Is Quest Tortilla Style Protein Chips Spicy Sweet Chili ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 22 ingredients
- 4 additives
- Nutri-Score D
Less processed crisps
-
Veggie Straws Made With Avocado Oil
From the Ground Up
11 ingredients · no additives
NOVA group
2
-
Regular Potato Chips
Ruffles
3 ingredients · no additives
NOVA group
2
-
Tortilla Pops Finement Salé
N.a ! Nature Addicts
10 ingredients · no additives
NOVA group
3
-
Organic Tortilla Chips
Kirkland Signature
5 ingredients · no additives
NOVA group
3
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
protein blend, vegetable oil (processing marker), calcium caseinate, corn starch (processing marker), natural flavors (ultra-processing marker), sugar (processing marker), psyllium husk (ultra-processing marker), sunflower cream, onion powder, tomato powder, paprika, spice, garlic powder, chia seed, soluble corn fiber (ultra-processing marker), citric acid, turmeric oleoresin, paprika extract (ultra-processing marker), yeast extract, stevia sweetener, calcium carbonate, lecithin (ultra-processing marker)
Additives: E160c Paprika extract , E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin , E330 Citric acid
As written on the pack
protein blend, vegetable oil, calcium caseinate, corn starch, natural flavors, sugar, psyllium husk, sunflower cream, onion powder, tomato powder, paprika, spice, garlic powder, chia seed, soluble corn fiber, citric acid, turmeric oleoresin, paprika extract, yeast extract, stevia sweetener, calcium carbonate, lecithin
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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
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.
Among 1,471 crisps
From least to most processed, this one ranks 1098th. 64% of the crisps here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0888849011063, last edited 6 September 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.