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Is Nobbys Nuts Unit S / C 40g ultra-processed?

Peanuts Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Nobbys Nuts Unit S / C 40g

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:

  • 24 ingredients
  • 6 additives
  • Nutri-Score D

Less processed 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

pears 44%, sunt meat sunflower oil, sweet chili flavour (flavougains barley halt pic extract, onion, garlic, red pe powder, ginger powder, black pepper oleoresin, flavour enhancers (monosodium energy glutamate, disodium guanylate, disodium inos ate), acid (citric acid), yeast extract), salt, sugar, modified stach, colours (curcumin, paprika extract, beetroot red), mustar celery fat of which carbohydr of which

Additives: E100 Curcumin , E160c Paprika extract , E162 Beetroot red , E330 Citric acid , E621 Monosodium glutamate , E627 Disodium guanylate

Also detected, but not matched to one ingredient: E621 Monosodium glutamate.

As written on the pack

fried pears (44%), sunt meat sunflower oil, sweet chili flavour [flavougains barley halt pic extract, onion powder, garlic powder, red pe powder, ginger powder, black pepper oleoresin), flavour enhancers (monosodium energy glutamate, disodium guanylate, disodium inos ate), acid (citric acid), yeast extract], salt, sugar, modified stach, colours (curcumin, paprika extract, beetroot red). contains: see highlighted ingredients may contain: other nuts, milk, soya, mustar celery fat of which carbohydr of which

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.

  • E100 Curcumin Colours are substances which add or restore colour in a food, and include natural constituents of foods and natural sources which are normally not consumed as foods as such and not normally used as characteristic ingredients of food.
  • E160c Paprika extract Paprika extract is a red-orange colour extracted from paprika peppers.
  • E162 Beetroot red Colours are substances which add or restore colour in a food, and include natural constituents of foods and natural sources which are normally not consumed as foods as such and not normally used as characteristic ingredients of food.
  • E621 Monosodium glutamate Monosodium glutamate (MSG) is the sodium salt of glutamic acid, made by fermentation and used to strengthen savoury taste.
  • E627 Disodium guanylate Disodium guanylate is a flavour enhancer usually used together with MSG.
  • Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.
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  • Flavour enhancer Flavour enhancers such as monosodium glutamate (E621) strengthen savoury taste without adding a flavour of their own.
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

Among 162 peanuts

From least to most processed, this one ranks 159th. 50% of the 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 162 peanuts, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5000328251950, last edited 3 May 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.