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Is Pringles Prawn Cocktail Flavour ultra-processed?

Stacked extruded potato crisps Sold in Ireland

Pack of Pringles Prawn Cocktail Flavour

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:

  • 35 ingredients
  • 3 additives
  • Nutri-Score D

Less processed stacked extruded 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

zes uk irl is prawn cocktail flavour savoury snack ngredent (sugar, acidity regulator (sodium diacetate)), flavour enhancer, monosodun lan www (citric acid), barley malt vinegar, skimmed milk powder, yeast enread, duse best before (see bottom, storein i kartoffelpüreepulver), pflanzliche öle (sonnenblume, mais), reisei, wesede geschmacksverstärker (mononatriumglutamat), kaliumchlorid, tomatagple, nde, gerstenmalzessig, magermilchpulver, hefeextrakt, glucosesirup, spisa mindestens haltbar bis (siehe bodenseite, unter schutzatmospháre vepade déshydratées), huiles végétales (tournesol, mais), farine de i, midon e bl ie goût (glutamate monosodique)

Additives: E262 Sodium acetates , E262ii Sodium diacetate , E330 Citric acid

As written on the pack

zes uk irl is prawn cocktail flavour savoury snack ngredent (sugar, acidity regulator {sodium diacetate), flavour enhancer (monosodun lan www (citric acid), barley malt vinegar, skimmed milk powder, yeast enread,duse best before: see bottom. packaged in a protective atmosphere. storein i kartoffelpüreepulver, pflanzliche öle (sonnenblume, mais), reisei, wesede geschmacksverstärker {mononatriumglutamat}, kaliumchlorid, tomatagple, nde. gerstenmalzessig, magermilchpulver, hefeextrakt, glucosesirup, spisa mindestens haltbar bis: siehe bodenseite. unter schutzatmospháre vepade déshydratées, huiles végétales (tournesol, mais), farine de i, midon e bl ie goût (glutamate monosodique)

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.

  • Flavour enhancer Flavour enhancers such as monosodium glutamate (E621) strengthen savoury taste without adding a flavour of their own.
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.

  • Salty snacks Products in the category "Salty snacks" are at least group 3.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
  • Milk powder Milk powder is milk with the water evaporated off: a preserved form of a whole food rather than an industrial extract.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 48 stacked extruded potato crisps

From least to most processed, this one ranks 3rd. 96% of the stacked extruded 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 48 stacked extruded potato crisps, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5053990158065, last edited 27 March 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.