Is Kettle Lightly salted potato crisps ultra-processed?

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It's processed, but not ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Whole foods combined with:

Salt
Vegetable oil

7 ingredients
No additives
Nutri-Score C

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Select Potatoes, Vegetable Oils (processing marker) (Rapeseed Oil, Sunflower Oil), Sea Salt (processing marker), Note (product may be fried in either of the oils listed and a blend may be used dependant on availability of supply)

As written on the pack

Select Potatoes, Vegetable Oils (Rapeseed Oil, Sunflower Oil)*, Sea Salt. *In varying proportions. Note: product may be fried in either of the oils listed or a blend may be used dependant on availability of supply. Gluten-Free.

What makes it processed

Culinary ingredients

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.

How the NOVA groups work

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5017764417000, last edited 27 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.