Is Ready Set Cook Aldi Fajita dinner kit ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 55 ingredients
- 9 additives
- Nutri-Score D
Less processed meal kits
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
wheat flour tortillas (processing marker) 64%, wheat flour (wheat flour, calcium carbonate, iron, niacin, thiamin), water, rapeseed oil, glycerol (ultra-processing marker), wheat gluten (ultra-processing marker), sodium carbonates, diphosphates (ultra-processing marker), wheat flour, malic acid, mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids (ultra-processing marker), calcium propionate, carboxy methyl cellulose (ultra-processing marker), tomato salsa 30% (tomato 40%, water, onion, tomato paste 6%, green pepper, red pepper, sugar (processing marker), spirit vinegar, jalapeño pepper, modified maize starch (ultra-processing marker), rapeseed oil, salt (processing marker), garlic purée, citric acid, cumin, coriander, coriander leaf, black pepper, flavouring (ultra-processing marker)), fajita seasoning mix 69% (salt (processing marker), chilli, sugar (processing marker), paprika, potato starch (processing marker), maltodextrin (ultra-processing marker), cumin, garlic powder, red pepper, oregano, rapeseed oil, silicon dioxide (ultra-processing marker), dried basil, smoke flavouring (ultra-processing marker), lemon powder, flavourings (ultra-processing marker))
Additives: E282 Calcium propionate , E296 Malic acid , E330 Citric acid , E422 Glycerol , E450 Diphosphates , E466 Sodium carboxy methyl cellulose , E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids , E500 Sodium carbonates , E551 Silicon dioxide
As written on the pack
wheat flour tortillas (64%) [wheat flour (wheat flour, calcium carbonate, iron, niacin, thiamin), water, rapeseed oil, humectant: glycerol, wheat gluten, raising agents: sodium carbonates, diphosphates, wheat flour, acid: malic acid, emulsifier: mono-and diglycerides of fatty acids, preservative: calcium propionate, stabiliser: carboxy methyl cellulose, tomato salsa (30%) (tomato (40%), water, onion, tomato paste (6%), green pepper, red pepper, sugar, spirit vinegar, jalapeño pepper, modified maize starch, rapeseed oil, salt, garlic purée, acidity regulator: citric acid, ground cumin, ground coriander, coriander leaf, black pepper, flavouring), fajita seasoning mix (69%) (salt, chilli powder, sugar, paprika, potato starch, maltodextrin, cumin powder, garlic powder, red pepper, oregano powder, rapeseed oil, anti-caking agent: silicon dioxide, dried basil, smoke flavouring, lemon powder, flavourings),
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.
- E422 Glycerol Glycerol is a sweet-tasting liquid used to keep products moist and soft.
- E450 Diphosphates Diphosphates are phosphate salts used as raising agents in baking powder, and to hold water in processed meats and cheese.
- E466 Sodium carboxy methyl cellulose Carboxymethyl cellulose is a thickener made by chemically modifying cellulose from wood or cotton.
- E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids are made from fats and glycerol.
- E551 Silicon dioxide A food additive used to dissolve, dilute, disperse or otherwise physically modify a food additive or nutrient without altering its function -and without exerting any technological effect itself- in order to facilitate its handling, application or use of the food additive or nutrient.
- Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
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- Modified starch Modified starch is starch altered physically, with enzymes or chemically, so that it thickens, gels or survives freezing and heating better than ordinary starch.
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.
- Gluten Wheat gluten, sold as "vital wheat gluten", is the protein washed out of wheat flour.
- 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.
- 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.
- Meal kits Products in the category "Meal kits" are at least group 3.
- Bread An ingredient mostly produced industrially and rarely used in home kitchens.
Among 20 meal kits
From least to most processed, this one ranks 18th. 75% of the meal kits here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4088600116075, last edited 22 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 D (from A, best, to E).
- General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.