Is Lorenz Curly Peanut Classic ultra-processed?

120g Salty snacks Sold in the United Kingdom and Poland

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Dextrose
Flavouring
Glucose

12 ingredients
1 additive
Nutri-Score D

Less processed salty snacks

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

Corn semolina, roasted peanut kernels 33%, vegetable oils (processing marker) (sunflower vegetable oils, rapeseed vegetable oils), salt (processing marker), tomato powder, dextrose (ultra-processing marker), flavouring (ultra-processing marker), yeast extract, antioxidant, tocopherol-rich extract

Additives: E306 Tocopherol-rich extract

As written on the pack

Corn semolina, roasted peanut kernels (33 %), vegetable oils (sunflower, rapeseed in varying proportions) (8%), salt, tomato powder, dextrose, flavouring, yeast extract, antioxidant; tocopherol-rich extract. May contain gluten and milk.

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.

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.

Dextrose Dextrose is pure glucose crystallised from starch-derived syrup.
Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.

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.

Salty snacks Products in the category "Salty snacks" are at least group 3.
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

Among 2,718 salty snacks

From least to most processed, this one ranks 1790th. 62% of the salty snacks 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 2,718 salty snacks, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5905187001237, last edited 24 September 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.