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Is Deluxe Tortilla crisps New Del CHILLI SERRANO & LIME ALSA TORTILLA CHIPS ultra-processed?

Corn chips Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Deluxe Tortilla crisps New Del CHILLI SERRANO & LIME ALSA TORTILLA CHIPS

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:

  • 31 ingredients
  • 2 additives
  • Nutri-Score C

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

Maize Flour, Vegetable Oils (Rapeseed Vegetable Oils, Sunflower Vegetable Oils), Sugar, Rice Flour, Ancho Chilli, Sea Salt, Yeast, Chilli (Chill, Cumin, Salt, Garlic, Oregano), Acid (Citric Acid), Dried Garlic, Dried Onlon, Dried Tomato Ground Spices (Coriander, Serrano Chilli, Cayenne Pepper), Green Bell Pepper, Lime Juice, Chill Extract, Flavouring Key Lime Oil, Colour (Paprika Extract), Coriander, Habanero

Additives: E160c Paprika extract , E330 Citric acid

As written on the pack

Maize Flour, Vegetable Oils (Rapeseed, Sunflower), Sugar, Rice Flour, Ancho Chilli, Sea Salt, Dried Yeast Extract, Chilli Powder (Chill, Cumin, Salt, Garlic, Oregano), Acid: Citric Acid, Dried Garlic, Dried Onlon, Dried Tomato Ground Spices (Coriander, Serrano Chilli, Cayenne Pepper), Dried Green Bell Pepper, Dried Lime Juice, Chill Extract, Flavouring Key Lime Oil, Colour: Paprika Extract; Coriander Extract, Dried Habanero

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.
  • Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.
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 359 corn chips

From least to most processed, this one ranks 231st. 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 4335619071490, last edited 19 February 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 C (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.