Is Munchos Potato Crisps ultra-processed?
It's processed, but not ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Whole foods combined with:
- 16 ingredients
- No additives
Less processed crisps
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
potatoes, vegetable oil (processing marker) (corn, canola, sunflower oil), corn meal (corn meal, ferrous sulfate, niacin, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), potato starch (processing marker), salt (processing marker), and yeast, ⓡ 2%
As written on the pack
dried potatoes, vegetable oil (corn, canola and/or sunflower oil), enriched corn meal (corn meal, ferrous sulfate, niacin, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), potato starch, salt, and yeast. 0% 2% ⓡ
What makes it processed
Culinary ingredients
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.
Category rules
Open Food Facts puts every product in this category in at least this group.
- Salty snacks Products in the category "Salty snacks" are at least group 3.
Among 622 potato crisps
From least to most processed, this one ranks 177th. 66% of the potato crisps here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0028400705684, last edited 18 April 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.