Is Miss Vickie's Sour Cream, Herb & Onion ultra-processed?

Flavoured potato crisps Sold in Canada

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Dextrose
Flavouring
Glucose

37 ingredients
1 additive
Nutri-Score D

Less processed flavoured potato 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

Specially selected potatoes, Vegetable oil (processing marker), Seasoning (dextrose (ultra-processing marker), salt (processing marker), buttermilk, onion powder, sour cream, sugar (processing marker), garlic powder, yeast extract, yogurt powder, vegetable oil (processing marker), herbs, lactic acid, acacia, natural flavour (ultra-processing marker)), Ingrédients (Pommes de terre spécialement sélectionnées), Huile végétale, Assaisonnement (dextrose (ultra-processing marker), sel, poudre de babeurre, poudre d'oignon, crème sure, sucre, poudre d'ail, extrait de levure, poudre de yogourt, huile végétale, fines herbes, acide lactique, acacia, arôme naturel), Contient (Lait)

Additives: E270 Lactic acid

As written on the pack

Specially selected potatoes, Vegetable oil, Seasoning (dextrose, salt, buttermilk powder, onion powder, sour cream, sugar, garlic powder, yeast extract, yogurt powder, vegetable oil, herbs, lactic acid, acacia, natural flavour). Contains: Milk Ingrédients : Pommes de terre spécialement sélectionnées, Huile végétale, Assaisonnement (dextrose, sel, poudre de babeurre, poudre d'oignon, crème sure, sucre, poudre d'ail, extrait de levure, poudre de yogourt, huile végétale, fines herbes, acide lactique, acacia, arôme naturel). Contient : Lait

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.

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.

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.
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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 191 flavoured potato crisps

From least to most processed, this one ranks 92nd. 95% of the flavoured potato 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 191 flavoured potato crisps, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0060410073773, last edited 28 August 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.