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Is McCain ShakeShake seras salt and cracked black pepper ultra-processed?

300 g Chips and fries Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of McCain ShakeShake seras salt and cracked black pepper

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:

  • 28 ingredients
  • 3 additives

Less processed chips and fries

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

Fries (Potatoes 83%), Vegetable varying proportions, Batter, WHEAT Flour (with Calcium, Iron, Olls (Rapeseed, Sunflower), in Niacin, Thiamin), Modified Starch (Malze, Taploca), Rice Flour, Salt, Corn Starch, Turmeric Extract, Coour (Paprika Extract), Sachet (Sea Salt 0.5%), Cracked Black Peppercorn 0.2%, Red Pepper, Cracked Green Peppercorn, Pimento, allergy information

Additives: E100 Curcumin , E14XX Modified Starch , E160c Paprika extract

As written on the pack

Fries: Potatoes (83%), Vegetable varying proportions, Batter (WHEAT Flour (with Calcium, Iron, Olls (Rapeseed, Sunflower) - in Niacin, Thiamin), Modified Starch (Malze, Taploca), Rice Flour. Salt, Corn Starch, Turmeric Extract, Coour (Paprika Extract)). Sachet: Sea Salt (0.5%), Cracked Black Peppercorn (0.2%), Red Pepper, Cracked Green Peppercorn, Pimento. ALLERGY INFORMATION: For allergens, see ingredients in BOLD

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.
  • E14xx Modified Starch Modified starches (E1400 to E1452) are starches treated physically, with enzymes or chemically so that they thicken and hold up to heating, freezing or acidity better than ordinary starch.
  • E160c Paprika extract Paprika extract is a red-orange colour extracted from paprika peppers.
  • Modified starch Modified starch is starch altered physically, with enzymes or chemically, so that it thickens, gels or survives freezing and heating better than ordinary starch.
2 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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 1,586 chips and fries

From least to most processed, this one ranks 1173rd. 65% of the chips and fries 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 1,586 chips and fries, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5010228002873, 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.
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.