fat churned from cream.
  • 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.
  • Sweet snacks Products in the category "Sweet snacks" are at least group 3.
  • 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 163 peanuts

From least to most processed, this one ranks 149th. 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 163 peanuts, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 8852023664248, last edited 14 March 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.