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Is Ella's Kitchen crunchy veg waves ultra-processed?

5xbags Flavoured potato crisps Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Ella's Kitchen crunchy veg waves

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

  1. 1 Unprocessed
  2. 2 Kitchen staple
  3. 3 Processed
  4. 4 Ultra-processed

Whole foods combined with:

  • 18 ingredients
  • No additives

Less processed crisps

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

Ites NO artificial jus good high in stuff colourings fibre, what's inside me pea flour 49%, sorghum flour 32%, vegetable oil (sunflower vegetable oil, rapeseed vegetable oil), BBQ flavour seasoning 9% (rice flour, raw cane sugar, Smoked salt, dried tomatoes, dried onions, dried garlic, paprika, chilli, yeast extract, Paprika extract), + soya nutrition

As written on the pack

Ites NO artificial jus good high in stuff colourings fibre - what's inside me Organic pea flour (49%), Organic sorghum flour (32%), Organic vegetable oil (sunflower/rapeseed) 00%), Organic BBQ flavour seasoning (9%) (Organic rice flour, Organic raw cane sugar, Smoked salt*, Organic dried tomatoes, Organic dried onions, Organic dried garlic, Organic dried paprika, Organic dried chilli, Organic yeast extract, Paprika extract*) *I do not have organic certification may contain gluten, milk + soya nutrition

What makes it processed

Culinary ingredients

Kitchen staples like sugar, salt and oil. On their own they make a food processed, not ultra-processed.

  • 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.

Category rules

Open Food Facts puts every product in this category in at least this group.

  • Salty snacks Products in the category "Salty snacks" are at least group 3.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 191 flavoured potato crisps

From least to most processed, this one ranks 3rd. 95% of the flavoured potato crisps 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 191 flavoured potato crisps, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5060503504974, 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.
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.