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Is Harvie Basket Crispy Sweet Potato Fries ultra-processed?

500 g Sweet potatoes Sold in the United Kingdom, France and 2 more countries

Pack of Harvie Basket Crispy Sweet Potato Fries

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:

  • 16 ingredients
  • 5 additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed sweet potatoes

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

sweet potatoes 88%, sunflower oil 8%, coating 4% (modified starch, rice flour, dextrin, salt, spices (paprika, black pepper), garlic powder, onion powder, diphosphates, sodium carbonates, xanthan gum, natural paprika flavouring)

Additives: E1400 Dextrin , E14XX Modified Starch , E415 Xanthan gum , E450 Diphosphates , E500 Sodium carbonates

As written on the pack

88% sweet potatoes, 8% sunflower oil, 4% seasoned coating (modified starch, rice flour, dextrin, salt, spices [paprika, black pepper], garlic powder, onion powder, raising agents: diphosphates, sodium carbonates, thickener: xanthan gum, natural paprika flavouring),

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.

  • E1400 Dextrin Dextrin is starch partly broken down by heat or acid, used as a thickener, binder and coating.
  • E14xx Modified Starch Modified starches (E1400 to E1452) are starches treated physically, with enzymes or chemically so that they thicken and hold up to heating, freezing or acidity better than ordinary starch.
  • E415 Xanthan gum Xanthan gum is a thickener made by fermenting sugar with the bacterium Xanthomonas campestris.
  • E450 Diphosphates Diphosphates are phosphate salts used as raising agents in baking powder, and to hold water in processed meats and cheese.
  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
  • Modified starch Modified starch is starch altered physically, with enzymes or chemically, so that it thickens, gels or survives freezing and heating better than ordinary starch.
3 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.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 13 sweet potatoes

From least to most processed, this one ranks 13th. 31% of the sweet potatoes 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 13 sweet potatoes, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 20918712, last edited 15 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 C (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.