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Is Late July Snacks Mexican street corn tortilla chips ultra-processed?

Corn chips Sold in the United States

Pack of Late July Snacks Mexican street corn tortilla chips

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:

  • 32 ingredients
  • 2 additives

Less processed corn chips

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

yellow corn, vegetable oils (sunflower vegetable oils, safflower vegetable oils), and canola, soybean, corn seasoning (salt, sugar, buttermilk, sour cream (nonfat milk, cultured cream), corn maltodextrin, milk, nonfat milk, paprika (color), spices, whey, garlic, lactic acid, natural flavors, parsley, cheddar cheese (milk, cultures, salt, enzymes), vinegar, citric acid, lime)

Additives: E270 Lactic acid , E330 Citric acid

As written on the pack

organic whole ground yellow corn, vegetable oils (sunflower and/or safflower and/or canola and/or soybean), corn seasoning (salt, sugar, buttermilk, organic sour cream [organic nonfat milk, organic cultured cream], corn maltodextrin, milk, nonfat milk, paprika [color], spices, whey, garlic powder, lactic acid, natural flavors, parsley, cheddar cheese [milk, cultures, salt, enzymes], vinegar, citric acid, lime extract)

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.

  • Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.
  • 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.
  • Whey Whey is the liquid left over from cheese making, usually dried into a powder and used as a cheap source of milk solids, protein and lactose.
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 359 corn chips

From least to most processed, this one ranks 255th. 46% of the corn chips 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 359 corn chips, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0815099021078, last edited 3 February 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.
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.