Is Kroger While Cashews ultra-processed?

32 oz Sold in the United States

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Whole foods combined with:

Salt
Vegetable oil

13 ingredients
No additives
Nutri-Score E

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

cashews, vegetable oil (processing marker) (peanut, cottonseed, soybean, and SUNFLOWER OIL), sea salt (processing marker), processed on equipment that also processes peanuts, milk, other tree nuts, wheat, sesame, SOY

As written on the pack

CASHEWS, VEGETABLE OIL (PEANUT, COTTONSEED, SOYBEAN, AND/OR SUNFLOWER OIL), SEA SALT. CONTAINS: CASHEWS. PROCESSED ON EQUIPMENT THAT ALSO PROCESSES PEANUTS, MILK, OTHER TREE NUTS, WHEAT, SESAME, SOY.

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.
Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

How the NOVA groups work

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0011110143198, last edited 24 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.