Is Planters Dry roasted peanuts delicately seasoned ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 42 ingredients
- 4 additives
- Nutri-Score C
Less processed roasted peanuts
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
peanuts, spice mix (salt (processing marker), potato starch (processing marker), sugar (processing marker), monosodium glutamate (ultra-processing marker), autolyzed yeast, corn maltódextrin (ultra-processing marker), corn starch (processing marker), spices, hydrolyzed soya protein, smoke flavour vegetable oil (canola, sunflower oil (processing marker)), onion powder garlic powder, bha, propyl gallate, citric acid), ingredients (arachides), mélange d'épices (sel, amidon de pomme de terre, sucre, glutamate monosodique, levure autolysee maltodextrine de mais, amidon de mais, épices, proteine de sova hydrolyse, savur de fumée, huile vegétale (huile de canola e, ou de tournesol), poudre d'oignon, poudre d'ail bha gallate de propyle, acide citrique), dextrine de tapioca peut contenir des noix, du lait et du ble prepared by, prépare par (jvf canada inc toronto ontario m3j 226), license from, marques deposees utilisees md registered trade marks used under sous licentt
Additives: E310 Propyl gallate , E320 Butylated hydroxyanisole (bha) , E330 Citric acid , E621 Monosodium glutamate
As written on the pack
peanuts, spice mix (salt, potato starch, sugar, monosodium glutamate, autolyzed yeast, corn maltódextrin, corn starch, spices, hydrolyzed soya protein, smoke flavour vegetable oil [canola and/or sunflower oil], onion powder garlic powder, bha, propyl gallate, citric acid), tapioca dextrin may contain tree nuts, milk and wheat. ingredients: arachides, mélange d'épices (sel, amidon de pomme de terre, sucre, glutamate monosodique, levure autolysee maltodextrine de mais, amidon de mais, épices, proteine de sova hydrolyse, savur de fumée, huile vegétale (huile de canola e/ou de tournesol), poudre d'oignon, poudre d'ail bha gallate de propyle, acide citrique), dextrine de tapioca peut contenir des noix, du lait et du ble prepared by/prépare par : jvf canada inc toronto ontario m3j 226, canada license from/marques deposees utilisees md registered trade marks used under sous licentt
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.
- E621 Monosodium glutamate Monosodium glutamate (MSG) is the sodium salt of glutamic acid, made by fermentation and used to strengthen savoury 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.
4 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.
- Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
- Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
Among 93 roasted peanuts
From least to most processed, this one ranks 62nd. 46% of the roasted peanuts here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0058716970773, last edited 19 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 C (from A, best, to E).
- General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.