Is Ruffles Regular Potato Chips ultra-processed?
No, it's a kitchen staple
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
It is pressed or refined from a food and used for cooking, like oil, butter or sugar.
- 3 ingredients
- No additives
Ingredients
specially selected potatoes, vegetable oil, salt
As written on the pack
specially selected potatoes, vegetable oil, salt. gluten-free.
Why it is in group 2
Category rules
Open Food Facts puts every product in this category in at least this group.
- Fats Products in the category "Fats" are at least group 2.
- Salts Products in the category "Salts" are at least group 2.
Among 622 potato crisps
From least to most processed, this one ranks 1st. 66% of the potato crisps here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0060410052761, last edited 1 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.
- General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.