Is Idahoan Loaded Baked Mashed Potatoes ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- Colour
- Maltodextrin
- E150c Ammonia caramel
- E160c Paprika extract
- E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids
- 32 ingredients
- 5 additives
- Nutri-Score C
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
idaho®potatoes, VEGETABLE Oil (processing marker) (COCONUT VEGETABLE Oil, SUNFLOWER VEGETABLE Oil), soybean, salt (processing marker), whey dried CORNSYRUP SUGAR, textured vegetable proten (soy FLOUR, caramel color), cheddar (processing marker), romano (processing marker), parmesan cheeses (processing marker), milk, cheese cultures, salt (processing marker), enzymes, sour cream cultured cream, nonfat milk, natural flavors nonfat dry milk, maltodextrin (ultra-processing marker), Dried Onion, mono- and DIGLYCERIDES (ultra-processing marker), CALCUM STEROL LACTyLATE YEAST BIGIYCERIDES CALGUM STEAROY LAGTALATE YEAS extract, chives, spice paprika extract (color (ultra-processing marker)), annato EXTRACT (color (ultra-processing marker)), FRESHNESS PRESERVED bisodium ACid PYROPHOSPHATE SODUM bisulfate, citric acid, mixed tocopherols
Additives: E150c Ammonia caramel , E160c Paprika extract , E306 Tocopherol-rich extract , E330 Citric acid , E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids
As written on the pack
IDAHO®POTATOES, VEGETABLE Oil (COCONUT, SUNFLOWER, SOYBEAN), SALT, whey dried CORNSYRUP SUGAR, TEXTURED VEGETABLE PROTEN (soy FLOUR, CARAMEL COLOR), cheddar/romano/ PARMESAN CHEESES (PASTEURIZED MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES, SOUR CREAM CULTURED CREAM, NONFAT MILK, NATURAL FLAVORS NONFAT DRY MILK ,MALTODEXTRIN,Dried Onion, MONo-AND DIGLYCERIDES, CALCUM STEROL LACTyLATE YEAST BIGIYCERIDES CALGUM STEAROY LAGTALATE YEAS extract, chives, SPICE PAPRIKA EXTRACT(color ) annato EXTRACT (COLOR), FRESHNESS PRESERVED bisodium ACid PYROPHOSPHATE SODUM bisulfate, citric acid AND MIXED TOCOPHEROLS. Contains: milk, SOY.
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.
- E150c Ammonia caramel Ammonia caramel is a brown colour made by heating sugars with ammonia compounds.
- E160c Paprika extract Paprika extract is a red-orange colour extracted from paprika peppers.
- E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids are made from fats and glycerol.
- Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.
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.
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.
- Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
- Cheese Cheese is milk preserved with salt, cultures and rennet.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0029700001483, last edited 3 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.