Is Bettergoods Heirloom Blue Corn and Multigrain Tortilla Chips ultra-processed?
It's processed, but not ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Whole foods combined with:
- 8 ingredients
- No additives
- Nutri-Score D
Less processed crisps
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
blue corn, avocado oil (processing marker), multigrain blend (brown flax seed, brown rice flour, cane sugar (processing marker), sunflower seeds), salt (processing marker)
As written on the pack
ORGANIC GROUND BLUE CORN, AVOCADO OIL, ORGANIC MULTIGRAIN BLEND (ORGANIC BROWN FLAX SEED, ORGANIC BROWN RICE FLOUR, ORGANIC CANE SUGAR, ORGANIC SUNFLOWER SEEDS), SALT
What makes it processed
Culinary ingredients
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.
- Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
- Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
Category rules
Open Food Facts puts every product in this category in at least this group.
- Salty snacks Products in the category "Salty snacks" are at least group 3.
Among 359 corn chips
From least to most processed, this one ranks 145th. 46% of the corn chips here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0194346191581, last edited 26 March 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.