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Is Chef Select Sweetcorn & Jalapeno Fritter ultra-processed?

180 g Salty fritters Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Chef Select Sweetcorn & Jalapeno Fritter

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:

  • 31 ingredients
  • 2 additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed salty fritters

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

Onion 31%, Mixed Peppers 21% (Red Peppers, Green Peppers, Yellow Peppers), Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Sweetcorn 19%, Rapeseed Oil, Maize Flour, Jalapeño Peppers 6%, Lime Juice from Concentrate, Cornflour, Red Pepper, Coriander Leaf, Smoked Paprika, Sugar, Garlic Purée, Chipotle Chilli Paste, Raising Agents (Diphosphates), Sodium Carbonates, Chilli, Wheat Starch, Sugar Syrup (Water, Sugar)

Additives: E450 Diphosphates , E500 Sodium carbonates

As written on the pack

31% Onion, 21% Mixed Peppers (Red Peppers, Green Peppers, Yellow Peppers), Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), 19% Sweetcorn, Rapeseed Oil, Maize Flour, 6% Jalapeño Peppers, Lime Juice from Concentrate, Cornflour, Dried Red Pepper, Coriander Leaf, Smoked Paprika, Sugar, Garlic Purée, Chipotle Chilli Paste, Raising Agents: Diphosphates, Sodium Carbonates; Chilli Powder, Wheat Starch, Hardwood Smoked Sugar Syrup (Water, Sugar).

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.

  • E450 Diphosphates Diphosphates are phosphate salts used as raising agents in baking powder, and to hold water in processed meats and cheese.
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.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 8 salty fritters

From least to most processed, this one ranks 5th. 63% of the salty fritters 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 8 salty fritters, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4056489822714, last edited 31 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 C (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.