Is Southern Grove Deluxe whole cashews(unsalted) ultra-processed?

16 oz Nuts Sold in the United States

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Whole foods combined with:

Vegetable oil

6 ingredients
No additives

Less processed nuts

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

Cashews roasted in vegetable oil (peanut oil (processing marker), cottonseed oil (processing marker), sunflower seed oil (processing marker), canola oil, and rice bran oil (processing marker))

As written on the pack

Cashews roasted in vegetable oil (peanut oil, cottonseed oil, sunflower seed oil, canola oil, and/or rice bran oil).

What makes it processed

Culinary ingredients

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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 613 nuts

From least to most processed, this one ranks 353rd. 30% of the nuts 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 613 nuts, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4061459260700, last edited 4 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.
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.