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Is Snackrite Thick Cut Idge Variety ultra-processed?

6 x 25 g Potato crisps Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Snackrite Thick Cut Idge Variety

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:

  • 44 ingredients
  • 2 additives
  • Nutri-Score D

Less processed potato 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

ready salted (Potato), Vegetable Oils (Rapeseed Oil, Sunflower Oil), Salt, salt, malt vinegar flavour (Potato), Vegetable Oils (Rapeseed Oil, Sunflower Oil), Salt, Malt Vinegar Flavour (Spirit Vinegar, Salt Lactose, Maltodextrin, Flavouring, Acid (Citric Acid), Potassi Chloride, Skimmed Milk Powder, Yeast Extract Powder), cheddar cheese, onion flavour (Potato), Vegetable Oils (Rapeseed Oil, Sunflower Oil), Cheddar, Onion Flavour (Whey Permeate Powder, Onion, Salt, Potassium Chloride, Flavouring, Sugar, Buttermilk Powder, Yeast Extract, Parsley, Acid (Citric Acid), Colour (Paprika Extract))

Additives: E160c Paprika extract , E330 Citric acid

As written on the pack

READY SALTED: Potato, Vegetable Oils (Rapeseed Oil, Sunflower Oil), Salt. SALT AND MALT VINEGAR FLAVOUR: Potato, Vegetable Oils (Rapeseed Oil, Sunflower Oil), Salt and Malt Vinegar Flavour (Spirit Vinegar, Salt Lactose (Milk), Maltodextrin, Flavouring, Acid: Citric Acid; Potassi Chloride, Skimmed Milk Powder, Yeast Extract Powder). CHEDDAR CHEESE AND ONION FLAVOUR: Potato, Vegetable Oils (Rapeseed Oil, Sunflower Oil), Cheddar and Onion Flavour (Whey Permeate Powder (Milk), Onion Powder, Salt, Potassium Chloride, Flavouring (contains Milk), Sugar, Buttermilk Powder, Yeast Extract, Parsley, Acid: Citric Acid; Colour: Paprika Extract). 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.

  • E160c Paprika extract Paprika extract is a red-orange colour extracted from paprika peppers.
  • 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.

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.

  • Maltodextrin Maltodextrin is a white powder made by partly breaking down starch.
  • 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.
6 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.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
  • Cheese Cheese is milk preserved with salt, cultures and rennet.
  • Milk powder Milk powder is milk with the water evaporated off: a preserved form of a whole food rather than an industrial extract.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 622 potato crisps

From least to most processed, this one ranks 526th. 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 4061459764307, last edited 21 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.
  • 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.