Sweet chili pistachios

Name: Sweet chili pistachios
Brand: Wonderful

0Avoid

Breakdown

Ultra-processed · 3 contaminants flagged · 2 ingredients to avoid

Includes lab results from its product family: Wonderful Pistachios (plain and seasoned)

100

Lab-measured contaminants

Measured against published safety limits

−64

arsenic−37

cadmium−16

lead−11

Ingredients

−29

yeast extract−11

natural flavor−11

malic acid−4

extractives of paprika−3

Processing

−10

NOVA 4: ultra-processed−10

Adjustments

What it takes to land on the final number

Minimum score+3

Final score0

Contaminants · 4

3 at/over limit

From lab tests of this product’s family

Wonderful Pistachios (plain and seasoned)

This product wasn’t tested · results may differ

In the family’s tests: measured by an independent lab and compared against published safety limits.

Arsenic37 ppbof 10 ppb

Over the limit — 3.7×FDA bottled-water Standard of Quality, 21 CFR 165.110(b) — 0.010 mg/L (= EPA MCL)

Measured in: Roasted & Salted Pistachios

Cadmium12 ppbof 5 ppb

Over the limit — 2.4×FDA bottled-water Standard of Quality, 21 CFR 165.110(b) — 0.005 mg/L

Measured in: Roasted & Salted Pistachios

Lead6 ppbof 5 ppb

Over the limit — 1.2×FDA bottled-water Standard of Quality, 21 CFR 165.110(b) — 0.005 mg/L

Measured in: Roasted & Salted Pistachios

MercuryNDof 2 ppb

Not detectedFDA bottled-water Standard of Quality, 21 CFR 165.110(b) — 0.002 mg/L

Measured in: Roasted & Salted Pistachios

Ingredients · 10

GoodCautionAvoid

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Common questions

Is Wonderful Sweet chili pistachios healthy?

Wonderful Sweet chili pistachios scores 0/100 on Tallow — our avoid band. That number comes from what is on the label: the ingredients, how processed it is, and what it is packaged in, plus lab results from its product family, Wonderful Pistachios (plain and seasoned). It is not a verdict on your diet — Tallow does not weigh calories, portion size or how often you eat it, so a high score means the ingredients are clean, not that the food is unlimited.

What is in Wonderful Sweet chili pistachios?

Wonderful Sweet chili pistachios lists 10 ingredients, starting with Pistachios, Salt, Onion Powder, Malic Acid and Red Chili Pepper. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

Does Wonderful Sweet chili pistachios contain seed oils?

No. Nothing in Wonderful Sweet chili pistachios’s ingredient list matches a seed oil — canola, soybean, corn, cottonseed, grapeseed, sunflower, safflower, rice bran or peanut oil, or an unspecified "vegetable oil".

How processed is Wonderful Sweet chili pistachios?

Wonderful Sweet chili pistachios is NOVA group 4: ultra-processed. That is the top of the scale and the classification the score penalises most heavily.

How does Wonderful Sweet chili pistachios compare to other nuts & seeds?

At 0/100 Wonderful Sweet chili pistachios scores worse than most nuts & seeds we have scored. A higher-scoring option in nuts & seeds is Aldi Dry Roasted Organic Peanuts at 100/100.

Is Wonderful Sweet chili pistachios organic?

Wonderful Sweet chili pistachios is not certified organic in our data.

Has Wonderful Sweet chili pistachios been lab tested?

Not this product itself. It shares a base recipe (Roasted pistachios, in shell or shelled; salt and seasonings only as flavour; no cocoa, rice or cinnamon) with the other products in its family, Wonderful Pistachios (plain and seasoned), and 1 product in its family has been lab tested. This product is scored with the worst result for each contaminant across those tests. Those results are in the family's Contaminants section above; its own results may differ.

Does Wonderful Sweet chili pistachios contain heavy metals?

Wonderful Sweet chili pistachios itself has not been tested for heavy metals, but other products in its family, which share its base recipe, have: a lab detected arsenic at 37 ppb against a 10 ppb limit in Roasted & Salted Pistachios, cadmium at 12 ppb against a 5 ppb limit in Roasted & Salted Pistachios and lead at 6 ppb against a 5 ppb limit in Roasted & Salted Pistachios. This product is scored with the worst result for each contaminant across those tests. Its own results may differ.

Full methodology: how we score products.