Is Snackrite Pop Outs Sour Cream & Onion ultra-processed?

5 x 17 g Puffed salty snacks made from potato Sold in the United Kingdom

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Flavouring
Whey

21 ingredients
3 additives

Less processed puffed salty snacks made from potato

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

Potato, Rice Flour, Rapeseed Oil, Potato Starch (processing marker), Sugar (processing marker), Corn Flour, Com Starch, Onion, Salt (processing marker), Whey Powder (ultra-processing marker), Potassium Chloride, Acidity Regulators (Citric Acid), Potassium Citrate, Acid (Citric Acid), Flavouring (ultra-processing marker), Garlic, Sour Cream, Yeast Extract Powder, Parsley

Additives: E330 Citric acid , E332 Potassium citrates , E332ii Tripotassium citrate

As written on the pack

Dehydrated Potato, Rice Flour, Rapeseed Oil, Potato Starch, Sugar, Corn Flour, Com Starch, Onion Powder, Salt, Whey Powder (Milk), Potassium Chloride, Acidity Regulators: Citric Acid, Potassium Citrate; Acid: Citric Acid; Flavouring (contains Milk), Garlic Powder, Sour Cream Powder (Milk), Yeast Extract Powder, Parsley. ALLERGY 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.

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.

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.

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 28 puffed salty snacks made from potato

From least to most processed, this one ranks 11th. 86% of the puffed salty snacks made from potato 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 28 puffed salty snacks made from potato, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4088600565361, last edited 31 May 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.