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Is Margaret Holmes Seasoned Field Peas & Snaps ultra-processed?

130 g Sold in the United States

Pack of Margaret Holmes Seasoned Field Peas & Snaps

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:

  • 12 ingredients
  • 2 additives
  • Nutri-Score A

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

field peas, water, snaps, monosodium glutamate, salt, dehydrated onion, sugar, spices, rendered bacon fat, natural hickory smoke flavor, calcium disodium edta (to preserve color)

Additives: E385 Calcium disodium ethylenediaminetetraacetate , E621 Monosodium glutamate

As written on the pack

FIELD PEAS, WATER, SNAPS, MONOSODIUM GLUTAMATE, SALT, DEHYDRATED ONION, SUGAR, SPICES, RENDERED BACON FAT, NATURAL HICKORY SMOKE FLAVOR AND CALCIUM DISODIUM EDTA (TO PRESERVE 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.

  • E621 Monosodium glutamate Monosodium glutamate (MSG) is the sodium salt of glutamic acid, made by fermentation and used to strengthen savoury taste.
2 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.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0041443023232, last edited 19 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 A (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.