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Is M&s Food HAND COOKED sea salt & Balsamic vinegar crisps ultra-processed?

150 g e Salt and vinegar crisps Sold in the United Kingdom and France

Pack of M&s Food HAND COOKED sea salt & Balsamic vinegar 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:

  • 13 ingredients
  • 2 additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed salt and vinegar 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

potatoes, vegetable oil (sunflower vegetable oil, rapeseed vegetable oil), sugar, sea salt, balsamic vinegar, acid (citric acid), tartaric acid, barley malt vinegar, rice flour, natural flavourings

Additives: E330 Citric acid , E334 L(+)-tartaric acid

As written on the pack

potatoes, vegetable oil (sunflower/rapeseed), sugar, sea salt, dried balsamic vinegar, acid: citric acid, tartaric acid, gluten free dried barley malt vinegar, rice flour, natural flavourings

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.
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 28 salt and vinegar crisps

From least to most processed, this one ranks 7th. 93% of the salt and vinegar 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 28 salt and vinegar crisps, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 00722810, last edited 13 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 C (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.