Is GARDEN SALSA 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
- 3 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), maltodextrin (ultra-processing marker) (made from corn), salt (processing marker), whey (ultra-processing marker), natural flavors (ultra-processing marker), cheddar cheese (processing marker) (milk, cheese cultures, salt (processing marker), enzymes), onion powder, dextrose (ultra-processing marker), buttermilk, potassium chloride, romano cheese (processing marker) (cow's milk, cheese cultures, salt (processing marker), enzymes), yeast extract, lactose (ultra-processing marker), paprika extracts (ultra-processing marker), sodium caseinate, citric acid, skim milk, garlic powder, lactic acid, parmesan cheese (processing marker) (milk, cheese cultures, salt (processing marker), enzymes)
Additives: E160c Paprika extract , E270 Lactic acid , E330 Citric acid
As written on the pack
WHOLE CORN, SUNFLOWER AND/OR CANOLA OIL, WHOLE WHEAT, BROWN RICE FLOUR, WHOLE OAT FLOUR, SUGAR, MALTODEXTRIN (MADE FROM CORN), SALT, WHEY, NATURAL FLAVORS, CHEDDAR CHEESE (MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES), ONION POWDER, DEXTROSE, BUTTERMILK, POTASSIUM CHLORIDE, ROMANO CHEESE (COW'S MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES), YEAST EXTRACT, LACTOSE, PAPRIKA EXTRACTS, SODIUM CASEINATE, CITRIC ACID, SKIM MILK, GARLIC POWDER, LACTIC ACID, PARMESAN CHEESE (MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES)
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.
- 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.
- Dextrose Dextrose is pure glucose crystallised from starch-derived syrup.
- Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
- Lactose Lactose is milk sugar, crystallised industrially from whey, a by-product of cheese making.
- Maltodextrin Maltodextrin is a white powder made by partly breaking down starch.
- Whey Whey is the liquid left over from cheese making, usually dried into a powder and used as a cheap source of milk solids, protein and lactose.
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.
Among 622 potato crisps
From least to most processed, this one ranks 594th. 66% of the potato crisps here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0028400147408, last edited 8 August 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.