Is Marks & Spencer Habanero Chilli Tortillas ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 23 ingredients
- 2 additives
- Nutri-Score B
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
Maize Flour, Vegetable Oil (processing marker) (Sunflower Vegetable Oil, Rapeseed Vegetable Oil), Corn Germ, Sugar (processing marker), Salt (processing marker), Cayenne Pepper, Natural Flavourings (ultra-processing marker), Dried Tomatoes, Chilli, Yeast, Acid (Citric Acid, Dried Garlic, Dried Onions, Capsicum Extract (ultra-processing marker), Chilli, Vinegar, Cumin, Dried Oregano, Natural Colour (ultra-processing marker)), Paprika Extract (ultra-processing marker)
Additives: E160c Paprika extract , E330 Citric acid
As written on the pack
Maize Flour · Vegetable Oil (Sunflower/Rapeseed) · Corn Germ · Sugar · Salt · Ground Cayenne Pepper · Natural Flavourings · Dried Tomatoes · Chilli Powder · Dried Yeast Extract · Acid: Citric Acid · Dried Garlic · Dried Onions · Capsicum Extract · Chilli Extract · Dried Vinegar · Ground Cumin · Dried Oregano · Natural Colour: 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.
- Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.
- Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
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.
- 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.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 29387298, 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 B (from A, best, to E).
- General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.