Is Hippeas organic chickpea puffs vegan white cheddar ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 16 ingredients
- 3 additives
- Nutri-Score C
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Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
Chickpea flour, rice flour, sunflower oil (processing marker), tapioca starch (processing marker), pea hull fiber, brown rice flour, salt (processing marker), cane sugar (processing marker), onion, citric acid, garlic, rice, lactic acid, canola oil, natural flavor (ultra-processing marker), rosemary extract
Additives: E270 Lactic acid , E330 Citric acid , E392 Extracts of rosemary
As written on the pack
Chickpea flour*, rice flour*, sunflower oil*, tapioca starch*, pea hull fiber*, brown rice flour*, salt, cane sugar*, onion*, citric acid, garlic*, rice concentrate*, lactic acid, canola oil*, natural flavor, 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.
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.
- Salty snacks Products in the category "Salty snacks" are at least group 3.
- Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
- Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
- Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
- Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
Among 1,471 crisps
From least to most processed, this one ranks 678th. 64% of the crisps here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0850126007120, last edited 19 October 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.