Is M&S Lightly sea salted pop chips ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 16 ingredients
- 2 additives
- Nutri-Score C
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
Potatoes 47%, Rice Flour, Rapeseed Oil, Potato Starch (processing marker), Cornflour, Maize Flour, Maltodextrin (ultra-processing marker), Sugar (processing marker), Acidity Regulator (e332), Citric Acid, Potassium Chloride, Salt (processing marker), Sea Salt (processing marker), Yeast, Vitamin D
Additives: E330 Citric acid , E332 Potassium citrates
As written on the pack
• Dried Potatoes (47%), Rice Flour, Rapeseed Oil, Potato Starch, Cornflour, Maize Flour, Maltodextrin, Sugar, Acidity Regulator: E332, Citric Acid, Potassium Chloride, Salt, Sea Salt, Dried Yeast Extract, Vitamin D.
What makes it ultra-processed
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.
- Maltodextrin Maltodextrin is a white powder made by partly breaking down starch.
3 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.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 29127306, last edited 18 February 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.