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Is Quest Tortilla Style Protein Chips Hot & Spicy ultra-processed?

32g Crisps Sold in the United States

Pack of Quest Tortilla Style Protein Chips Hot & Spicy

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:

  • 50 ingredients
  • 6 additives
  • Nutri-Score D

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

vitamin D 0mcg 0% Calcium 180mg 10% Iron, Potassium 50mg 2% * The % Daily Value (DV), tells you how much a nutrient in a se ving of food contributes to a daily diet 2‚000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice PROTEIN BLEND (milk protein isolate, whey protein isolate), vegetable oil (sunflower, canola, and SOYBEAN OIL), calcium caseinate, corn starch, natural flavors, whey powder, psyllium husk, soluble corn fiber contains less than 2% of the following (salt), buttermilk powder, lecithin (sunflower, canola, and SOY LECITHIN), calcium carbonate, yeast extract, citric acid, tomato, onion, red 40 lake, turmeric oleoresin (color), chia seed, hot sauce (aged cayenne red peppers, vinegar, salt, garlic), cheddar cheese powder (cultured milk, salt, enzymes), garlic, yellow 6 lake, yellow 5 lake, enzyme, cheddar cheese, processed in a facility that also processes wheat distributed by quest nutrition, llc el segundo, ca 90245 el segundo, ca 90245 8-272-0601, questnutritioncom

Additives: E102 Tartrazine , E110 Sunset yellow FCF , E129 Allura red , E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin , E330 Citric acid

As written on the pack

Vit D 0mcg 0% Calcium 180mg 10% Iron 03mg 2% • Potassium 50mg 2% * The % Daily Value (DV) tells you how much a nutrient in a se ving of food contributes to a daily diet 2,000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice PROTEIN BLEND (MILK PROTEIN ISOLATE, WHEY PROTEIN ISOLATE), VEGETABLE OIL (SUNFLOWER, CANOLA, AND/OR SOYBEAN OIL), CALCIUM CASEINATE, CORN STARCH, NATURAL FLAVORS, WHEY POWDER, PSYLLIUM HUSK, SOLUBLE CORN FIBER CONTAINS LESS THAN 2% OF THE FOLLOWING: SALT, BUTTERMILK POWDER, LECITHIN (SUNFLOWER, CANOLA, AND/OR SOY LECITHIN), CALCIUM CARBONATE, YEAST EXTRACT, CITRIC ACID, TOMATO POWDER, ONION POWDER, RED 40 LAKE, TURMERIC OLEORESIN (COLOR), CHIA SEED, HOT SAUCE (AGED CAYENNE RED PEPPERS, VINEGAR, SALT, GARLIC), CHEDDAR CHEESE POWDER (CULTURED MILK, SALT, ENZYMES), GARLIC POWDER, YELLOW 6 LAKE, YELLOW 5 LAKE, ENZYME MODIFIED, CHEDDAR CHEESE, STEVIA SWEETENER CONTAINS: MILK, SOY PROCESSED IN A FACILITY THAT ALSO PROCESSES WHEAT DISTRIBUTED BY QUEST NUTRITION, LLC EL SEGUNDO, CA 90245 EL SEGUNDO, CA 90245 8-272-0601 • QUESTNUTRITIONCOM

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).
  • E322 Lecithins Lecithins are fatty substances extracted mostly from soybeans, sunflower seeds or eggs, used as emulsifiers to keep fat and water mixed, for example in chocolate.
  • 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.

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.

  • Milk proteins Milk proteins are proteins separated from milk, such as caseinates and whey protein concentrates, added to adjust texture or raise protein content.
  • 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.
  • Vegetable fiber Isolated plant fibres, such as inulin, oat fibre or bamboo fibre, are extracted industrially and added to change texture or support "source of fibre" claims.
  • Enzyme Enzymes carry out traditional processes such as cheese making and baking.
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.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
  • Sauce A prepared sauce used as an ingredient.
  • Cheese Cheese is milk preserved with salt, cultures and rennet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 1,471 crisps

From least to most processed, this one ranks 1405th. 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 0888849013555, last edited 21 June 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.