Is Manomasa Chipotle & lime ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 24 ingredients
- 2 additives
- Nutri-Score C
Less processed corn chips
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
white corn, vegetable oils (processing marker) (rapeseed vegetable oils, sunflower vegetable oils), smoked paprika, pumpkin seeds, red pepper, sugar (processing marker), millet seeds, sea salt (processing marker), lime juice, flavouring (ultra-processing marker), acid (citric acid), dried onion, rice flour, dried garlic, yeast, chilli, cumin, ground guajillo chilli, spirit vinegar, chipotle, paprika extract (ultra-processing marker)
Additives: E160c Paprika extract , E330 Citric acid
As written on the pack
Whole white corn flour, vegetable oils (rapeseed, sunflower), smoked paprika, pumpkin seeds, dried red pepper, sugar, millet seeds, sea salt, dried lime juice, flavouring, acid: citric acid, dried onion, smoked rice flour, dried garlic, dried yeast extract, dried chilli, ground cumin, ground guajillo chilli, dried spirit vinegar, chipotle extract, paprika extract.
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.
- E160c Paprika extract Paprika extract is a red-orange colour extracted from paprika peppers.
- 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.
Among 359 corn chips
From least to most processed, this one ranks 227th. 46% of the corn chips here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5017764003395, last edited 19 April 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.