Is Sainsbury's Sea Salt & Black Pepper Crunch ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 9 ingredients
- 1 additive
- Nutri-Score B
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
Broad Beans, Soya Beans, Black Soya Beans, Cashew Nut, Sunflower Oil (processing marker), White Pepper, Flavouring (ultra-processing marker), Acid (Citric Acid)
Additives: E330 Citric acid
As written on the pack
Broad Beans, Soya Beans, Black Soya Beans, Cashew Nut, Sunflower Oil, 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.
1 ingredient 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.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 00483780, 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.