Is Mccain home chips ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 34 ingredients
- 4 additives
- Nutri-Score C
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
Potatoes 89%, Vegetable Oils (processing marker) (Rapeseed Vegetable Oils, Sunflower Vegetable Oils), Batter, Flour (wheat (with Calcium, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Rice, Broad Bean), Dextrin (ultra-processing marker), Starch (processing marker) (wheat, Potato), Vegetable Fibre (ultra-processing marker), Turmeric Extract (ultra-processing marker), Colour (ultra-processing marker) (Paprika Extract (ultra-processing marker)), Salt (processing marker), allergy information, see ingredients in BOLD HOW TO COOK, Here's how to cook 500g of McCain Home Chips, If cooking a different amount, adjust the cooking time accordingly, To get the best results cook from frozen, our instructions are guidelines only, For the most delicious results, do not overcook! IN THE OVEN, Preheat the oven to 220°C, 210°C Fan, Gas Mark 8
Additives: E100 Curcumin , E1400 Dextrin , E160c Paprika extract , E220 Sulphur dioxide
As written on the pack
Potatoes (89%), Vegetable Oils (Rapeseed, Sunflower) - in varying proportions, Batter (Flour (WHEAT (with Calcium, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Rice, Broad Bean), Dextrin, Starch (WHEAT, Potato), Vegetable Fibre, Turmeric Extract, Colour (Paprika Extract)), Salt. ALLERGY INFORMATION: For allergens, see ingredients in BOLD HOW TO COOK... Here's how to cook 500g of McCain Home Chips. If cooking a different amount, adjust the cooking time accordingly. To get the best results cook from frozen, our instructions are guidelines only. For the most delicious results, do not overcook! IN THE OVEN... Preheat the oven to 220°C/210°C Fan/Gas Mark 8.
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.
- E100 Curcumin Colours are substances which add or restore colour in a food, and include natural constituents of foods and natural sources which are normally not consumed as foods as such and not normally used as characteristic ingredients of food.
- E1400 Dextrin Dextrin is starch partly broken down by heat or acid, used as a thickener, binder and coating.
- 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.
Substances rarely used in home kitchens
Refined or extracted in factories, such as syrups made from starch or isolated proteins. The other hallmark of ultra-processed food.
- Vegetable fiber Isolated plant fibres, such as inulin, oat fibre or bamboo fibre, are extracted industrially and added to change texture or support "source of fibre" claims.
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.
- Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
- 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 5010228005317, 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.