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Is Siete Queso Potato Chips ultra-processed?

Potato crisps Sold in the United States

Pack of Siete Queso Potato Chips

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:

  • 16 ingredients
  • 2 additives

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

potatoes, avocado oil, nutritional yeast, sea salt, garlic, onion, tomato, dates, beet powder, red chile, serrano powder, paprika, annatto, porcini mushroom, citric acid, lactic acid

Additives: E270 Lactic acid , E330 Citric acid

As written on the pack

potatoes, avocado oil, nutritional yeast, sea salt, garlic powder, onion powder, tomato powder, ground dates, beet powder, red chile powder, serrano powder, paprika, annatto powder, porcini mushroom powder, citric acid, lactic acid,

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.
  • 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 197th. 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 0853986008092, last edited 18 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.