Is Lidl Thai sweet chillihand cooked potato crisps ultra-processed?

Potato crisps in sunflower oil Sold in the United Kingdom

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Colour
Lactose
E160c Paprika extract

27 ingredients
2 additives
Nutri-Score D

Less processed potato crisps in sunflower oil

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

thai sweet chilli flavour hand cooked potato crisps ingredients 65% potatoes, high oleic sunflower oil (processing marker), thai sweet chilli flavour seasoning 7% (sugar (processing marker), yeast, buttermilk, dried onion, dried garlic, salt (processing marker), dried tomato, paprika, rubbed parsley, chilli, paprika, acid (citric acid), lactose (ultra-processing marker), chilli, ground ginger, spice extract, basil extract, coriander seeds, fennel seeds, colour (ultra-processing marker) (paprika extract (ultra-processing marker))), 170364502, lidl typical values energy fat

Additives: E160c Paprika extract , E330 Citric acid

As written on the pack

thai sweet chilli flavour hand cooked potato crisps ingredients 65% potatoes, high oleic sunflower oil, 7% thai sweet chilli flavour seasoning (sugar, dried yeast extract, dried buttermilk, dried onion, dried garlic, salt, dried tomato, dried paprika, rubbed parsley, dried chilli, dried paprika flakes, acid: citric acid, dried lactose (milk), dried chilli extract, ground ginger, spice extract, basil extract, ground coriander seeds, ground fennel seeds, colour: paprika extract), allergy advice for allergens, see ingredients in bold, - 170364502 - lidl typical values energy fat

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.

E160c Paprika extract Paprika extract is a red-orange colour extracted from paprika peppers.
Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.

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.

Lactose Lactose is milk sugar, crystallised industrially from whey, a by-product of cheese making.

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.
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 112 potato crisps in sunflower oil

From least to most processed, this one ranks 103rd. 39% of the potato crisps in sunflower oil 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 112 potato crisps in sunflower oil, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4056489519829, 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.