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Is Tesco Pistachio Nuts ultra-processed?

Salted pistachios Sold in the United Kingdom and France

Pack of Tesco Pistachio Nuts

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

  1. 1 Unprocessed
  2. 2 Kitchen staple
  3. 3 Processed
  4. 4 Ultra-processed

Open Food Facts counts every product in its category, salty snacks, as at least group 3.

  • 1 ingredient
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score A

Less processed salty snacks

Less processed isn't automatically healthier, so compare the labels for what matters to you, such as sugar or salt.

Ingredients

roasted pistachio nuts in shells

As written on the pack

roasted pistachio nuts in shells.

What makes it processed

Category rules

Open Food Facts puts every product in this category in at least this group.

  • Salty snacks Products in the category "Salty snacks" are at least group 3.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 27 salted pistachios

From least to most processed, this one ranks 1st. 11% of the salted pistachios 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 27 salted pistachios, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 10001400, last edited 19 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 A (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.