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Is Oh So Delish Thai style sriracha ultra-processed?

120 g Appetizers Sold in the United Kingdom and Ireland

Pack of Oh So Delish Thai style sriracha

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:

  • 32 ingredients
  • 5 additives
  • Nutri-Score D

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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

sriracha flavoured peas 70% (green split peas, corn starch, sugar, garlic extract, palm oil, salt, garlic oil, maltodextrin, colour (paprika extract), chilli), corn 20% (corn kernels, sunflower oil, salt), sriracha flavoured half-popped corn 10%, corn kernels, sunflower oil, seasoning (sugar, salt, spice extracts, glucose syrup, flavourings, acids (citric acid, malic acid, sodium acetate), smoke flavouring, colour (paprika extract))

Additives: E160c Paprika extract , E262 Sodium acetates , E262i Sodium acetate , E296 Malic acid , E330 Citric acid

As written on the pack

sriracha flavoured peas 70% (green split peas, corn starch, sugar, garlic extract, palm oil, salt, garlic oil, maltodextrin, colour (paprika extract), chilli extract), salted corn 20% (corn kernels, sunflower oil, salt), sriracha flavoured half-popped corn 10% (corn kernels, sunflower oil, seasoning (sugar, salt, spice extracts, glucose syrup, flavourings, acids (citric acid, malic acid, sodium acetate), smoke flavouring, colour (paprika extract)),

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.

  • Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
  • Glucose syrup Glucose syrup is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
  • Maltodextrin Maltodextrin is a white powder made by partly breaking down 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 2236th. 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.

All 2,497 appetizers, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4088600206592, 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.