Is Pipers Kirkby Malham Chorizo Crisps ultra-processed?

40 g Potato crisps Sold in the United Kingdom and France

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Lactose

34 ingredients
No additives
Nutri-Score D

Less processed 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

fr chips de pommes de terre aromatisées au chorizo (ingredients, pommes de terre), huile de tournesol, sucre, lactose (ultra-processing marker) (lait), sel, sel fumé, ail, paprika fumé, oignon, sucre fumé, arômes, extrait de levure, épices (poivre, chili), correcteur d'acidité (acide citrique), extrait de paprika, chorizo, le chorizo contient (porc britannique), sel, paprika fumé, poivre, ail, gingembre, extrait de paprika, conservateurs (nitrite de sodium et nitrate de sodium, le texte en gras indique des produits allergènes, fabriqué en angleterre)

As written on the pack

fr chips de pommes de terre aromatisées au chorizo: ingredients. pommes de terre, huile de tournesol, sucre, lactose (lait), sel, sel fumé, ail, paprika fumé, oignon, sucre fumé, arômes, extrait de levure, épices (poivre, chili), correcteur d'acidité: acide citrique, extrait de paprika, chorizo. le chorizo contient:porc britannique, sel, paprika fumé, poivre, ail, gingembre, extrait de paprika, conservateurs: nitrite de sodium et nitrate de sodium. le texte en gras indique des produits allergènes. fabriqué en angleterre.

What makes it ultra-processed

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.

Lactose Lactose is milk sugar, crystallised industrially from whey, a by-product of cheese making.

1 ingredient 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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 622 potato crisps

From least to most processed, this one ranks 232nd. 66% of the 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 622 potato crisps, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5033060100224, last edited 28 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.
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.