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Is McCoy's McCoys Classic Ridge Cut Crisps 6pk ultra-processed?

6 x 25g Crisps Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of McCoy's McCoys Classic Ridge Cut Crisps 6pk

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:

  • 40 ingredients
  • 3 additives
  • Nutri-Score D

Less processed crisps

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

potatoes, sunflower oil, salt, malt vinegar flavour (salt, natural flavouring, sugar, dextrose, citric acid, rice flour, yeast, maltodextrin, potassium phosphate, barley malt vinegar), salted flavour potato crisps ingredients (potatoes), sunflower oil, flavour (salt, rice flour, yeast, natural flavouring), cheddar, onion flavour potato crisps ingredients (potatoes), sunflower oil, cheddar, onion flavour (dried onion, yeast, whey, dextrose, salt, dried whole milk, cheese, parsley, flavourings, onion extract, paprika extract), may 4

Additives: E160c Paprika extract , E330 Citric acid , E340 Potassium phosphates

As written on the pack

potatoes, sunflower oil, salt & malt vinegar flavour [salt, natural flavouring, sugar, dextrose, acid: citric acid, rice flour, dried yeast extract, maltodextrin, stabiliser: potassium phosphate, dried barley malt vinegar extract]. for allergens see ingredients in bold. also may contain milk, soya, gluten, mustard. salted flavour potato crisps ingredients: potatoes, sunflower oil, salted flavour [salt, rice flour, dried yeast extract, natural flavouring]. may contain milk, soya, gluten, mustard. cheddar & onion flavour potato crisps ingredients: potatoes, sunflower oil, cheddar & onion flavour [dried onion, dried yeast extract, dried whey (milk), dextrose, salt, dried whole milk, dried cheese (milk), rubbed parsley, flavourings (contain milk), onion extract, colour: paprika extract]. may 4

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.
  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.

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.

  • Dextrose Dextrose is pure glucose crystallised from starch-derived syrup.
  • Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
  • Maltodextrin Maltodextrin is a white powder made by partly breaking down starch.
  • Whey Whey is the liquid left over from cheese making, usually dried into a powder and used as a cheap source of milk solids, protein and lactose.
6 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.
  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
  • Cheese Cheese is milk preserved with salt, cultures and rennet.
  • Milk powder Milk powder is milk with the water evaporated off: a preserved form of a whole food rather than an industrial extract.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 1,471 crisps

From least to most processed, this one ranks 1255th. 64% of the crisps 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 1,471 crisps, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5000237129999, last edited 14 September 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 D (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.