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Is Snackrite Cheese Curls ultra-processed?

10 x 15 g Puffed salty snacks Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Snackrite Cheese Curls

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:

  • 24 ingredients
  • No additives

Less processed puffed salty snacks

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

vegetable oils (rapeseed oil, sunflower oil), potato flour, wheat flour, maize flour, wy powder, wheat flour, wheat flour, calcium carbonate, iron, niacin, thiamin glucose, spices (paprika, turmeric, white pepper), sugar, onion, yeast extract se powder, buttermilk powder, flavouring, colour (paprika tract llergy advice)

As written on the pack

vegetable oils (rapeseed oil, sunflower oil), potato flour, wheat flour, maize flour, wy powder (milk), wheat flour (wheat flour, calcium carbonate, iron, niacin, thiamin glucose, spices (paprika, turmeric, white pepper), sugar, onion powder, yeast extract se powder (milk), buttermilk powder, flavouring (contains milk), colour: paprika tract llergy advice:

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.

  • Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.
  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
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.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 90 puffed salty snacks

From least to most processed, this one ranks 34th. 77% of the puffed salty snacks 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 90 puffed salty snacks, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4088600272474, last edited 10 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.
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.