Is Pringles Sour Cream & Onion ultra-processed?

Stacked extruded potato crisps Sold in the United Kingdom

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Dextrose
Flavouring
Glucose
Invert sugar
Maltodextrin
Whey
and 4 more

37 ingredients
7 additives
Nutri-Score C

Less processed stacked extruded potato crisps

Classic Original Potato Crisps The Good Crisp Company 7 ingredients · no additives NOVA group 3
Sour Cream & Onion Potato Crisps The Good Crisp Company 19 ingredients · 2 additives NOVA group 3

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, vegetable oil (processing marker) (corn, cottonseed, high oleic soybean, and SUNFLOWER OIL), degerminated yellow corn flour, cornstarch (processing marker), rice flour, maltodextrin (ultra-processing marker), mono- and DIGLYCERIDES (ultra-processing marker), CONTAINS 2% and LESS OF SALT, whey (ultra-processing marker), sour cream (cream, nonfat milk, cultures), monosodium glutamate (ultra-processing marker), onion, coconut oil (processing marker), dextrose (ultra-processing marker), sugar (processing marker), natural flavors (ultra-processing marker), nonfat milk, citric acid, sodium caseinate, lactic acid, yeast extract, disodium inosinate (ultra-processing marker), disodium guanylate (ultra-processing marker), buttermilk, malic acid, invert sugar (ultra-processing marker), nonfat milk, cream, wheat starch (processing marker), ingredients

Additives: E270 Lactic acid , E296 Malic acid , E330 Citric acid , E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids , E621 Monosodium glutamate , E627 Disodium guanylate , E631 Disodium inosinate

As written on the pack

DRIED POTATOES, VEGETABLE OIL (CORN, COTTONSEED, HIGH OLEIC SOYBEAN, AND/OR SUNFLOWER OIL), DEGERMINATED YELLOW CORN FLOUR, CORNSTARCH, RICE FLOUR, MALTODEXTRIN, MONO - AND DIGLYCERIDES. CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF SALT, WHEY, SOUR CREAM (CREAM, NONFAT MILK, CULTURES), MONOSODIUM GLUTAMATE, ONION POWDER, COCONUT OIL, DEXTROSE, SUGAR, NATURAL FLAVORS, NONFAT MILK, CITRIC ACID, SODIUM CASEINATE, LACTIC ACID, YEAST EXTRACT, DISODIUM INOSINATE, DISODIUM GUANYLATE, BUTTERMILK, MALIC ACID, INVERT SUGAR, CULTURED NONFAT MILK, CREAM, WHEAT STARCH. CONTAINS MILK AND WHEAT 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.

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.
E627 Disodium guanylate Disodium guanylate is a flavour enhancer usually used together with MSG.
E631 Disodium inosinate Disodium inosinate is a flavour enhancer usually used together with MSG.
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.

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.
Invert sugar Invert sugar is ordinary sugar split into glucose and fructose with acid or enzymes.
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.
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 28th. 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 5053990179060, last edited 11 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 C (from A, best, to E).
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.