Is Aunt Bessie's Crispy Homestyle Mini Roasties ultra-processed?

700g Prepared potatoes Sold in the United Kingdom and the United States

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Colour
Dextrose
Flavouring
Glucose
E1400 Dextrin
E150 Caramel

10 ingredients
2 additives

Less processed prepared potatoes

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

Potatoes 93%, Sunflower Oil (processing marker) 3%, Rice Flour, Dextrin (ultra-processing marker), Potato Starch (processing marker), Salt (processing marker), Dextrose (ultra-processing marker), Colour (ultra-processing marker) (Caramel (ultra-processing marker)), Natural Flavouring (ultra-processing marker)

Additives: E1400 Dextrin , E150 Caramel

As written on the pack

Potatoes (93%), Sunflower Oil (3%), Rice Flour, Dextrin, Potato Starch. Salt. Dextrose, Colour: Caramel, Natural 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.

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.

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 21 prepared potatoes

From least to most processed, this one ranks 21st. 48% of the prepared potatoes 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 21 prepared potatoes, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5000227506267, last edited 22 July 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.
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.