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Is Walkers Sensations Coated Peanuts ultra-processed?

150 g Peanuts Sold in the United Kingdom and France

Pack of Walkers Sensations Coated 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:

  • 25 ingredients
  • 2 additives
  • Nutri-Score B

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 39%, Starch (from Maize, Wheat, Potato), Sunflower Oil, Sugar, Thai Sweet Chilli Seasoning, Fructose, Onion Powder, Hydrolysed Soya Protein, Flavourings, Garlic Powder, Red and Green Bell Pepper, Tomato Powder, Soyabean, Wheat, Herbs Chilli Pepper, Paprika extract, l, Salt, Beetroot Red, Curcumin, Contains (See highlighted ingredients)

Additives: E100 Curcumin , E162 Beetroot red

As written on the pack

Fried Peanuts (39%), Starch (from Maize, Wheat, Potato), Sunflower Oil, Sugar, Thai Sweet Chilli Seasoning [Fructose, Onion Powder, Hydrolysed Soya Protein, Flavourings, Garlic Powder, Red and Green Bell Pepper Powder, Tomato Powder, Soyabean, Wheat, Herbs Chilli Pepper, Colour (Paprika extract)l, Salt, Colours (Beetroot Red, Curcumin), Allergy Advice Contains: See highlighted ingredients May contain: Other Nuts, Barley, Gluten, Milk, Mustard, Celery

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.
  • E162 Beetroot red 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.
  • 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.

  • Fructose Fructose is the sugar found naturally in fruit and honey, but as an ingredient it is refined industrially, mostly from corn starch.
4 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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 162 peanuts

From least to most processed, this one ranks 131st. 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 5000328228402, last edited 24 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 B (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.