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Is Coles Australian Sweet Potato Rustic Style Straight Cut Chips in a Crispy Batter ultra-processed?

750g Sweet potato fries Sold in Australia

Pack of Coles Australian Sweet Potato Rustic Style Straight Cut Chips in a Crispy Batter

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:

  • 13 ingredients
  • 5 additives
  • Nutri-Score B

Less processed chips and fries

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

Sweet potato 93%, batter (1420, 1400, Rice Flour, Corn Starch, Mineral (Salts, 450), Sodium Carbonates, Salt, 415), Canola Oil

Additives: E1400 Dextrin , E1420 Acetylated starch , E14XX Modified Starch , E415 Xanthan gum , E450 Diphosphates

Also detected, but not matched to one ingredient: E1400 Dextrin, E1420 Acetylated starch, E14xx Modified Starch, E415 Xanthan gum, E450 Diphosphates.

As written on the pack

Sweet potato (93%), batter [Modified Starch (1420, 1400), Rice Flour, Corn Starch, Mineral Salts (450, Sodium Carbonates), Salt, Thickener (415)], Canola Oil

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.

  • E1400 Dextrin Dextrin is starch partly broken down by heat or acid, used as a thickener, binder and coating.
  • E1420 Acetylated starch Emulsifiers are substances which make it possible to form or maintain a homogenous mixture of two or more immiscible phases such as oil and water in a foodstuff.
  • E14xx Modified Starch Modified starches (E1400 to E1452) are starches treated physically, with enzymes or chemically so that they thicken and hold up to heating, freezing or acidity better than ordinary starch.
  • E415 Xanthan gum Xanthan gum is a thickener made by fermenting sugar with the bacterium Xanthomonas campestris.
  • E450 Diphosphates Diphosphates are phosphate salts used as raising agents in baking powder, and to hold water in processed meats and cheese.
2 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.

  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 10 sweet potato fries

From least to most processed, this one ranks 9th. 90% of the sweet potato fries 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 10 sweet potato fries, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 9310645357898, last edited 21 August 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.