Is Marks & Spencer sweet chilli crunch mix 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
- 1 additive
- Nutri-Score C
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
Corn 36%, Chickpeas 33%, Edamame Soybeans 15%, Sunflower allergy Oil Sugar Salt Rapeseed suitable nut not for Oil Rice Flour Dried Garlic, Dried Yeast Extract Tomato Powder, Dried Red Chillies Dried Onions, Ground Ginger Dried Lemon Juice, Acidity Regulator (Citric Acid Flavouring, Dried Cumin Ground White Pepper, Cayenne Pepper Extract Colour), Paprika Extract (ultra-processing marker), Not suitable for those with a Nut, Peanut, Milk, Sesame allergy and Coeliacs
Additives: E160c Paprika extract
As written on the pack
Corn (36%) - Chickpeas (33%) - Edamame Soybeans (15%) - Sunflower allergy Oil Sugar Salt Rapeseed suitable nut not for Oil Rice Flour Dried Garlic - Dried Yeast Extract Tomato Powder - Dried Red Chillies Dried Onions - Ground Ginger Dried Lemon Juice - Acidity Regulator: Citric Acid Flavouring. Dried Cumin Ground White Pepper. Cayenne Pepper Extract Colour: Paprika Extract. For allergens see ingredients in bold. Not suitable for those with a Nut, Peanut, Milk and Sesame allergy and Coeliacs. Suitable for vegetarians.
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.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 29386512, 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 C (from A, best, to E).
- General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.