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Is Woolworths Select Peanut butter ultra-processed?

500 g Peanut butters Sold in Australia and New Zealand

Pack of Woolworths Select Peanut butter

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:

  • 8 ingredients
  • 1 additive
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed peanut butters

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

Freshly roasted peanuts 89%, canola oil (contains Antioxidant (e306 from soy)), hydrogenated vegetable oil (palm vegetable oil), sugar, salt

Additives: E306 Tocopherol-rich extract

As written on the pack

Freshly roasted peanuts 89%, canola oil (contains Antioxidant (E306 from soy)), hydrogenated vegetable oil (palm), sugar, salt

What makes it ultra-processed

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.

  • Hydrogenated oil Hydrogenation turns liquid oil into a solid fat that resists going rancid.
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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 337 peanut butters

From least to most processed, this one ranks 311th. 22% of the peanut butters 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 337 peanut butters, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 9300633919061, last edited 22 December 2025), 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.