Is Lawry's Lemon Pepper ultra-processed?

0.7 g Sold in the United States

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Colour
Flavouring
Modified starch
E101 Riboflavin

11 ingredients
3 additives

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

black pepper, salt (processing marker), modified food starch (ultra-processing marker), citric acid, lemon peel, sugar (processing marker), garlic, onion, natural flavor (ultra-processing marker), riboflavin (ultra-processing marker) (for color (ultra-processing marker))

Additives: E101 Riboflavin , E101i Riboflavin , E330 Citric acid

As written on the pack

BLACK PEPPER, SALT, MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, CITRIC ACID, LEMON PEEL, SUGAR, GARLIC, ONION, NATURAL FLAVOR, RIBOFLAVIN (FOR COLOR).

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.

E101 Riboflavin 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.

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About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0021500000741, last edited 29 September 2026), available under the Open Database License. If something is wrong or the recipe has changed, you can correct it there.
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General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.