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Is Santa Maria Red jalapenõs ultra-processed?

Peppers Sold in the United Kingdom and France

Pack of Santa Maria Red jalapenõs

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:

  • 9 ingredients
  • 2 additives

Less processed peppers

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

Red jalapeño peppers, water, sugar, spirit vinegar, salt, acidity regulator (citric acid), preservative (sodium benzoate)

Additives: E211 Sodium benzoate , E330 Citric acid

As written on the pack

Red jalapeño peppers, water, sugar, spirit vinegar, salt, acidity regulator (citric acid), preservative (sodium benzoate).

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.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

Preservation and traditional processing

Keep food safe or ferment it, like preservatives and cultures. A sign of processing, not ultra-processing.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 32 peppers

From least to most processed, this one ranks 27th. 13% of the peppers 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 32 peppers, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 7311312003348, last edited 13 July 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.
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.