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Is Sainsburys Mexican Style Corn Fitters ultra-processed?

150g Salty fritters Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Sainsburys Mexican Style Corn Fitters

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:

  • 27 ingredients
  • 4 additives
  • Nutri-Score A

Less processed salty fritters

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

Sweetcorn 66%, Red Pepper, Gram Flour, Fortified Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Jalapeño Peppers 6%, Rapeseed Oil, Onion, Egg, Cornflour, Garlic Purée, Coriander, Red Chilli Purée, Sugar, Smoked Paprika, Sea Salt, Raising Agents (Disodium Diphosphate), Sodium Bicarbonate, Salt, Rice Flour, Chipotle Chilli, including cereals containing gluten

Additives: E450 Diphosphates , E450i Disodium diphosphate , E500 Sodium carbonates , E500ii Sodium hydrogen carbonate

As written on the pack

Sweetcorn (66%), Red Pepper, Gram Flour, Fortified Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Jalapeño Peppers (6%), Rapeseed Oil, Onion, Pasteurised Egg, Cornflour, Garlic Purée, Coriander, Red Chilli Purée, Sugar, Smoked Paprika, Sea Salt, Raising Agents: Disodium Diphosphate, Sodium Bicarbonate; Salt, Rice Flour, Chipotle Chilli Powder. Allergy advice: For allergens, including cereals containing gluten, see ingredients in bold.

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.

  • E450 Diphosphates Diphosphates are phosphate salts used as raising agents in baking powder, and to hold water in processed meats and cheese.
3 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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 8 salty fritters

From least to most processed, this one ranks 8th. 63% of the salty fritters 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 8 salty fritters, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5063334001216, last edited 27 March 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 A (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.