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Is Eat Real Cofresh Lentil Chips Lemon Chilli ultra-processed?

113 g Puffed salty snacks Sold in the United Kingdom, France and Germany

Pack of Eat Real Cofresh Lentil Chips Lemon Chilli

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:

  • 30 ingredients
  • 2 additives
  • Nutri-Score E

Less processed puffed salty snacks

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

Lentil Flour 40%, Potato Starch, Corn Starch, Rapeseed Oil, Chilli 7%, Lemon Seasoning 7% (Rice Flour, Salt, Spices (paprika, cayenne pepper, black pepper), Chilli Blend (chilli, cumin, salt, garlic, oregano), Garlic, Onion, Yeast Extract Powder, Citric Acid, Yeast, Natural Flavouring, Lemon Juice (Maltodextrin, Lemon Juice), Colour (Paprika Extract)), Salt

Additives: E160c Paprika extract , E330 Citric acid

As written on the pack

Lentil Flour (40%), Potato Starch, Corn Starch, Rapeseed Oil, Chilli & Lemon Seasoning (7%) (Rice Flour, Salt, Spices (paprika, cayenne pepper, black pepper), Chilli Blend (chilli, cumin, salt, garlic, oregano), Garlic Powder, Onion Powder, Yeast Extract Powder, Citric Acid, Dried Yeast, Natural Flavouring, Lemon Juice Powder (Maltodextrin, Lemon Juice), Colour (Paprika Extract)), Salt.

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.
  • 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.

  • Maltodextrin Maltodextrin is a white powder made by partly breaking down starch.
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.

  • Meals Products in the category "Meals" are at least group 3.
  • Salty snacks Products in the category "Salty snacks" are at least group 3.
  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 90 puffed salty snacks

From least to most processed, this one ranks 63rd. 77% of the puffed salty snacks 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 90 puffed salty snacks, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5026489483078, 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 E (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.