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Is Doritos Chili Heatwave ultra-processed?

Corn chips Sold in the United Kingdom and Ireland

Pack of Doritos Chili Heatwave

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
  • 1 additive
  • 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

Chilli Heatwave Flovour Corn Chips Ingredients (Corn, Whole Maize Kernels Wegetable Oils, Sunflower Oils), Rapeseed Oils) in varying Proportions Chilli Heatwave Flovour Sugar, FlavouringsPcom Saye Wheet, Hydrolysed Seya Protein Acidity Regu tors S dum Acetotes, Flovour Enhancers Monosodium Glutamote, Disodium 5'Ribonucleotide Onion Powc lt Gartic Powder, Acids, Ctric Acid, Moic Acid, Potossu Chlonide, Saybean Wheat Colour Paprika Extract!

Additives: E160c Paprika extract

Also detected, but not matched to one ingredient: E160c Paprika extract.

As written on the pack

Chilli Heatwave Flovour Corn Chips Ingredients: Corn (Whole Maize Kernels Wegetable Oils Sunflower, Rapeseed in varying Proportions Chilli Heatwave Flovour Sugar, FlavouringsPcom Saye Wheet, Hydrolysed Seya Protein Acidity Regu tors S dum Acetotes, Flovour Enhancers Monosodium Glutamote, Disodium 5'Ribonucleotide Onion Powc lt Gartic Powder, Acids (Ctric Acid, Moic Acid, Potossu Chlonide,Saybean Wheat 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.

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.

  • Salty snacks Products in the category "Salty snacks" are at least group 3.
  • 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 207th. 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 5000328493435, last edited 17 April 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.