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Is Popcorers Jalapeño Popper Flavored Popcorn Snack ultra-processed?

6.5 oz Puffed salty snacks made from maize Sold in the United States

Pack of Popcorers Jalapeño Popper Flavored Popcorn Snack

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:

  • 26 ingredients
  • 2 additives
  • Nutri-Score D

Less processed puffed salty snacks made from maize

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

Yellow corn, sunflower oil, maltodextrin (made from corn), whey, cultures, salt, enzymes, onion, cheddar cheese (milk, yeast extract), garlic, green bell peppers, potassium salt, cream cheese (milk and cream, cheese cultures, salt, carob bean gum), jalapeño peppers, vinegar, natural flavors, spices, citric acid, ingredients

Additives: E330 Citric acid , E410 Locust bean gum

As written on the pack

Yellow corn, sunflower oil, maltodextrin (made from corn), whey, cultures, salt, enzymes, onion powder, cheddar cheese (milk, yeast extract), garlic powder, green bell peppers, potassium salt, cream cheese (milk and cream, cheese cultures, salt, carob bean gum), jalapeño peppers, vinegar, natural flavors, spices, citric acid. Contains milk ingredients.

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.

  • E410 Locust bean gum Locust bean gum (carob gum) is a thickener and stabiliser from the seeds of the carob tree.
  • 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.

  • Maltodextrin Maltodextrin is a white powder made by partly breaking down starch.
  • 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 21 puffed salty snacks made from maize

From least to most processed, this one ranks 10th. 86% of the puffed salty snacks made from maize 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 21 puffed salty snacks made from maize, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0810607025302, last edited 31 May 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.