Is Snackrite tortilla chips ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 19 ingredients
- 4 additives
- Nutri-Score D
Less processed corn chips
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
maize flour, high oleic sunflower oil (processing marker), cheese powder (processing marker), salt (processing marker), maize germ, sugar (processing marker), whey powder (ultra-processing marker), yeast extract, buttermilk powder, onion, acids (citric acid), lactic acid, paprika, garlic, flavouring (ultra-processing marker), colour (ultra-processing marker) (paprika extract (ultra-processing marker)), turmeric extract (ultra-processing marker)
Additives: E100 Curcumin , E160c Paprika extract , E270 Lactic acid , E330 Citric acid
As written on the pack
maize flour, high oleic sunflower oil, cheese powder (milk), salt, maize germ, sugar, whey powder (milk), yeast extract, buttermilk powder, onion powder, acids: citric acid, lactic acid (milk), ground paprika, garlic powder, flavouring (contains milk), colour: paprika extract, turmeric extract,
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.
- E100 Curcumin Colours are substances which add or restore colour in a food, and include natural constituents of foods and natural sources which are normally not consumed as foods as such and not normally used as characteristic ingredients of 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.
- 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.
5 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.
Among 359 corn chips
From least to most processed, this one ranks 278th. 46% of the corn chips here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4088600067568, last edited 27 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.
- 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.