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Is M&S Honey Barbecue Flavour Lentil Chips ultra-processed?

Crisps Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of M&S Honey Barbecue Flavour Lentil Chips

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:

  • 15 ingredients
  • No 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

Lentil Flour 36%, Sunflower Oil Cornflour, Rice Flour Potato Starch Sugar Pea Starch, Potassium Chloride Salt Dried Honey, Dried Yeast Dried Tomatoes, Dried Onion Ground Spices (Black Pepper, Smoked Paprika Chilli Powder Cumin), Dried Red Peppers Acid (Citric Acid Dried Garlic Dried Oregano Dried Green Peppers, Barley Malt Vinegar, Natural Colour), Paprika Extract Natural Flavouring, Yeast, Contains salt substitute Potassium Chloride

As written on the pack

Lentil Flour (36%) Sunflower Oil Cornflour. Rice Flour Potato Starch Sugar Pea Starch - Potassium Chloride Salt Dried Honey • Dried Yeast Dried Tomatoes · Dried Onion Ground Spices (Black Pepper. Smoked Paprika Chilli Powder Cumin). Dried Red Peppers Acid: Citric Acid Dried Garlic Dried Oregano Dried Green Peppers. Dried Barley Malt Vinegar (contains Gluten). Natural Colour: Paprika Extract Natural Flavouring. Dried Yeast Extract. • For allergens see ingredients in bold. 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.

  • Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.
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 577th. 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 29378869, 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.