Is Hippeas Chickpea Puffs Vegan White Cheddar ultra-processed?

510 g Sold in the United States

Pack of Hippeas Chickpea Puffs Vegan White Cheddar

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:

  • 12 ingredients
  • 2 additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Chickpea Flour, Rice Flour, Yellow Pea, Sunflower Oil (processing marker), Salt (processing marker), Cane Sugar (processing marker), Natural Flavor (ultra-processing marker), Yeast Extract, Onion, Garlic, Citric Acid, Rosemary Extract

Additives: E330 Citric acid , E392 Extracts of rosemary

As written on the pack

Chickpea Flour, Rice Flour, Yellow Pea Flour, Sunflower Oil, Salt, Cane Sugar, Natural Flavor, Yeast Extract, Onion Powder, Garlic Powder, Citric Acid, Rosemary Extract

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.

  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
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.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

How the NOVA groups work

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0810122080138, last edited 20 June 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 C (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.