Is Nobby’s Nuts Classic dry roasted peanuts ultra-processed?

50 g Roasted peanuts Sold in the United Kingdom and France

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
E414 Acacia gum

15 ingredients
1 additive
Nutri-Score C

Less processed roasted peanuts

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

Peanuts 97%, Dry Roast Flavour (Salt (processing marker), Rice Flour, Starch (processing marker), Yeast Extract, Natural Flavouring (ultra-processing marker), Yeast Powder, Sugar (processing marker), Dextrose (ultra-processing marker), Spices, Paprika Powder, Onion), Stabilizers (Acacia Gum (ultra-processing marker))

Additives: E414 Acacia gum

As written on the pack

Peanuts (97%), Dry Roast Flavour [Salt, Rice Flour, Starch, Yeast Extract, Natural Flavouring, Yeast Powder, Caramelized Sugar, Dextrose, Spices, Paprika Powder, Onion Powder], Stabilizers (Acacia Gum).

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.

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.
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.

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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 92 roasted peanuts

From least to most processed, this one ranks 76th. 46% of the roasted peanuts 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 92 roasted peanuts, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5000328845890, last edited 16 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.