Is Morrisons Hand cooked cheddar and onion crisps ultra-processed?

125g Flavoured potato crisps Sold in the United Kingdom

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Colour
Flavouring
Whey
E160c Paprika extract

21 ingredients
2 additives
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

Potato, Vegetable oils in varying proportions (processing marker) (rapeseed, sunflower), mature Cheddar cheese (processing marker), Dried onion, Buttermilk powder, Whey powder (ultra-processing marker), Salt (processing marker), spring onion, Yeast extract, Yeast powder, parsley, Dried Scottish Cheddar cheese (cheese powder (processing marker), skimmed milk), Acid (citric acid), Flavouring (ultra-processing marker), Colour (ultra-processing marker) (paprika extract (ultra-processing marker))

Additives: E160c Paprika extract , E330 Citric acid

As written on the pack

Potato, Vegetable oils in varying proportions (rapeseed, sunflower), Dried mature Cheddar cheese (milk), Dried onion, Buttermilk powder, Whey powder (milk), Salt, Dried spring onion, Yeast extract, Yeast powder, Dried parsley, Dried Scottish Cheddar cheese (cheese powder (milk), dried skimmed milk), Acid (citric acid), Flavouring (contains milk), Colour (paprika extract).

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.
Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.
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.

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.

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.
Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
Cheese Cheese is milk preserved with salt, cultures and rennet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 191 flavoured potato crisps

From least to most processed, this one ranks 127th. 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 5010525167640, 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 D (from A, best, to E).
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.