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Is Kettle Brand Potato Chips Parmesan Garlic ultra-processed?

Potato crisps Sold in the United States

Pack of Kettle Brand Potato Chips Parmesan Garlic

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:

  • 21 ingredients
  • 2 additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed potato 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

Potatoes, Vegetable Oils (Canola, Sunflower, Safflower), Salt, Parmesan Cheese (Milk, Salt, Cultures, Enzymes), Garlic, Natural Flavor, Sugar, Onion, Spices, Lactic Acid, Olive Oil, Yeast Extract, Acetic Acid, ontains

Additives: E260 Acetic acid , E270 Lactic acid

As written on the pack

Potatoes, Vegetable Oils (Canola, Sunflower and/or Safflower), Salt, Parmesan Cheese (Milk, Salt, Cultures, Enzymes), Garlic, Natural Flavor, Sugar, Onion Powder, Spices, Lactic Acid, Olive Oil, Yeast Extract, Acetic Acid. ontains: Milk.

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.
7 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.
  • Cheese Cheese is milk preserved with salt, cultures and rennet.
  • Microbial culture Microbial cultures ferment foods such as yoghurt, cheese and sourdough.
  • Enzyme Enzymes carry out traditional processes such as cheese making and baking.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 622 potato crisps

From least to most processed, this one ranks 271st. 66% of the potato 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 622 potato crisps, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0084114902122, last edited 15 September 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.