Is Chakote Yummy Tomato Potato Chips ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 25 ingredients
- 4 additives
- Nutri-Score E
Less processed potato crisps
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Sweet Potato Chips Sea Salt
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3 ingredients · no additives
NOVA group
3
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NOVA group
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5 ingredients · no additives
NOVA group
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Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
Potato, Edible Vegetable Oil (processing marker) (Palm Vegetable Oil), Sugar (processing marker), Iodized Salt (processing marker), Dehydrated Vegetable Powders (Tomato, Onion, Garlic), Maltodextrin (ultra-processing marker), Milk, Spices, Condiments (Chilli, Black Pepper, Clove), Acidity Regulator (e330), Flavour Enhancers (ultra-processing marker) (e627 (ultra-processing marker), e631 (ultra-processing marker)), Nature Identical Flavouring Substance (Tomato), & Anticaking Agent (processing marker) (e551 (ultra-processing marker))
Additives: E330 Citric acid , E551 Silicon dioxide , E627 Disodium guanylate , E631 Disodium inosinate
As written on the pack
Potato, Edible Vegetable Oil(Palm), Sugar Powder, Iodized Salt, Dehydrated Vegetable Powders (Tomato Powder, Onion Powder, Garlic Powder), Maltodextrin, Milk Solids, Spices & Condiments (Chilli Powder, Black Pepper Powder, Clove Powder), Acidity Regulator (INS 330), Flavour Enhancers (INS 627, INS 631), Nature Identical Flavouring Substance(Tomato)& Anticaking Agent (INS 551).
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.
- 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.
- Flavour enhancer Flavour enhancers such as monosodium glutamate (E621) strengthen savoury taste without adding a flavour of their own.
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.
5 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.
- Anti-caking agent Anti-caking agents are substances which reduce the tendency of individual particles of a foodstuff to adhere to one another.
- 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.
Among 622 potato crisps
From least to most processed, this one ranks 539th. 66% of the potato crisps here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 8908019319095, last edited 22 February 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 E (from A, best, to E).
- General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.