Is Tesco Crunch Mix Salt & Pepper ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 21 ingredients
- 1 additive
- Nutri-Score E
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
Maize, Soya Beans, Black Soya Beans, Almonds, Cashew Nuts, Sunflower Oil (processing marker), Rapeseed Oil, Black Pepper, Sea Salt (processing marker), Rice Flour, Sugar (processing marker), Chicory Fibre (ultra-processing marker), Salt (processing marker), Yeast Extract Powder, White Pepper, Flavouring (ultra-processing marker), Acid (Citric Acid), Also, VSuitable for Caution This product may occasionally contain smal Fragments of shell, ning itable for small children who can on nuts
Additives: E330 Citric acid
As written on the pack
Maize, Soya Beans. Black Soya Beans, Almonds, Cashew Nuts, Sunflower Oil, Rapeseed Oil, Black Pepper. Sea Salt, Rice Flour, Sugar, Chicory Fibre, Salt, Yeast Extract Powder, White Pepper, Flavouring. Acid (Citric Acid). Allergy Advice For allergens, see ingredients in bold. Also, may contain peanuts, other nuts and milk. VSuitable for vegetarians Caution This product may occasionally contain smal Fragments of shell. ning itable for small children who can on nuts.
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.
- Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
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.
- Vegetable fiber Isolated plant fibres, such as inulin, oat fibre or bamboo fibre, are extracted industrially and added to change texture or support "source of fibre" claims.
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.
- Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
- Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5059697745881, last edited 27 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.
- 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.