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Is Lidl Veggie Vigour Crunch ultra-processed?

28g Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Lidl Veggie Vigour Crunch

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:

  • 40 ingredients
  • 4 additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

20 A mix of roasted salted edamame soya beans, puffed chickpeas with a chilli and lime seasoning, and baked cashews coated with sea salt and black pepper seasoning Ingredients 35% Roasted Salted Edamame Soya Beans (Edamame Soya Beans, Salt), Chilli 34%, Lime Puffed Chickpeas 34% (Chickpeas, Sunflower Oil, Seasoning (Sugar, Salt, Maltodextrin, Flavouring, Spices (Paprika, Red Chilli), Dried Onion, Dried Garlic, Dried Tomato, Acidity Regulators (Citric Acid), Ascorbic Acid, Herbs, Colour (Paprika Extract), Stabiliser (Acacia Gum))), Sea Salt 31%, Black Pepper Baked Cashews 31% (Cashews, Seasoning (Sea Salt, Black Pepper, Rice Flour, Maltodextrin, Sugar, Dried Lemon Juice, Flavouring), Tapioca Starch)

Additives: E160c Paprika extract , E300 Ascorbic acid , E330 Citric acid , E414 Acacia gum

As written on the pack

20 A mix of roasted salted edamame soya beans, puffed chickpeas with a chilli and lime seasoning, and baked cashews coated with sea salt and black pepper seasoning Ingredients 35% Roasted Salted Edamame Soya Beans (Edamame Soya Beans, Salt), 34% Chilli & Lime Puffed Chickpeas (Chickpeas, Sunflower Oil, Seasoning [Sugar, Salt, Maltodextrin, Flavouring, Ground Spices (Paprika, Red Chilli), Dried Onion, Dried Garlic, Dried Tomato, Acidity Regulators: Citric Acid, Ascorbic Acid; Dried Herbs, Colour: Paprika Extract; Stabiliser: Acacia Gum]), 31% Sea Salt & Black Pepper Baked Cashews (Cashews, Seasoning [Sea Salt, Ground Black Pepper, Rice Flour, Maltodextrin, Sugar, Dried Lemon Juice, Flavouring], Tapioca Starch).

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.

  • E160c Paprika extract Paprika extract is a red-orange colour extracted from paprika peppers.
  • E414 Acacia gum Gum arabic (acacia gum) is the hardened sap of acacia trees, used to stabilise flavour emulsions in soft drinks and to coat sweets.
  • 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.

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.

  • Maltodextrin Maltodextrin is a white powder made by partly breaking down starch.
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.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

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About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 20176983, last edited 27 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 C (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.