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Is Old El Paso Fajita Mix medium imp ultra-processed?

30mg Spice blends Sold in the United Kingdom, France and Germany

Pack of Old El Paso Fajita Mix medium 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:

  • 18 ingredients
  • 1 additive

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

vegetables (tomato, onion, garlic, red pepper, tomato 2%), sugar, maltodextrin, salt, spices (black pepper, cumin, paprika 2%), flavouring, yeast extract, acidity regulator (citric acid), spice extract

Additives: E330 Citric acid

As written on the pack

dehydrated vegetables (tomato, onion, garlic, red pepper, roasted tomato powder (2%)), sugar, maltodextrin, salt, spices (black pepper, cumin , paprika (2%))(8%), flavouring, yeast extract, acidity regulator (citric acid), spice 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.

  • 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.

  • Maltodextrin Maltodextrin is a white powder made by partly breaking down starch.
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 16 spice blends

From least to most processed, this one ranks 12th. 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 8410076490780, last edited 13 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.
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.