Is Sharwood's Plain Mini Poppadoms ultra-processed?

Papadum Sold in the United Kingdom

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Whole foods combined with:

Salt
Vegetable oil

7 ingredients
1 additive
Nutri-Score E

Less processed special breads

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

Black Gram, Sunflower Oil (processing marker), Sea Salt (processing marker), Calcium Oxide, crustaceans, peanuts, soya

Additives: E529 Calcium oxide

As written on the pack

Black Gram Flour, Sunflower Oil, Sea Salt, Raising Agent (Calcium Oxide). Allergy advice: May contain cereal containing gluten (wheat), crustaceans, peanuts and soya.

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.
Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 22 papadum

From least to most processed, this one ranks 10th. 36% of the papadum 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 22 papadum, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5000354204500, last edited 28 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 E (from A, best, to E).
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.