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Is Pringles SIZZL'N SPICY Mexican Chilli & Lime Flavour ultra-processed?

180g Stacked extruded potato crisps Sold in the United Kingdom and Germany

Pack of Pringles SIZZL'N SPICY Mexican Chilli & Lime 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:

  • 37 ingredients
  • 5 additives
  • Nutri-Score E

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

Rice flour, vegetable oils (sunflower vegetable oils, palm vegetable oils), corn) in varying proportions, potatoes, corn flour, maltodextrin, chilli, lime flavour seasoning (sugar, whey permeate powder, spices (smoked paprika, garlic, onion, cumin, paprika, black pepper, cayenne pepper), maltodextrin, salt, flavourings, acidity regulators (sodium diacetate, citric acid), buttermilk powder, tomato, rapeseed oil, colour (paprika extract), smoke flavourings), emulsifier (e471), modified rice starch, wheat flour, salt

Additives: E160c Paprika extract , E262 Sodium acetates , E262ii Sodium diacetate , E330 Citric acid , E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids

As written on the pack

Rice flour, vegetable oils (sunflower, palm, corn) in varying proportions, dehydrated potatoes, corn flour, maltodextrin, chilli & lime flavour seasoning (sugar, whey permeate powder (milk), spices (smoked paprika, garlic, onion, - cumin, paprika, black pepper, cayenne pepper), maltodextrin, salt, flavourings, acidity regulators (sodium diacetate, citric acid), buttermilk powder (milk), tomato powder, rapeseed oil, colour (paprika extract), smoke flavourings), emulsifier (E471), modified rice starch, wheat flour, salt.

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.

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.

  • 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.
5 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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 48 stacked extruded potato crisps

From least to most processed, this one ranks 22nd. 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 5053990173150, last edited 25 July 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 E (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.