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Is Sainsbury's Milk Chocolate Peanuts ultra-processed?

Nuts and their products Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Sainsbury's Milk Chocolate 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:

  • 16 ingredients
  • 1 additive
  • Nutri-Score E

Less processed nuts and their products

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

Skimmed Cows' Milk Powder, Cocoa Mass Flavouring, Peanuts 47%, Vegetable Ofl Repeseed Oit, Sunflower Oil, Glazing Agents (Acacia Gum), Shallar Ciucose Syrup, Milk Chocola Milk Solids 14%, ntains (Cocoa Solids 25%), Also, not suitable for customers with an allergy to other nuts due to manufacturing methods, Safety (Remember small children can choke on nuts, per 45g క్లాతి B1094)

Additives: E414 Acacia gum

As written on the pack

Skimmed Cows' Milk Powder, Cocoa Mass Flavouring), Peanuts (47%), Vegetable Ofl Repeseed Oit, Sunflower Oil), Glazing Agents: Acacia Gum, Shallar Ciucose Syrup. Milk Chocola Milk Solids 14% minimum. ntains: Cocoa Solids 25% minimum, Allergy advice: For allergens, see ingredients in bold. Also, not suitable for customers with an allergy to other nuts due to manufacturing methods. Safety: Remember small children can choke on nuts. per 45g క్లాతి B1094

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.
  • Glazing agent Glazing agents, waxes and shellac for example, coat a surface to make it shiny or stop pieces sticking together.
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.

  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
  • Milk powder Milk powder is milk with the water evaporated off: a preserved form of a whole food rather than an industrial extract.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 1,288 nuts and their products

From least to most processed, this one ranks 943rd. 39% of the nuts and their products 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 1,288 nuts and their products, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 00275224, last edited 5 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 E (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.