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Is Marks & Spencer Chili and Black pepper Nut selection ultra-processed?

150g Nut confectioneries Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Marks & Spencer Chili and Black pepper Nut selection

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:

  • 16 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score D

Less processed nut confectioneries

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

Chilli 19.35483870967742%, Lime Flavour Baked Almonds 19.35483870967742% (Almonds Salt, Maltodextrin Tapioca Starch, Tomato Powder Ground Cayenne Pepper Ground Green Cardamom, Dried Basil Flavouring Acidity Regulator (Citric Acid Dried Onions Dried Yeast Extract, Dried Yeast Dried Garlic Dried Parsley, Dried Basil)), Sea Salt 16.129032258064516%, Black Pepper Coated Baked Cashew Nuts 16.129032258064516% (Cashew Nuts Tapioca Starch Sea Salt Maltodextrin Ground Black Pepper Rice Flour Dried Lemon Juice Flavouring), Chilli Flavour Baked Cashew Nuts 16.129032258064516% (Cashew Nuts Salt Rice Flour Sugar Dried Yeast Extract Ground Cayenne Pepper Tapioca Starch Dried Onions Dried Yeast Dried Lemon Juice Dried Garlic Colour (Paprika Flavouring)), Pecan Nuts 12.903225806451612%

As written on the pack

Chilli and Lime Flavour Baked Almonds (30%) (Almonds Salt. Maltodextrin Tapioca Starch. Tomato Powder Ground Cayenne Pepper Ground Green Cardamom · Dried Basil Flavouring Acidity Regulator: Citric Acid Dried Onions Dried Yeast Extract. Dried Yeast Dried Garlic Dried Parsley. Dried Basil) · Sea Salt and Black Pepper Coated Baked Cashew Nuts (25%) (Cashew Nuts Tapioca Starch Sea Salt Maltodextrin Ground Black Pepper Rice Flour Dried Lemon Juice Flavouring) Chilli Flavour Baked Cashew Nuts (25%) (Cashew Nuts Salt Rice Flour Sugar Dried Yeast Extract Ground Cayenne Pepper Tapioca Starch Dried Onions Dried Yeast Dried Lemon Juice Dried Garlic Colour: Paprika Extract Flavouring) Pecan Nuts (20%).

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

How the NOVA groups work

Among 42 nut confectioneries

From least to most processed, this one ranks 10th. 83% of the nut confectioneries 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 42 nut confectioneries, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 29188819, 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 D (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.