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Is Sainsburys taste the difference Onion bhajis ultra-processed?

Salty fritters Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Sainsburys taste the difference Onion bhajis

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:

  • 29 ingredients
  • 1 additive
  • Nutri-Score A

Less processed salty snacks

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

Onion 86%, Rapeseed Oil, Rice Flour, Comflour, Potato Starch, Maize Flour, Yellow Split Peas, Chickpeas, Coriander, Lemon Juice from Concentrate, Turmeric Powder, Salt, Green Chillies, Mint, Cumin Seeds, Black Onion Seeds, Fennel, Chilli, Mango, Fenugreek, Black Salt, Granulated Sugar, Cumin, White Pepper, Coriander, Ginger Powder, Citric Acid, Mint, Asafoetida

Additives: E330 Citric acid

As written on the pack

Onion (86%), Rapeseed Oil, Rice Flour, Comflour, Potato Starch, Maize Flour, Yellow Split Peas, Chickpeas, Coriander, Lemon Juice from Concentrate, Turmeric Powder, Salt, Green Chillies, Mint, Cumin Seeds, Black Onion Seeds, Fennel Powder, Chilli Powder, Mango Powder, Fenugreek Powder, Black Salt, Granulated Sugar, Cumin Powder, White Pepper, Coriander Powder, Ginger Powder, Citric Acid, Dried Mint, Asafoetida.

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.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

Category rules

Open Food Facts puts every product in this category in at least this group.

  • Meals Products in the category "Meals" are at least group 3.
  • Salty snacks Products in the category "Salty snacks" are at least group 3.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 8 salty fritters

From least to most processed, this one ranks 3rd. 63% of the salty fritters 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 8 salty fritters, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 01609523, last edited 30 August 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.