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Is Tesco Sweet Chili Peanuts - Crispy Coated ultra-processed?

200.0 g Peanuts Sold in the United Kingdom and France

Pack of Tesco Sweet Chili Peanuts - Crispy Coated

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:

  • 38 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 45%, Rapeseed Oil, Potato Starch, Modified Maize Starch, Maize Starch, Caster Sugar, Modified Tapioca Starch, Sugar, Wheat Starch, Salt, Buttermilk Powder, Onion Powder, Soy Sauce (Soya Bean, Maltodextrin, Salt, Wheat), Garlic Powder, Acacia, Yeast Extract Powder, Milk Sugar, Paprika, Tomato, Parsley, Acid (Citric Acid), Chilli, Sunflower Oil, Chilli, Ginger Powder, Flavouring, Coriander, Fennel Seed, Colours (Curcumin, Paprika Extract), including cereals containing gluten, V Caution Not suitable for small children Who can choke on nuts

Additives: E100 Curcumin , E160c Paprika extract , E330 Citric acid

As written on the pack

Peanuts (45%), Rapeseed Oil, Potato Starch, Modified Maize Starch, Maize Starch, Caster Sugar, Modified Tapioca Starch, Sugar, Wheat Starch, Salt, Buttermilk Powder (Milk), Onion Powder, Soy Sauce Powder (Soya Bean, Maltodextrin, Salt, Wheat), Garlic Powder, Acacia, Yeast Extract Powder, Milk Sugar, Paprika, Tomato Powder, Parsley, Acid (Citric Acid), Chilli Powder, Sunflower Oil, Chilli Extract, Ginger Powder, Flavouring, Coriander Powder, Fennel Seed, Colours (Curcumin, Paprika Extract). Allergy advice For allergens, including cereals containing gluten, see ingredients in bold. Alsot may contain Other nuts. V Caution Not suitable for small children Who can choke on nuts. Suitable for vegetarians

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.

  • E100 Curcumin Colours are substances which add or restore colour in a food, and include natural constituents of foods and natural sources which are normally not consumed as foods as such and not normally used as characteristic ingredients of food.
  • E160c Paprika extract Paprika extract is a red-orange colour extracted from paprika peppers.
  • Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.
  • 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.

  • Lactose Lactose is milk sugar, crystallised industrially from whey, a by-product of cheese making.
  • Maltodextrin Maltodextrin is a white powder made by partly breaking down starch.
5 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.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
  • Sauce A prepared sauce used as an ingredient.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 163 peanuts

From least to most processed, this one ranks 158th. 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 163 peanuts, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5000358279658, last edited 25 July 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.