Is Mission Tortilla Triangles Cheesy Nachos ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- Flavour enhancer
- Flavouring
- Maltodextrin
- Whey
- E551 Silicon dioxide
- E621 Monosodium glutamate
- and 1 more
- 21 ingredients
- 3 additives
- Nutri-Score D
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Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
Corn flour 69%, vegetable oil (processing marker), cheesy nachos seasoning 7% (whey powder (ultra-processing marker), salt (processing marker), sugar (processing marker), natural flavour (ultra-processing marker), maltodextrin (ultra-processing marker), flavour enhancer (ultra-processing marker) (621, 635), vegetable (onion, garlic), spices, herb, cheese powder (processing marker), tomato, anti-caking agent (processing marker) (551)), water
Additives: E551 Silicon dioxide , E621 Monosodium glutamate , E635 Disodium 5'-ribonucleotide
As written on the pack
Corn flour (69%), vegetable oil, cheesy nachos seasoning (7%) [whey powder (milk), salt, sugar, natural flavour, maltodextrin, flavour enhancer (621, 635), vegetable powder (onion, garlic), spices and herb, cheese powder (milk), tomato powder, anti-caking agent (551)], water.
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.
- E551 Silicon dioxide A food additive used to dissolve, dilute, disperse or otherwise physically modify a food additive or nutrient without altering its function -and without exerting any technological effect itself- in order to facilitate its handling, application or use of the food additive or nutrient.
- E621 Monosodium glutamate Monosodium glutamate (MSG) is the sodium salt of glutamic acid, made by fermentation and used to strengthen savoury taste.
- E635 Disodium 5'-ribonucleotide A food additive authorised for industrial food production.
- Flavour enhancer Flavour enhancers such as monosodium glutamate (E621) strengthen savoury taste without adding a flavour of their own.
- 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.
- 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.
- Anti-caking agent Anti-caking agents are substances which reduce the tendency of individual particles of a foodstuff to adhere to one another.
- 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.
Among 359 corn chips
From least to most processed, this one ranks 306th. 46% of the corn chips here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 9317224401911, last edited 4 May 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.