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Is Garden Veggie Puffs Crispy Taco ultra-processed?

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Pack of Garden Veggie Puffs Crispy Taco

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
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score E

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

yellow cornmeal, canola oil, safflower oil, sunflower oil, seasoning (salt, whey powder, cheddar cheese powder (cultured milk, salt, enzymesi, onion, sugar, buttermilk powder, corn maltodextrin, garlic, sour cream, cream, nonfat milk, cultures), spices (contains paprikai, natural flavor, whole milk, yeast extract, tomato, potato maltodextrin, sunflower oil, paprika, color))

As written on the pack

YELLOW CORNMEAL, CANOLA OIL AND/OR SAFFLOWER OIL AND/OR SUNFLOWER OIL,, SEASONING (SALT, WHEY POWDER, CHEDDAR CHEESE POWDER [CULTURED MILK, SALT, ENZYMESI, ONION POWDER, SUGAR, BUTTERMILK POWDER, CORN MALTODEXTRIN, GARLIC POWDER, SOUR CREAM [CREAM, NONFAT MILK, CULTURES], SPICES [CONTAINS PAPRIKAI, NATURAL FLAVOR, WHOLE MILK, YEAST EXTRACT, TOMATO POWDER, POTATO MALTODEXTRIN, SUNFLOWER OIL, PAPRIKA EXTRACTIVES [COLOR])., CONTAINS: MILK.

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.

  • 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.
  • 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.
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.

  • 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.
  • Cheese Cheese is milk preserved with salt, cultures and rennet.
  • Microbial culture Microbial cultures ferment foods such as yoghurt, cheese and sourdough.

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About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0829515326890, last edited 27 May 2025), 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.