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Is Crunchips Potato crisps with paprika flavour. ultra-processed?

140 g Potato crisps in sunflower oil Sold in the United Kingdom and Poland

Pack of Crunchips Potato crisps with paprika flavour.

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:

  • 14 ingredients
  • 2 additives
  • Nutri-Score D

Less processed potato crisps in sunflower oil

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

potatoes, sunflower oil 34%, salt, hot paprika, sugar, flavouring, potassium chloride, onion, yeast extract, smoke flavourings, flavour enhancer (monosodium glutamate), colour (paprika extract)

Additives: E160c Paprika extract , E621 Monosodium glutamate

As written on the pack

potatoes, sunflower oil (34%), salt, hot paprika powder, sugar, flavouring, potassium chloride, onion powder, yeast extract, smoke flavourings, flavour enhancer: monosodium glutamate, colour: paprika extract, may contain gluten and milk,

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.

  • E160c Paprika extract Paprika extract is a red-orange colour extracted from paprika peppers.
  • E621 Monosodium glutamate Monosodium glutamate (MSG) is the sodium salt of glutamic acid, made by fermentation and used to strengthen savoury taste.
  • Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.
  • Flavour enhancer Flavour enhancers such as monosodium glutamate (E621) strengthen savoury taste without adding a flavour of their own.
  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
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.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 112 potato crisps in sunflower oil

From least to most processed, this one ranks 107th. 39% of the potato crisps in sunflower oil 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 112 potato crisps in sunflower oil, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5905187114746, last edited 16 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 D (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.