Is Cape Cod Original Potato Chips ultra-processed?
It's processed, but not ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Whole foods combined with:
- 7 ingredients
- No additives
- Nutri-Score C
Less processed crisps
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
potatoes, vegetable oil (processing marker) (CONTAINS ONE and MORE OF THE FOLLOWING (canola oil), safflower oil, sunflower oil), salt (processing marker)
As written on the pack
POTATOES, VEGETABLE OIL (CONTAINS ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING: CANOLA OIL, SAFFLOWER OIL AND/OR SUNFLOWER OIL), 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.
- 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 112 potato crisps in sunflower oil
From least to most processed, this one ranks 54th. 39% of the potato crisps in sunflower oil here are ultra-processed.
-
Original Sea Salt Kettle Cooked Potato Chips
Cape Cod · 8 oz
NOVA group
3
-
Ridge Cut Kettle Cooked Potato Chips with Sea Salt
Trader Joe's · 16 oz (1 lb) 454 g
NOVA group
3
-
Classic Lightly Salted Potato Chips
Lay's · 219.7 g
NOVA group
3
-
Hand Cooked Sea Salted Crisps
Asda Exeptional · 150g
NOVA group
3
All 112 potato crisps in sunflower oil, least processed first
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0020685001659, last edited 13 January 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 C (from A, best, to E).
- General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.