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Is Pringles Prawn Cocktail Flavour ultra-processed?

185 g Stacked extruded potato crisps Sold in the United Kingdom

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
  • 9 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

Potatoes, Sunflower Oil, Palm Oil, Corn Oil, Wheat Flour, Corn Flour, Rice Flour, Prawn Cocktail Seasoning (Sugar, Acidity Regulator (Sodium Diacetate), Flavour Enhancer (Monosodium Glutamate), Potassium Chloride, Tomato, Modified Maize Starch, Spices, Sunflower Oil, Dextrose, Flavourings, Citric Acid, Barley Malt Vinegar, Skimmed Milk Powder, Yeast Extract, Glucose Syrup, Salt, Milk Proteins, Colour (Paprika Extract)), Maltodextrin, Emulsifier (e471), Salt, Colour (Annatto Norbixin)

Additives: E160b Annatto , E160bii Annatto norbixin , E160c Paprika extract , E262 Sodium acetates , E262ii Sodium diacetate , E330 Citric acid , E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids , E508 Potassium chloride , E621 Monosodium glutamate

As written on the pack

Dehydrated Potatoes, Sunflower Oil, Palm Oil, Corn Oil, Wheat Flour, Corn Flour, Rice Flour, Prawn Cocktail Seasoning (Sugar, Acidity Regulator (Sodium Diacetate), Flavour Enhancer (Monosodium Glutamate), Potassium Chloride, Tomato Powder, Modified Maize Starch, Spices, Sunflower Oil, Dextrose, Flavourings, Citric Acid, Barley Malt Vinegar, Skimmed Milk Powder, Yeast Extract, Glucose Syrup, Salt, Milk Proteins, Colour (Paprika Extract)), Maltodextrin, Emulsifier (E471), Salt, Colour (Annatto Norbixin)

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.

  • E160b Annatto Colours are substances which add or restore colour in a food, and include natural constituents of foods and natural sources which are normally not consumed as foods as such and not normally used as characteristic ingredients of food.
  • E160c Paprika extract Paprika extract is a red-orange colour extracted from paprika peppers.
  • E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids are made from fats and glycerol.
  • E621 Monosodium glutamate Monosodium glutamate (MSG) is the sodium salt of glutamic acid, made by fermentation and used to strengthen savoury taste.
  • Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.
  • Emulsifier Emulsifiers keep fat and water from separating, giving products a smooth, stable texture over a long shelf life.
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  • Flavour enhancer Flavour enhancers such as monosodium glutamate (E621) strengthen savoury taste without adding a flavour of their own.
  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
  • Modified starch Modified starch is starch altered physically, with enzymes or chemically, so that it thickens, gels or survives freezing and heating better than ordinary starch.

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.

  • Dextrose Dextrose is pure glucose crystallised from starch-derived syrup.
  • Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
  • Glucose syrup Glucose syrup is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
  • Maltodextrin Maltodextrin is a white powder made by partly breaking down starch.
  • Milk proteins Milk proteins are proteins separated from milk, such as caseinates and whey protein concentrates, added to adjust texture or raise protein content.
6 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.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
  • 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 42nd. 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 5053990167739, last edited 26 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.