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Is Quaker Jalapeño Cheddar Rice Crisps ultra-processed?

14 g Appetizers Sold in the United States

Pack of Quaker Jalapeño Cheddar 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:

  • 25 ingredients
  • 2 additives
  • Nutri-Score D

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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, corn grits, vegetable oil (canola, sunflower oil), corn todextrin, salt, potassium salt, natural flavors, jalapeño pepper, onion, dairy cheese (milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), yeast extract, sugar, garlic, vinegar, buttermilk, paprika extract (color), annatto, tocopherols

Additives: E160c Paprika extract , E306 Tocopherol-rich extract

As written on the pack

Whole grain brown rice flour, corn grits, vegetable oil (canola and/or sunflower oil), corn todextrin, salt, potassium salt, natural flavors, jalapeño pepper, onion powder, dairy cheese (milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), yeast extract, sugar, garlic powder, vinegar, skim buttermilk, paprika extract (color), annatto extract, tocopherols.

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.
  • Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.
  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
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.
  • 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 2,497 appetizers

From least to most processed, this one ranks 1705th. 64% of the appetizers 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 2,497 appetizers, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0030000578988, last edited 16 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 D (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.