Is Andy capp's Big hot fries ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- Dextrose
- Flavouring
- Glucose
- Whey
- E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids
- E621 Monosodium glutamate
- 23 ingredients
- 3 additives
- Nutri-Score E
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
degermed yellow cornmeal, vegetable oil (processing marker) (palm vegetable oil, cottonseed vegetable oil), oil, potatoes, water, whey (ultra-processing marker), salt (processing marker), less than 2% of (dextrose (ultra-processing marker)), torula yeast, spices including mustard, tbhq (for freshness), monosodium glutamate (ultra-processing marker), spice extractives including paprika, tomato, mono- and diglycerides (ultra-processing marker), soybean oil (processing marker), silicon dioxide, natural and artificial flavor (ultra-processing marker), garlic
Additives: E319 Tertiary-butylhydroquinone (tbhq) , E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids , E621 Monosodium glutamate
As written on the pack
degermed yellow cornmeal, vegetable oil (palm and/or cottonseed oil), dried potatoes, water, whey, salt, less than 2% of: dextrose, torula yeast, spices including mustard, tbhq (for freshness), monosodium glutamate, spice extractives including paprika, tomato powder, mono - and diglycerides, soybean oil, silicon dioxide, natural and artificial flavor, garlic powder, contains: milk
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.
- E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids are made from fats and glycerol.
- E621 Monosodium glutamate Monosodium glutamate (MSG) is the sodium salt of glutamic acid, made by fermentation and used to strengthen savoury taste.
- 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.
- Dextrose Dextrose is pure glucose crystallised from starch-derived syrup.
- Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
- Whey Whey is the liquid left over from cheese making, usually dried into a powder and used as a cheap source of milk solids, protein and lactose.
2 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.
- Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0026200471808, last edited 18 November 2024), 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 E (from A, best, to E).
- General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.