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Is Morrisons Seasoned Potato Wedges ultra-processed?

750 g Frozen fried potatoes Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Morrisons Seasoned Potato Wedges

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:

  • 18 ingredients
  • 3 additives

Less processed frozen fried potatoes

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 86%, sunflower oil, maize flour, modified potato starch, rice flour, potato starch, salt, spices, yeast extract, sodium phosphates, sodium carbonates, garlic powder, spice extracts (paprika, black pepper), onion powder, dextrose, xanthan gum

Additives: E339 Sodium phosphates , E415 Xanthan gum , E500 Sodium carbonates

As written on the pack

potato (86%), sunflower oil, maize flour, modified potato starch, rice flour, potato starch, salt, spices, yeast extract, raising agents (sodium phosphates, sodium carbonates), garlic powder, spice extracts (paprika, black pepper), onion powder, dextrose, thickener (xanthan gum).

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.

  • E415 Xanthan gum Xanthan gum is a thickener made by fermenting sugar with the bacterium Xanthomonas campestris.
  • 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.

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.
3 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.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 104 frozen fried potatoes

From least to most processed, this one ranks 77th. 80% of the frozen fried potatoes 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 104 frozen fried potatoes, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5010251462767, last edited 26 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.
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.