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Is Snackrite (Aldi) Coated Chilli Peanuts ultra-processed?

200.0 g Peanuts Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Snackrite (Aldi) Coated Chilli Peanuts

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:

  • 24 ingredients
  • 3 additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed peanuts

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

peanuts 47%, Potato Starch, Rapeseed Oil, Modified Potato Starch, Sugar, Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Salt, Dextrose, Onion Powder, Cayenne Pepper, Garlic Powder, Yeast Extract Powder, Citric Acid, Flavouring, Paprika Extract, Ammonium Carbonates, Basil, Habanero Chilli, Small children can choke on peanuts

Additives: E160c Paprika extract , E330 Citric acid , E503 Ammonium carbonates

As written on the pack

PEANUTS (47%), Potato Starch, Rapeseed Oil, Modified Potato Starch, Sugar, Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Salt, Dextrose, Onion Powder, Cayenne Pepper, Garlic Powder, Yeast Extract Powder, Acidity Regulator: Citric Acid; Flavouring, Colour: Paprika Extract; Raising Agent: Ammonium Carbonates; Basil, Habanero Chilli Extract. ALLERGY ADVICE: For allergens, see ingredients in bold. May also contain nuts, milk, mustard, sesame and soya. DIETARY ADVICE: Suitable for vegetarians. WARNING: Small children can choke on peanuts.

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.

  • E160c Paprika extract Paprika extract is a red-orange colour extracted from paprika peppers.
  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
  • Modified starch Modified starch is starch altered physically, with enzymes or chemically, so that it thickens, gels or survives freezing and heating better than ordinary starch.

Substances rarely used in home kitchens

Refined or extracted in factories, such as syrups made from starch or isolated proteins. The other hallmark of ultra-processed food.

  • Dextrose Dextrose is pure glucose crystallised from starch-derived syrup.
  • Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
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.

  • 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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 162 peanuts

From least to most processed, this one ranks 143rd. 50% of the peanuts 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 162 peanuts, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4088600562889, last edited 8 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 C (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.