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Is Rainbow rustika potatischips ultra-processed?

200 g Potato crisps Sold in Finland

Pack of Rainbow rustika potatischips

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

  1. 1 Unprocessed
  2. 2 Kitchen staple
  3. 3 Processed
  4. 4 Ultra-processed

Whole foods combined with:

  • 18 ingredients
  • 1 additive
  • 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

Potatis 70%, solrosolja, kryddblandning (majsmjöl, salt, kryddor (bland annat svartpeppar 0.6%), socker, salt, örter (bland annat gräslök 0.02%), surhetsreglerande medel (e330), kryddextrakt), Förpackad i en skyddande atmosfär, Potatisens ursprungsland anges vid Bäst Före-datumet, Om två länder anges, har en blandning från dessa två länder använts

Additives: E330 Citric acid

As written on the pack

Potatis 70%, solrosolja, kryddblandning (majsmjöl, salt, kryddor (bl.a. svartpeppar 0,6%), socker, salt, örter (bl.a. gräslök 0,02%), surhetsreglerande medel (E 330), kryddextrakt). Förpackad i en skyddande atmosfär. Potatisens ursprungsland anges vid Bäst Före-datumet. Om två länder anges, har en blandning från dessa två länder använts.

What makes it processed

Culinary ingredients

Kitchen staples like sugar, salt and oil. On their own they make a food processed, not ultra-processed.

  • 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.

Category rules

Open Food Facts puts every product in this category in at least this group.

  • Salty snacks Products in the category "Salty snacks" are at least group 3.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 622 potato crisps

From least to most processed, this one ranks 193rd. 66% of the 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 622 potato crisps, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 6415712003470, last edited 25 March 2022), 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.