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Is Seabrook Loaded rings ultra-processed?

16g Crisps Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Seabrook Loaded rings

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:

  • 23 ingredients
  • 6 additives
  • 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

Maize 66%, Rapeseed Oil, Sour Cream, Onion Seasoning, Whey Powder (milk, Onion, Dextrose, Sugar, Salt, Unmodified Potato Starch, Sour Cream, Flavourings, Acid (Citric Acid), Malic Acid, Lactic Acid, Calcium Lactate, Yeast Extract, Parsley), Firming Agent (Calcium Carbonate), Please dispose of this packet responsibl

Additives: E170 Calcium carbonates , E170i Calcium carbonate , E270 Lactic acid , E296 Malic acid , E327 Calcium lactate , E330 Citric acid

As written on the pack

Maize (66%), Rapeseed Oil, Sour Cream and Onion Seasoning (Whey Powder (MILK, Onion Powder, Dextrose, Sugar, Salt, Unmodified Potato Starch, Sour Cream Powder (MILK), Flavourings (MILK), Acid: Citric Acid, Malic Acid, Lactic Acid, Calcium Lactate; Yeast Extract, Parsley), Firming Agent: Calcium Carbonate. ALLERGENS: Contains MILK. May contain Soya and Sulphites. Please dispose of this packet responsibl

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.

  • E170 Calcium carbonates Calcium carbonate is chalk.
  • E327 Calcium lactate Thickeners are substances which increase the viscosity of a foodstuff.
  • Firming agent Firming agents keep fruit and vegetable tissue crisp or firm through processing and storage.
  • 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.

  • Dextrose Dextrose is pure glucose crystallised from starch-derived syrup.
  • Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
  • Whey Whey is the liquid left over from cheese making, usually dried into a powder and used as a cheap source of milk solids, protein and lactose.
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 1,471 crisps

From least to most processed, this one ranks 1336th. 64% of the 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 1,471 crisps, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5016451412588, last edited 26 June 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.