Is Los Carnales Arroz Con Leche Corn Puffs ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 26 ingredients
- 5 additives
- Nutri-Score D
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
Corn grits, white corn, millet, sugar (processing marker), salt (processing marker), sunflower oil (processing marker), arroz con leche seasoning (Added sugars (processing marker) (sugar, dextrose (ultra-processing marker)), maltodextrin (ultra-processing marker), artificial, natural flavorings (ultra-processing marker), iodized salt (processing marker), acidulant (lactic acid), modified starch (ultra-processing marker), anti-caking agents (processing marker) (silicon dioxide (ultra-processing marker), calcium silicate), coloring (ultra-processing marker) (caramel class IV, silicon dioxide (ultra-processing marker), calcium silicate), coloring (ultra-processing marker) (class IV caramel))
Additives: E14XX Modified Starch , E150 Caramel , E270 Lactic acid , E551 Silicon dioxide , E552 Calcium silicate
As written on the pack
Corn grits, white corn, millet, sugar, salt, sunflower oil, arroz con leche seasoning (Added sugars (sugar, dextrose), maltodextrin, artificial and natural flavorings (milk), iodized salt, acidulant (lactic acid), modified starch, anti-caking agents (silicon dioxide and calcium silicate), coloring (caramel class IV). (silicon dioxide and calcium silicate), coloring (class IV caramel))
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.
- E14xx Modified Starch Modified starches (E1400 to E1452) are starches treated physically, with enzymes or chemically so that they thicken and hold up to heating, freezing or acidity better than ordinary starch.
- E150 Caramel A food additive authorised for industrial food production.
- E551 Silicon dioxide A food additive used to dissolve, dilute, disperse or otherwise physically modify a food additive or nutrient without altering its function -and without exerting any technological effect itself- in order to facilitate its handling, application or use of the food additive or nutrient.
- 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.
- Modified starch Modified starch is starch altered physically, with enzymes or chemically, so that it thickens, gels or survives freezing and heating better than ordinary starch.
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.
- Dextrose Dextrose is pure glucose crystallised from starch-derived syrup.
- Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
- 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.
- Anti-caking agent Anti-caking agents are substances which reduce the tendency of individual particles of a foodstuff to adhere to one another.
- 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.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0860013010874, last edited 9 October 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.
- 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.