ALDI · INGREDIENT FREQUENCY

What's in Aldi's products?

We scored 1,710 Aldi products from our UK supermarket index (1,479 have a verified NOVA processing score). Here's what shows up most often in their ingredient lists, and how scores are distributed across the shelf.

Score distribution — 1,479 scored Aldi products

80+

396

26.8%

60-79

221

14.9%

40-59

176

11.9%

<40

686

46.4%

Most common additives in Aldi's shelf

% = of Aldi products that contain at least one mention of this additive in their ingredient list.

Citric acid (E330) 186 14.1%
Lecithin (E322) 122 9.3%
Sodium carbonate / bicarb (E500) 108 8.2%
Ascorbic acid / Vitamin C (E300) 84 6.4%
Diphosphates (E450) 82 6.2%
Mono- and diglycerides (E471) 75 5.7%
Paprika extract (E160c) 72 5.5%
Potassium sorbate (E202) 61 4.6%
Guar gum (E412) 52 4%
E422 47 3.6%
E282 44 3.3%
E250 43 3.3%
E503 43 3.3%
E440 40 3%
Xanthan gum (E415) 39 3%
E451 37 2.8%
Beta-carotene (E160a) 36 2.7%
E301 36 2.7%
E955 34 2.6%
E331 32 2.4%

Most common ingredients on Aldi's shelf

The categorical-tag class includes broad descriptors (water, salt, sugar) alongside ingredients proper. Read these as "what tag-class shows up across the Aldi shelf".

Salt 48.4%

Sugar 36.9%

Water 33%

Flour 28.6%

Dairy 25.4%

Wheat 24.2%

Wheat Flour 21.3%

Rapeseed Oil 20.8%

Starch 19.8%

Yeast 18.7%

Vegetable Oil 18.2%

Glucose 16.7%

Plant 15.4%

Thiamin 15.3%

Seed 14.9%

Iron 14.5%

Onion 13.8%

Garlic 13.4%

Palm Oil And Fat 12.2%

Sunflower Oil 11.3%

Pepper 11.1%

Corn Starch 10.7%

Cocoa 10.6%

Tomato 10.2%

Palm Oil 10%