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Is Balaji Chataka pataka ultra-processed?

25 Crisps Sold in the United States and India

Pack of Balaji Chataka pataka

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:

  • 29 ingredients
  • 5 additives
  • Nutri-Score D

Less processed crisps

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

Rice meal 43%, edible vegetable oil (palmolein, rice bran), corn meal 13%, chickpea flour, edible common salt, chilli, black salt, maltodextrin, vegetable (garlic, onion, lemon), hydrolyzed vegetable protein, e330, e627, e631, yeast extract, oregano, e551, flavouring (natural flavouring, nature identical flavouring), substances (chilli, lemon), paprika extract (e160c)

Additives: E160c Paprika extract , E330 Citric acid , E551 Silicon dioxide , E627 Disodium guanylate , E631 Disodium inosinate

As written on the pack

Rice meal (43%), edible vegetable oil (palmolein, rice bran), corn meal (13%), chickpea flour, edible common salt, chilli powder, black salt, maltodextrin, dehydrated vegetable powder (garlic, onion, lemon), hydrolyzed vegetable protein (soya), acidity regulator (INS 330), flavour enhancer (INS 627, INS 631), yeast extract, oregano, anticaking agent (INS 551), natural & nature identical flavouring substances (chilli, lemon), paprika extract (INS 160c).

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.

  • E160c Paprika extract Paprika extract is a red-orange colour extracted from paprika peppers.
  • 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.
  • 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.

  • Maltodextrin Maltodextrin is a white powder made by partly breaking down starch.
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.

  • Salty snacks Products in the category "Salty snacks" are at least group 3.
  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 1,471 crisps

From least to most processed, this one ranks 1278th. 64% of the crisps 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 1,471 crisps, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 8906010502119, last edited 2 October 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 D (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.