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Is Off The Eaten Path Caramelised Onion & Balsamic Vinegar Pea & Bean Sticks ultra-processed?

100 g Appetizers Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Off The Eaten Path Caramelised Onion & Balsamic Vinegar Pea & Bean Sticks

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:

  • 34 ingredients
  • 2 additives
  • Nutri-Score D

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Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

potato starch, sunflower oil, white bean 14%, pinto bean 13%, green pea 13%, onion, balsamic vinegar seasoning (sugar, salt, onion, flavouring, spices, acid (citric acid), garlic, fructose, herbs, tamarind, balsamic vinegar, colour (paprika extract)), salt, potassium chloride, beetroot powder, spinach powder, milk, barley, gluten, wheat, celery, soya, mustard, EGG, crustaceans

Additives: E160c Paprika extract , E330 Citric acid

As written on the pack

POTATO STARCH, SUNFLOWER OIL, WHITE BEAN FLOUR (14%), PINTO BEAN FLOUR (13%), GREEN PEA FLOUR (13%), CARAMELISED ONION AND BALSAMIC VINEGAR SEASONING [SUGAR, SALT, ONION POWDER, FLAVOURING, SPICES, ACID (CITRIC ACID), GARLIC POWDER, FRUCTOSE, HERBS, TAMARIND POWDER, BALSAMIC VINEGAR POWDER, COLOUR (PAPRIKA EXTRACT)], SALT, POTASSIUM CHLORIDE, BEETROOT POWDER, SPINACH POWDER. ALLERGY ADVICE: MADE ON A LINE THAT ALSO HANDLES: MILK, BARLEY, GLUTEN, WHEAT, CELERY, SOYA, MUSTARD, EGG, CRUSTACEANS.

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.

  • E160c Paprika extract Paprika extract is a red-orange colour extracted from paprika peppers.
  • Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.
  • 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.

  • Gluten Wheat gluten, sold as "vital wheat gluten", is the protein washed out of wheat flour.
  • Fructose Fructose is the sugar found naturally in fruit and honey, but as an ingredient it is refined industrially, mostly from corn starch.
5 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.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 2,497 appetizers

From least to most processed, this one ranks 2045th. 64% of the appetizers 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.

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About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5000328020792, 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.