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Is Baken-Ets Chicharrones Hot'N Spicy Flavored ultra-processed?

4oz Pork rind Sold in the United States

Pack of Baken-Ets Chicharrones Hot'N Spicy Flavored

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:

  • 24 ingredients
  • 5 additives
  • Nutri-Score E

Less processed pork rind

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

fried pork maltodextrin (made from corn), monosodium glutamate, spices, torula yeast, dextrose, onion, paprika, natural flavors, garlic, artificial color (red 40 lake, yellow 6 lake, blue 1 lake), and paprika extract, manufactured for (frito-lay), inc, plano, tx 75024-4090 2013 frito-lay north america, inc, 2‚500 80g 250 protein 4 skins, salt, 00 70563 300mg 2‚400mg 375g 30g frito lay 30057 9 ⓡ

Additives: E110 Sunset yellow FCF , E129 Allura red , E133 Brilliant blue FCF , E160c Paprika extract , E621 Monosodium glutamate

As written on the pack

fried pork maltodextrin (made from corn), monosodium glutamate, spices, torula yeast, dextrose, onion powder, paprika, natural flavors, garlic powder, artificial color (red 40 lake, yellow 6 lake, blue 1 lake), and paprika extract. manufactured for: frito-lay, inc. plano, tx 75024-4090 2013 frito-lay north america, inc. 2,500 80g 250 protein 4 skins, salt, 00 70563 300mg 2,400mg 375g 30g frito lay 30057 9 ⓡ

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.

  • E110 Sunset yellow FCF Sunset yellow FCF is a synthetic orange azo dye (FD&C Yellow No. 6 in the US).
  • E129 Allura red Allura red AC is a synthetic red azo dye (FD&C Red No. 40 in the US).
  • E133 Brilliant blue FCF Brilliant blue FCF is a synthetic blue dye, listed in the US as FD&C Blue No. 1.
  • E160c Paprika extract Paprika extract is a red-orange colour extracted from paprika peppers.
  • E621 Monosodium glutamate Monosodium glutamate (MSG) is the sodium salt of glutamic acid, made by fermentation and used to strengthen savoury taste.
  • Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.
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  • 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.
1 ingredient 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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 10 pork rind

From least to most processed, this one ranks 10th. 30% of the pork rind 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 10 pork rind, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0028400705639, last edited 7 September 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 E (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.