Is Biscuit & snacks sharing asda extra special crisps sea salt and cider vinegar ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 19 ingredients
- 1 additive
- Nutri-Score D
Less processed potato crisps
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
potatoes, sunflower oil (processing marker), sea salt (processing marker), chardonnay wine vinegar flavour (flavourings (ultra-processing marker), dextrose (ultra-processing marker), maltodextrin (ultra-processing marker), sea salt (processing marker), salt (processing marker), citric acid, yeast extract, chardonnay vinegar powder), flavours (ultra-processing marker), hydrogenated fat (ultra-processing marker), warning safety first (to avoid danger of suffocation), please keep this bag away from babies and small children, nutrition we suggest this product provides 6 servings per reference intake ical values per 100g 1, 6 pack 8400 512 2048 2000 122 490 70g 6.4g 26g 209 0.89 3.0g 260g 56g 14g 909 0.5g fat energy kcal
Additives: E330 Citric acid
As written on the pack
potatoes, sunflower oil, sea salt and chardonnay wine vinegar flavour [flavourings, dextrose, maltodextrin, sea salt, salt, citric acid, yeast extract, chardonnay vinegar powder]. suitable for vegans. no artificial colours, flavours or hydrogenated fat. warning safety first: to avoid danger of suffocation, please keep this bag away from babies and small children. nutrition we suggest this product provides 6 servings per reference intake ical values per 100g 1/6 pack 8400 512 2048 2000 122 490 70g 6.4g 26g 209 0.89 3.0g 260g 56g 14g 909 0.5g fat energy kcal
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.
- 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.
- Hydrogenated fat An ingredient mostly produced industrially and rarely used in home kitchens.
- 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.
Among 622 potato crisps
From least to most processed, this one ranks 510th. 66% of the potato crisps here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5057172821273, last edited 27 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.