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Is Sainsbury's Onion bhaji ultra-processed?

64 g Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Sainsbury's Onion bhaji

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

  1. 1 Unprocessed
  2. 2 Kitchen staple
  3. 3 Processed
  4. 4 Ultra-processed

Whole foods combined with:

  • 13 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score B

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Sweet Potato 48%, Red Onions 46%, Rapeseed Oil, Cornflour, Rice Flour, Maize Flour, Yellow Split Pea, Gram Flour, Coriander, Black Onion Seeds, Cumin Seeds, Potato Starch, Salt

As written on the pack

Sweet Potato (48%), Red Onions (46%), Rapeseed Oil, Cornflour, Rice Flour, Maize Flour, Yellow Split Pea Flour, Gram Flour, Coriander Powder, Black Onion Seeds, Cumin Seeds, Potato Starch, Salt.

What makes it processed

Culinary ingredients

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.

How the NOVA groups work

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 00271240, last edited 27 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 B (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.