Is McCain Home Chips Crinkle ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 27 ingredients
- 3 additives
- Nutri-Score B
Less processed crisps
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
potato 89%, sunflower oil (processing marker) 6%, batter, flour (wheat (with calcium, iron, niacin, thiamin), rice, broad bean), dextrin (ultra-processing marker), starch (processing marker) (wheat, potato, maize), vegetable oil (processing marker) (shea (processing marker), coconut), vegetable fibre (ultra-processing marker), turmeric extract (ultra-processing marker), colour (ultra-processing marker) (paprika extract (ultra-processing marker)), salt allergy information, see ingredients in bold prepared with sunflower oil how to cook, here's how to cook 500g of mccain home chips, if cooking a different amount ting time
Additives: E100 Curcumin , E1400 Dextrin , E160c Paprika extract
As written on the pack
potato (89%), sunflower oil (6%), batter (flour (wheat (with calcium, iron, niacin, thiamin) rice, broad bean), dextrin, starch (wheat, potato, maize), vegetable oil (shea, coconut), vegetable fibre, turmeric extract, colour (paprika extract)), salt allergy information: for allergens, see ingredients in bold prepared with sunflower oil how to cook, here's how to cook 500g of mccain home chips, if cooking a different amount ting time
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.
4 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.
- Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
- Vegetable fat Vegetable fats are oils that are solid at room temperature, such as palm or coconut fat.
- Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
Among 1,471 crisps
From least to most processed, this one ranks 1171st. 64% of the crisps here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5010228000978, last edited 3 July 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 B (from A, best, to E).
- General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.