Is Balaji Chata Pataka Tomato ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- Emulsifier
- Flavour enhancer
- Flavouring
- E414 Acacia gum
- E551 Silicon dioxide
- E627 Disodium guanylate
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- 26 ingredients
- 4 additives
- Nutri-Score E
Less processed crisps
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
rice meal 42%, edible vegetable oil (processing marker) (palmolein, rice bran), corn meal 13%, chickpea flour, sugar (processing marker), edible common salt (processing marker), vegetable (tomato 0.8%, onion, garlic), chilli, anticaking agent (processing marker) (e551 (ultra-processing marker)), emulsifier (ultra-processing marker) (e414 (ultra-processing marker)), flavour enhancer (ultra-processing marker) (e627 (ultra-processing marker), e631 (ultra-processing marker)), flavouring (ultra-processing marker) (natural flavouring, nature identical flavouring), substances (tomato), PROPRIETARY FOOD NAMKEEN INDIAN SNACKS and SAVOURIES
Additives: E414 Acacia gum , E551 Silicon dioxide , E627 Disodium guanylate , E631 Disodium inosinate
As written on the pack
RICE MEAL (42%), EDIBLE VEGETABLE OIL (PALMOLEIN, RICE BRAN), CORN MEAL (13%), CHICKPEA FLOUR, SUGAR, EDIBLE COMMON SALT, DEHYDRATED VEGETABLE POWDER (TOMATO (0.8%), ONION, GARLIC), CHILLI POWDER, ANTICAKING AGENT (INS 551), EMULSIFIER (INS 414), FLAVOUR ENHANCER (INS 627, INS 631), NATURAL & NATURE IDENTICAL FLAVOURING SUBSTANCES (TOMATO) PROPRIETARY FOOD NAMKEEN INDIAN SNACKS & SAVOURIES
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.
- E414 Acacia gum Gum arabic (acacia gum) is the hardened sap of acacia trees, used to stabilise flavour emulsions in soft drinks and to coat sweets.
- E551 Silicon dioxide A food additive used to dissolve, dilute, disperse or otherwise physically modify a food additive or nutrient without altering its function -and without exerting any technological effect itself- in order to facilitate its handling, application or use of the food additive or nutrient.
- E627 Disodium guanylate Disodium guanylate is a flavour enhancer usually used together with MSG.
- E631 Disodium inosinate Disodium inosinate is a flavour enhancer usually used together with MSG.
- Emulsifier Emulsifiers keep fat and water from separating, giving products a smooth, stable texture over a long shelf life.
- Flavour enhancer Flavour enhancers such as monosodium glutamate (E621) strengthen savoury taste without adding a flavour of their own.
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- Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
5 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.
- Salty snacks Products in the category "Salty snacks" are at least group 3.
- Anti-caking agent Anti-caking agents are substances which reduce the tendency of individual particles of a foodstuff to adhere to one another.
- Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
- Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
- Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
Among 1,471 crisps
From least to most processed, this one ranks 1321st. 64% of the crisps here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 8906010500610, last edited 1 April 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.