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Is Sainsbury's Paprika Lentil triangles ultra-processed?

85g Lentil crisps Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Sainsbury's Paprika Lentil triangles

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:

  • 19 ingredients
  • 2 additives
  • Nutri-Score D

Less processed lentil 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

Lentil Flour, Rapeseed Oil, Potato Starch, Cornflour, Modified Potato Starch, Sugar, Salt, Yeast Extract Powder, Rice Flour, Onion Powder, Paprika, Tomato Powder, Citric Acid, Red Bell Pepper, Paprika Extract, Cayenne Pepper, Smoked Paprika, Flavourings, Smoked Salt

Additives: E160c Paprika extract , E330 Citric acid

As written on the pack

Lentil Flour, Rapeseed Oil, Potato Starch, Cornflour, Modified Potato Starch, Sugar, Salt, Yeast Extract Powder, Rice Flour, Onion Powder, Paprika, Tomato Powder, Acid: Citric Acid; Red Bell Pepper, Paprika Extract, Cayenne Pepper, Smoked Paprika, Flavourings, Smoked Salt

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.
  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
  • Modified starch Modified starch is starch altered physically, with enzymes or chemically, so that it thickens, gels or survives freezing and heating better than ordinary starch.
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.
  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 13 lentil crisps

From least to most processed, this one ranks 10th. 77% of the lentil 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 13 lentil crisps, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 00517874, last edited 19 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.