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Is Quaker Buttermilk Ranch Rice Crisps ultra-processed?

Crisps Sold in the United States

Pack of Quaker Buttermilk Ranch Rice Crisps

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:

  • 33 ingredients
  • 17 additives
  • Nutri-Score E

Less processed 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

brown rice flour, degerminated milled corn, sunflower oil, salt, buttermilk powder, corn maltodextrin, palm oil, tomato, corn syrup solids, dextrose, onion, monosodium glutamate, garlic, sugar, citric acid, whey, spices, dipotassium phosphate, malic acid, sodium acetate, natural flavor, sodium diacetate, mono- and diglycerides, tocopherols (preservative), gum arabic, disodium phosphate, tricalcium phosphate, yellow 5 lake, disodium inosinate, disodium guanylate, red 40 lake, yellow 6 lake

Additives: E102 Tartrazine , E110 Sunset yellow FCF , E129 Allura red , E262 Sodium acetates , E262i Sodium acetate , E262ii Sodium diacetate , E296 Malic acid , E306 Tocopherol-rich extract , E330 Citric acid , E339ii Disodium phosphate , E340 Potassium phosphates , E340ii Dipotassium phosphate , E414 Acacia gum , E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids , E621 Monosodium glutamate , E627 Disodium guanylate , E631 Disodium inosinate

As written on the pack

Whole grain brown rice flour, degerminated milled corn, sunflower oil, salt, buttermilk powder, corn maltodextrin, palm oil, tomato powder, corn syrup solids, dextrose, onion powder, monosodium glutamate, garlic powder, sugar, citric acid, dry whey, spices, dipotassium phosphate, malic acid, sodium acetate, natural flavor, sodium diacetate, mono and diglycerides, tocopherols (preservative), gum arabic, disodium phosphate, tricalcium phosphate, yellow 5 lake, disodium inosinate, disodium guanylate, red 40 lake, yellow 6 lake.

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.

  • E102 Tartrazine Tartrazine is a synthetic yellow azo dye (FD&C Yellow No. 5 in the US).
  • E110 Sunset yellow FCF Sunset yellow FCF is a synthetic orange azo dye (FD&C Yellow No. 6 in the US).
  • E129 Allura red Allura red AC is a synthetic red azo dye (FD&C Red No. 40 in the US).
  • E414 Acacia gum Gum arabic (acacia gum) is the hardened sap of acacia trees, used to stabilise flavour emulsions in soft drinks and to coat sweets.
  • 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.
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  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Preservative Preservatives slow spoilage by microbes.
  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • 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 1,471 crisps

From least to most processed, this one ranks 1454th. 64% of the 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 1,471 crisps, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0030000169544, last edited 29 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 E (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.