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Is IronMaxx Protein Chips Paprika Flavour ultra-processed?

60g Crisps Sold in the United States

Pack of IronMaxx Protein Chips Paprika Flavour

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:

  • 17 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score D

Less processed crisps

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

SOJAeiweißkonzentrat 54.6%, Tapiokastärke, Sonnenblumenöl, Würzmischung 12%, Zwiebelpulver, Paprika 2.4%, Zucker, Salz, Dextrose, Hefe-Extrakt, natürliche Aromen, Knoblauchpulver, färbendes Lebensmittel (Paprika-Extrakt), Salz, Antioxidationsmittel (Rosmarin-Extrakt)

As written on the pack

SOJAeiweißkonzentrat (54,6%), Tapiokastärke, Sonnenblumenöl, Würzmischung (12%) Zwiebelpulver, Paprika (2,4%), Zucker, Salz, Dextrose, Hefe-Extrakt, natürliche Aromen, Knoblauchpulver, färbendes Lebensmittel (Paprika-Extrakt)), Salz, Antioxidationsmittel (Rosmarin-Extrakt)

What makes it ultra-processed

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.

  • Dextrose Dextrose is pure glucose crystallised from starch-derived syrup.
  • Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
1 ingredient 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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 1,471 crisps

From least to most processed, this one ranks 716th. 64% of the crisps 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 1,471 crisps, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4260648138374, last edited 12 December 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 D (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.