Is Jackson's Sweet Potato Chips Carolina BBQ 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
- 1 additive
- Nutri-Score D
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Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
sweet potatoes, avocado oil (processing marker), Carolina BBQ seasoning blend, sugar (processing marker), vinegar, maltodextrin (ultra-processing marker), white distilled vinegar, sea salt (processing marker), tomato, spices, citric acid, torula yeast, garlic, yeast extract, paprika, natural smoke flavor (ultra-processing marker)
Additives: E330 Citric acid
As written on the pack
sweet potatoes, avocado oil, Carolina BBQ seasoning blend, sugar, vinegar powder, maltodextrin, white distilled vinegar, sea salt, tomato powder, spices, citric acid, torula yeast, garlic powder, yeast extract, extractives of paprika, natural smoke flavor
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.
- Maltodextrin Maltodextrin is a white powder made by partly breaking down starch.
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.
Among 1,471 crisps
From least to most processed, this one ranks 764th. 64% of the crisps here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0856823004752, last edited 27 May 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 D (from A, best, to E).
- General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.