Is Irresistible West Country Cheddar & Spring Onion Crisps ultra-processed?

Crisps Sold in the United Kingdom

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Flavouring
Lactose

17 ingredients
1 additive
Nutri-Score E

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

CO Potato crisps with a West op Country Cheddar and spring onion flavour seasoning, 150ge Ingredients Potato 64%, Sunflower Oil (processing marker) 29%, West Country Cheddar and Spring Onion Flavour Seasoning 7% (Lactose (ultra-processing marker), Sea Salt (processing marker), Onion Powder, Buttermilk, Sugar (processing marker), West Country Cheddar Cheese Powder, Garlic Powder, Yeast Extract, Parsley, Flavouring (ultra-processing marker), Citric acid, Spring Onion, White Pepper)

Additives: E330 Citric acid

As written on the pack

CO Potato crisps with a West op Country Cheddar and spring onion flavour seasoning. 150ge Ingredients Potato (64%), Sunflower Oil (29%), West Country Cheddar and Spring Onion Flavour Seasoning (7%) (Lactose (Milk), Sea Salt, Onion Powder, Buttermilk Powder (Milk), Sugar, West Country Cheddar Cheese Powder (Milk), Garlic Powder, Yeast Extract, Dried Parsley, Flavouring, Acidity Regulator (Citric acid), Spring Onion Powder, White Pepper). Allergy Advice

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.

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.

Lactose Lactose is milk sugar, crystallised industrially from whey, a by-product of cheese making.

4 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.
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

Among 1,471 crisps

From least to most processed, this one ranks 771st. 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 5000129362459, last edited 29 September 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 E (from A, best, to E).
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.