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Is M&S <<-FOOD- REDUCED FAT SRIRACHA FLAVOUR LENTIL C ultra-processed?

Crisps Sold in the United Kingdom

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:

  • 12 ingredients
  • 1 additive
  • Nutri-Score C

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

Lentil Flour 36%, Sunflower Oil Cornflour Rice Flour Potato Starch Pea Starch, Sugar Potassium Chloride Maltodextrin Salt Dried Garlic Dried Yeast Extract, Spices (Chilli Powder Black Pepper Cayenne Pepper Cumin), Dried Onions, Dried Tomatoes Acid (Citric Acid Dried Green Peppers Spice Extracts, Capsicum), Chilli) Dried Oregano Natural Colour (Paprika Extract), Contains salt substitute Potassium Chloride

Additives: E160c Paprika extract

As written on the pack

Lentil Flour (36%) Sunflower Oil Cornflour Rice Flour Potato Starch Pea Starch. Sugar Potassium Chloride Maltodextrin Salt Dried Garlic Dried Yeast Extract. Ground Spices (Chilli Powder Black Pepper Cayenne Pepper Cumin) Dried Onions. Dried Tomatoes Acid: Citric Acid Dried Green Peppers Spice Extracts (Capsicum, Chilli) Dried Oregano Natural Colour: Paprika Extract. . Suitable for vegetarians Contains salt substitute Potassium Chloride.

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.

1 ingredient 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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 1,471 crisps

From least to most processed, this one ranks 610th. 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 29378821, 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.
  • 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 C (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.