Is Coop Onion Rings ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 18 ingredients
- 6 additives
- Nutri-Score B
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
onion 62%, wheat flour, sunflower oil (processing marker), wheat starch (processing marker), corn starch (processing marker), dextrose (ultra-processing marker), gelling agent (ultra-processing marker) (sodium alginate (ultra-processing marker)), salt (processing marker), sugar (processing marker), tapioca starch (processing marker), thickeners (ultra-processing marker) (carrageenan (ultra-processing marker), guar gum (ultra-processing marker)), raising agents (diphosphates (ultra-processing marker), sodium carbonate), yeast
Additives: E401 Sodium alginate , E407 Carrageenan , E412 Guar gum , E450 Diphosphates , E500 Sodium carbonates , E500i Sodium carbonate
As written on the pack
onion (62%), wheat flour, sunflower oil, wheat starch, corn starch, dextrose, gelling agent (sodium alginate), salt, sugar, tapioca starch, thickeners (carrageenan, guar gum), raising agents (diphosphates, sodium carbonate), yeast
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.
- E401 Sodium alginate 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.
- E407 Carrageenan Carrageenan is a thickener and gelling agent extracted from red seaweed, used widely in dairy desserts, plant-based drinks and processed meats.
- E412 Guar gum Guar gum is a thickener ground from the seeds of the guar plant.
- E450 Diphosphates Diphosphates are phosphate salts used as raising agents in baking powder, and to hold water in processed meats and cheese.
- Gelling agent Gelling agents such as pectin, gelatine or carrageenan set liquids into gels and stabilise textures.
- Thickener Thickeners, often gums or modified starches, make liquids more viscous so that a product feels richer than its ingredients alone would make it.
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.
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.
- Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
- Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
- Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
- Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5000128836326, last edited 27 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 B (from A, best, to E).
- General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.