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Is Old El Paso Chili Con Carne Seasoning Mix imp ultra-processed?

39 g Spice blends Sold in the United Kingdom and France

Pack of Old El Paso Chili Con Carne Seasoning Mix imp

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:

  • 19 ingredients
  • 3 additives

Less processed spice blends

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

Spices (paprika, cumin, chili pepper, black pepper, cayenne pepper), salt, wheat flour, dextrose, wheat starch, dried onions, chicory extract, garlic powder, citric acid, tricalcium phosphate, spice extract (paprika), oregano, flavouring

Additives: E330 Citric acid , E341 Calcium phosphates , E341iii Tricalcium phosphate

As written on the pack

Spices (paprika, cumin, chili pepper, black pepper, cayenne pepper) (23%), salt, wheat flour, dextrose, wheat starch, dried onions, chicory extract, garlic powder, acidity regulator (citric acid), anti-caking agent (tricalcium phosphate), spice extract (paprika), oregano, flavouring.

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.

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.
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.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 16 spice blends

From least to most processed, this one ranks 16th. 81% of the spice blends 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 16 spice blends, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 8410076491596, last edited 11 August 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.
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.