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Is Lidl hand cooked potato crisps ultra-processed?

Potato crisps Sold in the United Kingdom and Spain

Pack of Lidl hand cooked potato crisps

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:

  • 18 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score D

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

hand cooked potato crisps with a mature cheddar cheese and red onion flavoured seasoning ingredients 65% potatoes, sunflower oil, mature cheddar 7%, red onion flavoured seasoning 7% (cheddar cheese (mature cheddar cheese, cheddar cheese), dried onion, yeast, salt, rice flour, buttermilk, sugar, yeast, red onion, natural flavourings, parsley), liel typical values energy

As written on the pack

hand cooked potato crisps with a mature cheddar cheese and red onion flavoured seasoning ingredients 65% potatoes, sunflower oil, 7% mature cheddar and red onion flavoured seasoning (dried cheddar cheese [mature cheddar cheese (milk), cheddar cheese (milk)], dried onion, dried yeast extract, salt, rice flour, dried buttermilk, sugar, dried yeast, dried red onion, natural flavourings, dried parsley), allergy advice for allergens, see ingredients in bold, liel typical values energy

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.
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.
  • 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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 622 potato crisps

From least to most processed, this one ranks 231st. 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 4056489540076, 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 D (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.