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Is Kurkure Schezwan Chutney Flavour ultra-processed?

17 gram Puffed salty snacks made from maize with peanuts Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Kurkure Schezwan Chutney 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:

  • 27 ingredients
  • 5 additives
  • Nutri-Score E

Less processed puffed salty snacks

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

Cereal Products 66.2% (Rice Meal 43.4%, Corn Meal 22.8%), Edible Vegetable Oil (Palmolein), Seasoning (Sugar, Spices, Condiments, iodised Salt, Edible Vegetable Oil (Canola, Palm, Sunflower), 296, 330, Edible Starch, Potassium Chloride, Maltodextrin, Flavouring (Natural Flavouring, Nature Identical Flavouring), Substances, 527, 631, 150d), Gram Meal 0.5%

Additives: E150d Sulphite ammonia caramel , E296 Malic acid , E330 Citric acid , E527 Ammonium hydroxide , E631 Disodium inosinate

Also detected, but not matched to one ingredient: E150d Sulphite ammonia caramel, E631 Disodium inosinate.

As written on the pack

Cereal Products (66.2%) (Rice Meal (43.4%), Corn Meal (22.8%)), Edible Vegetable Oil (Palmolein), *Seasoning (Sugar, Spices and Condiments, iodised Salt, Edible Vegetable Oil (Canola, Palm and Sunflower), Acidity Regulator (296, 330), Edible Starch, Salt Substitute (Potassium Chloride), Maltodextrin, Natural and Nature Identical Flavouring Substances, Flavour Enhancers (527, 631), Colour (150d)), Gram Meal (0.5%).

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.

  • E150d Sulphite ammonia caramel Sulphite ammonia caramel is the dark brown colour in colas and many sauces, made by heating sugars with sulphite and ammonia compounds.
  • E631 Disodium inosinate Disodium inosinate is a flavour enhancer usually used together with MSG.
  • 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.
5 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.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
  • 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 8 puffed salty snacks made from maize with peanuts

From least to most processed, this one ranks 7th. 88% of the puffed salty snacks made from maize with peanuts 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 8 puffed salty snacks made from maize with peanuts, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 8901491002899, last edited 14 August 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.