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Is Planters Dry Roasted Salted Peanuts ultra-processed?

16 oz Roasted peanuts Sold in the United States and France

Pack of Planters Dry Roasted Salted Peanuts

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:

  • 12 ingredients
  • 1 additive
  • Nutri-Score B

Less processed roasted peanuts

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

peanuts, contains 2% and less of sea salt, spices, dried onion, dried garlic, paprika, natural flavor sugar, cornstarch, gelatin, torula yeast, maltodextrin, corn syrup

Additives: E428 Gelatine

As written on the pack

peanuts, contains 2% or less of sea salt, spices (contains celery), dried onion, dried garlic, paprika, natural flavor sugar, cornstarch, gelatin, torula yeast, maltodextrin, dried corn syrup,

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.

  • E428 Gelatine Gelatine is a gelling agent made from collagen in animal skin and bones.

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.
  • Maltodextrin Maltodextrin is a white powder made by partly breaking down starch.
1 ingredient that would only make it processed

Kitchen staples like sugar, salt and oil. On their own they make a food processed, not ultra-processed.

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

How the NOVA groups work

Among 92 roasted peanuts

From least to most processed, this one ranks 70th. 46% of the roasted peanuts 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 92 roasted peanuts, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0029000073258, last edited 28 September 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 B (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.