Is Sainsbury's Indian Snack Selection ultra-processed?

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Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

E414 Acacia gum

49 ingredients
1 additive
Nutri-Score A

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

onion bhaji (onion 89%), rapeseed oil, maize flour, yellow split peas, chickpeas, rice flour, cornflour, coriander leaf, potato starch (processing marker), black onion seeds, turmeric, salt (processing marker), coriander, cumin, red chilli, cayenne pepper, vegetable samosa (fortified wheat flour, wheat flour), calcium carbonate, iron, niacin, thiamin, potato 19%, rapeseed oil, onion, peas 12%, carrot 11%, coriander leaf, ginger, salt (processing marker), lemon juice from concentrate, turmeric powder, cumin, rice flour, poppy seed, green chilli, coriander, ajwain seeds, mango, black pepper, bay leaf, mint, star anise, ginger powder, chilli, stabiliser (acacia gum (ultra-processing marker))

Additives: E414 Acacia gum

As written on the pack

onion bhaji: onion (89%), rapeseed oil, maize flour, yellow split peas, chickpeas, rice flour, cornflour, coriander leaf, potato starch, black onion seeds, turmeric, salt, coriander powder, cumin powder, red chilli, cayenne pepper. vegetable samosa: fortified wheat flour (wheat flour, calcium carbonate, iron, niacin, thiamin), potato (19%), rapeseed oil, onion, peas (12%), carrot (11%), coriander leaf, ginger puree, salt, lemon juice from concentrate, turmeric powder, cumin powder, rice flour, poppy seed, green chilli, coriander powder, ajwain seeds, mango powder, black pepper, bay leaf, mint, star anise, ginger powder, chilli powder, stabiliser: acacia gum

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.

E414 Acacia gum Gum arabic (acacia gum) is the hardened sap of acacia trees, used to stabilise flavour emulsions in soft drinks and to coat sweets.

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.

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About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 01815788, last edited 23 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 A (from A, best, to E).
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.