Is FRENCH ONION FLAVORED Sun Chips ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 39 ingredients
- 2 additives
- Nutri-Score D
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Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
corn, sunflower, canola oil, whole wheat, brown rice flour, whole oat flour, sugar (processing marker), salt (processing marker), onion, maltodextrin (ultra-processing marker) (made from corn, potato), whey protein (ultra-processing marker), brown sugar (processing marker), spices (including parsley, paprika), sour cream (cream, skim milk, cultures), natural flavors (ultra-processing marker), butter (processing marker) (cream, annatto (ultra-processing marker)), skim milk, gum acacia (ultra-processing marker), mozzarella cheese (processing marker) (milk, cheese cultures, salt (processing marker), enzymes), cheddar cheese (processing marker) (milk, cheese cultures, salt (processing marker), enzymes), and GREEN ONION, ingredients
Additives: E160b Annatto , E414 Acacia gum
As written on the pack
WHOLE CORN, SUNFLOWER AND/OR CANOLA OIL, WHOLE WHEAT, BROWN RICE FLOUR, WHOLE OAT FLOUR, SUGAR, SALT, ONION POWDER, MALTODEXTRIN (MADE FROM CORN AND POTATO), WHEY PROTEIN CONCENTRATE, BROWN SUGAR, SPICES (INCLUDING PARSLEY AND PAPRIKA), SOUR CREAM (CREAM, SKIM MILK, CULTURES), NATURAL FLAVORS, BUTTER (CREAM AND ANNATTO), SKIM MILK, GUM ACACIA, MOZZARELLA CHEESE (MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES), CHEDDAR CHEESE (MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES), AND GREEN ONION POWDER. CONTAINS MILK AND WHEAT INGREDIENTS.
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.
- E160b Annatto Colours are substances which add or restore colour in a food, and include natural constituents of foods and natural sources which are normally not consumed as foods as such and not normally used as characteristic ingredients of food.
- E414 Acacia gum Gum arabic (acacia gum) is the hardened sap of acacia trees, used to stabilise flavour emulsions in soft drinks and to coat sweets.
- 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.
- Milk proteins Milk proteins are proteins separated from milk, such as caseinates and whey protein concentrates, added to adjust texture or raise protein content.
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.
Among 2,498 appetizers
From least to most processed, this one ranks 2047th. 64% of the appetizers here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0028400152242, last edited 8 June 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.