Is Deltas Cool Cajun Cheese and Tomato Flavour Corn Snacks ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 21 ingredients
- 4 additives
- Nutri-Score D
Less processed flavoured corn crisps
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
maize, high oleic sunflower oil (processing marker), buttermilk powder, whey powder (ultra-processing marker), salt (processing marker), sugar (processing marker), garlic, yeast, dextrose (ultra-processing marker), skimmed milk, flavour enhancer (ultra-processing marker) (monosodium glutamate (ultra-processing marker)), maize maltodextrin (ultra-processing marker), cheese powder (processing marker), tomato, acids (citric acid), tartaric acid, flavouring (ultra-processing marker), colour (ultra-processing marker) (paprika extract (ultra-processing marker))
Additives: E160c Paprika extract , E330 Citric acid , E334 L(+)-tartaric acid , E621 Monosodium glutamate
As written on the pack
maize, high oleic sunflower oil, buttermilk powder, whey powder (milk), salt, sugar, garlic powder, dried yeast extract powder, dextrose, dried skimmed milk, flavour enhancer: monosodium glutamate, maize maltodextrin, cheese powder (milk), tomato powder, acids: citric acid, tartaric acid, flavouring, colour: paprika extract,
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.
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.
- Dextrose Dextrose is pure glucose crystallised from starch-derived syrup.
- Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
- Maltodextrin Maltodextrin is a white powder made by partly breaking down starch.
- 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.
5 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.
- Cheese Cheese is milk preserved with salt, cultures and rennet.
Among 21 flavoured corn crisps
From least to most processed, this one ranks 19th. 62% of the flavoured corn crisps here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4088600067599, 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 D (from A, best, to E).
- General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.