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Is Chester's Puffcorn Cheese Flavored ultra-processed?

Corn chips Sold in the United States

Pack of Chester's Puffcorn Cheese Flavored

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:

  • 34 ingredients
  • 2 additives
  • Nutri-Score E

Less processed corn chips

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

at og sat trans cholesterol ong sodium 300mg total carbohydrate 13g dietary fiber less than 1g total sugars 1g protein 2g vitamin d omcg calcium 20mg iron 0.6mg potassium 60mg 0% 13% 5% 2% 0% 0% 2% 0% not a significant source of added sugars, the % daily value (dv), tells you how much a nutrient in a serving of food contributes to a daily diet, 2‚000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice, ngredients (corn meal, corn meal), ferro sulfate, niacin, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, fo acid, vegetable oil (corn, canola, and sunflow oil), cheese seasoning (whey, cheddar cheese (mi theese cultures, salt, enzymes), canola altodextrin (made from corn), natural and artific lavors, salt, whey protein, monoso lutamate, lactic acid, citric acid, artificial co ellow 6), and salt, ingredients

Additives: E270 Lactic acid , E330 Citric acid

As written on the pack

at og sat trans cholesterol ong sodium 300mg total carbohydrate 13g dietary fiber less than 1g total sugars 1g protein 2g vitamin d omcg calcium 20mg iron 0.6mg potassium 60mg 0% 13% 5% 2% 0% 0% 2% 0% not a significant source of added sugars. the % daily value (dv) tells you how much a nutrient in a serving of food contributes to a daily diet. 2,000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice. ngredients: enriched corn meal (corn meal, ferro sulfate, niacin, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, fo acid), vegetable oil (corn, canola, and/or sunflow oil), cheese seasoning (whey, cheddar cheese [mi theese cultures, salt, enzymes], canola altodextrin [made from corn], natural and artific lavors, salt, whey protein concentrate, monoso lutamate, lactic acid, citric acid, artificial co ellow 6]), and salt. contains milk ingredients.

What makes it ultra-processed

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.

  • Milk proteins Milk proteins are proteins separated from milk, such as caseinates and whey protein concentrates, added to adjust texture or raise protein content.
  • Whey Whey is the liquid left over from cheese making, usually dried into a powder and used as a cheap source of milk solids, protein and lactose.
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.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
  • Cheese Cheese is milk preserved with salt, cultures and rennet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 359 corn chips

From least to most processed, this one ranks 232nd. 46% of the corn chips 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 359 corn chips, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0028400705721, last edited 28 May 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.