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Plain salty snacks, from least to most processed

We track 20 plain salty snacks, 45% of them ultra-processed. The least processed is Tortilla chips.

What makes plain salty snacks ultra-processed

The signs of ultra-processing found most often, and the share of plain salty snacks that contain each:

Processed food (11)

  1. 1 Tortilla chips Tesco · 200g 3
  2. 2 Tortilla Chips Lightly salted Snaktastic 3
  3. 3 Tortilla chips Capsicana 3
  4. 4 Irish Sea Salt Crisps O’Donnells · 125 g 3
  5. 5 Italian thin crackers, Scrocchi Laurien Master Bakers · 8 x 25g 3
  6. 6 Sweet potato crackers We Garcia · 5.5 oz 3
  7. 7 Multigrain Crispbread Ryvita · 250 g 3
  8. 8 Avocado Oil Veggie Straws Sea Salted Good Health · 1 oz 3
  9. 9 Almond cracker Simple mills · 7 oz 3
  10. 10 Sourdough Sea Salt Organic Crackers patagonia PROVISIONS · 125 g 3
  11. 11 Thin Wheat Original Crackers Savoritz · 8.5 oz 3

Ultra-processed food (9)

  1. 12 Savoury Crackers Rivercote · 200 g 4
  2. 13 Pretzel Thins Salted Snackrite · 80 g 4
  3. 14 TUC Original Tuc · 150 g 4
  4. 15 Salta kex Eldorado · 2 x 100 g 4
  5. 16 original crackers Ritz · 227 g 4
  6. 17 Lentil Chips Maple Bacon Taste Oho! · 100g 4
  7. 18 Tuc crackers original Jacobs · 100g 4
  8. 19 Original Rice Crackers Peckish · 90 g 4
  9. 20 Buttery Smooth Textured Crackers Great Value · 28 x 14g (4 crackers) 4

Within each group, products with fewer signs of ultra-processing, additives and ingredients come first. This ordering is ours, for comparison; it is not part of NOVA.