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:
- 23 ingredients
- 2 additives
- Nutri-Score D
Less processed corn chips
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
Maize Flour, Rapeseed Oil, Buttermilk Powder, Salt (processing marker), Yeast, Whey Powder (ultra-processing marker), Maize Germ, Sugar (processing marker), Garlic, Flavourings (ultra-processing marker), Dextrose (ultra-processing marker), Tomato, Mature Cheddar Cheese (processing marker), Lemon Juice, Acid (Citric Acid), Cayenne Pepper, Colour (ultra-processing marker) (Paprika Extract (ultra-processing marker)), flavourings (ultra-processing marker), preservatives (processing marker), WARNING To avoid danger of suffocation, is wrapper away from and small children
Additives: E160c Paprika extract , E330 Citric acid
As written on the pack
Maize Flour, Rapeseed Oil, Buttermilk Powder, Salt, Dried Yeast Extract, Whey Powder (Milk), Maize Germ, Sugar, Garlic Powder, Flavourings (contains Milk), Dextrose, Tomato Powder, Mature Cheddar Cheese Powder (Milk), Lemon Juice Powder, Acid: Citric Acid; Ground Cayenne Pepper, Colour: Paprika Extract. ALLERGY ADVICE: For allergens, see ingredients in bold. DIETARY ADVICE: Suitable for vegetarians. No artificial colours, flavourings or preservatives. WARNING To avoid danger of suffocation, is wrapper away from and small children.
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.
- Dextrose Dextrose is pure glucose crystallised from starch-derived syrup.
- Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
- 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.
- Preservative Preservatives slow spoilage by microbes.
- Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
- Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
- Cheese Cheese is milk preserved with salt, cultures and rennet.
Among 359 corn chips
From least to most processed, this one ranks 283rd. 46% of the corn chips here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4088600067605, 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.