Is Simply Natural by Aldi Black Bean Corn Tortilla Chips, Black Bean Corn ultra-processed?
It's processed, but not ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Whole foods combined with:
- 8 ingredients
- No additives
- Nutri-Score D
Less processed crisps
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
Corn, Vegetable Oil (processing marker) (Sunflower Vegetable Oil, Safflower Vegetable Oil), and Canola, Black Bean, Brown Flax Seed, Sea Salt (processing marker)
As written on the pack
Corn, Expeller Pressed Vegetable Oil (Sunflower, Safflower, And/Or Canola), Black Bean, Brown Flax Seed, Sea Salt.
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.
Among 359 corn chips
From least to most processed, this one ranks 152nd. 46% of the corn chips here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4099100002799, last edited 3 May 2025), 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.