Is Lidl Snack Day Sour Cream & Cheese Crinkle Cut Chips ultra-processed?

300 g Crisps Sold in Sweden

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Flavouring
Whey
E327 Calcium lactate

14 ingredients
3 additives
Nutri-Score D

Less processed 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

Potatis 64.1%, solrosolja (processing marker) 28.9%, gräddfil, och ostkryddning (vasslepulver (ultra-processing marker), ostpulver (processing marker) 1.26%, salt (processing marker), naturliga aromer (ultra-processing marker), syror (mjölksyra, kalciumlaktat (ultra-processing marker), citronsyra), gräddpulver, gräddfilspulver 0.01%)

Additives: E270 Lactic acid , E327 Calcium lactate , E330 Citric acid

As written on the pack

Potatis 64,1 %, solrosolja 28,9 %, gräddfil - och ostkryddning (vasslepulver (mjölk), ostpulver 1,26 % (mjölk), salt, naturliga aromer, syror (mjölksyra, kalciumlaktat, citronsyra), gräddpulver (mjölk), gräddfilspulver 0,01 % (mjölk)).

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.

E327 Calcium lactate Thickeners are substances which increase the viscosity of a foodstuff.
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.

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.

4 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.
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 1,471 crisps

From least to most processed, this one ranks 974th. 64% of the 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 1,471 crisps, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4056489300403, last edited 2 April 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.