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Is Marks & Spencer Red Pepper Pitta Chips ultra-processed?

150 g Crisps Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Marks & Spencer Red Pepper Pitta 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:

  • 27 ingredients
  • 2 additives
  • Nutri-Score C

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

Wheatflour (with Wheatflour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Rapeseed Oil, Red Peppers 2%, Sugar, Yeast, Salt, Yeast, Balsamic Vinegar, Dried Onions, Dried Garlic, Smoked Paprika, Paprika, Dried Tomatoes, Acid (Citric Acid), Chilli, Chilli, Cumin, Capsicum Extract, Colour (Paprika Extract), Dried Oregano

Additives: E160c Paprika extract , E330 Citric acid

As written on the pack

Wheatflour (with Wheatflour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Rapeseed Oil, Dried Red Peppers 2%, Sugar, Dried Yeast, Salt, Dried Yeast Extract, Dried Balsamic Vinegar, Dried Onions, Dried Garlic, Ground Smoked Paprika, Ground Paprika, Dried Tomatoes, Acid(Citric Acid), Chilli Extract, Chilli Powder, Ground Cumin, Capsicum Extract, Colour(Paprika Extract), Dried Oregano

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.
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.

  • 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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 1,471 crisps

From least to most processed, this one ranks 843rd. 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 00772600, last edited 26 May 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.