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Is Aunt Bessie’s Aunt Bessies Hunt Bessie's Ba GLUTEN FREE Crispy S ultra-processed?

Frozen vegetables Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Aunt Bessie’s Aunt Bessies Hunt Bessie's Ba GLUTEN FREE Crispy S

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:

  • 13 ingredients
  • 2 additives
  • Nutri-Score B

Less processed frozen vegetables

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

Consumer Senges YS ons HE FREEZER *20-25 mins Coated skin on chips, lightly fried, Ingredients, Potatoes 93%, Sunflower Oil, Rice Flour, Dextrin, Potato Starch, Salt, Colour (Caramel), Turmeric Powder, Paprika Flavouring

Additives: E1400 Dextrin , E150 Caramel

As written on the pack

Consumer Senges YS ons HE FREEZER *20-25 mins Coated skin on chips, lightly fried. Ingredients... Potatoes (93%), Sunflower Oil, Rice Flour, Dextrin, Potato Starch, Salt, Colour (Caramel), Turmeric Powder, Paprika Flavouring.

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.

  • E1400 Dextrin Dextrin is starch partly broken down by heat or acid, used as a thickener, binder and coating.
  • E150 Caramel A food additive authorised for industrial food production.
  • Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.
  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
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.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 115 frozen vegetables

From least to most processed, this one ranks 109th. 19% of the frozen vegetables 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 115 frozen vegetables, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5000227000659, last edited 3 May 2026), 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 B (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.