Is Marks & Spencers Sea salted popped chips ultra-processed?

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

Open Food Facts counts every product in its category, salty snacks, as at least group 3.

Less processed isn't automatically healthier, so compare the labels for what matters to you, such as sugar or salt.

Potatoes 49%, Rice Flour Rapeseed Oil, Cornflour Potato Starch Sugar Salt Acid (Citric Acid, Vitamin D)

Additives: E330 Citric acid

As written on the pack

Dried Potatoes (49%). Rice Flour Rapeseed Oil. Cornflour Potato Starch Sugar Salt Acid: Citric Acid. Vitamin D.

Open Food Facts puts every product in this category in at least this group.

From least to most processed, this one ranks 3rd. 86% of the puffed salty snacks made from potato 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.

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 29127320, last edited 2 August 2026), available under the Open Database License. If something is wrong or the recipe has changed, you can correct it there.
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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.