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Is Morrisons Skin On Steak, Ale & Caramelised Onion Ridged Cridpd ultra-processed?

125g Flavoured potato crisps Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Morrisons Skin On Steak, Ale & Caramelised Onion Ridged Cridpd

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:

  • 19 ingredients
  • 2 additives
  • Nutri-Score C

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 (rapeseed Vegetable oils, sunflower Vegetable oils), Yeast extract powder, Sugar, Flavourings, Dried onion, Salt, Rice flour, Smoked salt, red onion, Acid (citric acid), Black pepper, Dried Southwold ale, Colour (paprika extract), Beef extract

Additives: E160c Paprika extract , E330 Citric acid

As written on the pack

Potato, Vegetable oils (rapeseed, sunflower), Yeast extract powder, Sugar, Flavourings, Dried onion, Salt, Rice flour, Smoked salt, Dried red onion, Acid (citric acid), Black pepper, Dried Southwold ale (contains barley, wheat), Colour (paprika extract), Beef 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.
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 99th. 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 5010525167664, 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 C (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.