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Is Boundless Nutrition Llc Chipotle & Lime Activated Chips ultra-processed?

Crisps Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Boundless Nutrition Llc Chipotle & Lime Activated Chips

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:

  • 22 ingredients
  • 3 additives
  • Nutri-Score B

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

Sorghum 48%, Yellow Pea, Chipotle 10%, Lime Flavour Seasoning 10% (Rice Flour, Spices (Smoked Paprika, Paprika, Cayenne Pepper, Chipotle Chilli), Sugar, Salt, Onion, Natural Flavouring, Acid (Citric Acid), Sugar, Colour (Paprika Extract Lime Juice Powder)), Sunflower Oil, Maize Flour, Calcium Carbonate

Additives: E170 Calcium carbonates , E170i Calcium carbonate , E330 Citric acid

As written on the pack

Sprouted Sorghum (48%), Yellow Pea Flour, Chipotle and Lime Flavour Seasoning (10%) (Rice Flour, Spices (Smoked Paprika, Paprika, Cayenne Pepper, Chipotle Chilli), Sugar, Salt, Onion Powder, Natural Flavouring, Acid: Citric Acid, Smoked Sugar, Colour: Paprika Extract Lime Juice Powder), Sunflower Oil, Maize Flour, Calcium Carbonate.

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.

  • E170 Calcium carbonates Calcium carbonate is chalk.
  • Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.
  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
4 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.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
  • 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 977th. 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 5060544130156, last edited 8 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 B (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.