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Is Sainsbury's Sea Salt & Black Pepper Cashews ultra-processed?

Salted cashews Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Sainsbury's Sea Salt & Black Pepper Cashews

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:

  • 12 ingredients
  • 1 additive
  • Nutri-Score B

Less processed salted cashews

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

Cashew Nuts 90%, Rapeseed Oil, Palm Oil, Black Pepper 1.5%, Sea Salt 1%, Rice Flour, Sugar, Yeast Extract Powder, White Pepper, Flavouring, Acid (Citric Acid)

Additives: E330 Citric acid

As written on the pack

Cashew Nuts (90%), Rapeseed Oil, Palm Oil, Black Pepper (1.5%), Sea Salt (1%), Rice Flour, Sugar, Yeast Extract Powder, White Pepper, Flavouring, Acid: Citric Acid.

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.

  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
3 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.

  • Salty snacks Products in the category "Salty snacks" are at least group 3.
  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 19 salted cashews

From least to most processed, this one ranks 18th. 11% of the salted cashews 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 19 salted cashews, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 00429993, 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 B (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.