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Is Sainsbury's Onion bhajia ultra-processed?

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Pack of Sainsbury's Onion bhajia

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:

  • 33 ingredients
  • 3 additives
  • Nutri-Score A

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Onion 84%, Rapeseed Oil, Rice Flour, Maize Flour, Gram Flour, Yellow Split Pea, Cornflour, Fortified Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Coriander Leaf, Green Chillies, Salt, Onion, Turmeric Powder, Black Onion Seeds, Coriander, Sugar, Raising Agents (Sodium Bicarbonate), Diphosphates, Red Chillies, Garlic, Fenugreek, Chilli, Fennel, Cumin, Black Pepper, Bay Leaf, Cinnamon Powder

Additives: E450 Diphosphates , E500 Sodium carbonates , E500ii Sodium hydrogen carbonate

As written on the pack

Onion (84%), Rapeseed Oil, Rice Flour, Maize Flour, Gram Flour, Yellow Split Pea Flour, Cornflour, Fortified Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Coriander Leaf, Green Chillies, Salt, Onion Powder, Turmeric Powder, Black Onion Seeds, Coriander Powder, Sugar, Raising Agents: Sodium Bicarbonate, Diphosphates; Red Chillies, Garlic Powder, Fenugreek Powder, Chilli Powder, Fennel Powder, Cumin Powder, Black Pepper, Bay Leaf, Cinnamon Powder.

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.

  • E450 Diphosphates Diphosphates are phosphate salts used as raising agents in baking powder, and to hold water in processed meats and cheese.
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.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 00345606, 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 A (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.