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Is Snaktastic Cheese & Chive ultra-processed?

150 g Appetizers Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Snaktastic Cheese & Chive

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:

  • 21 ingredients
  • 3 additives
  • Nutri-Score D

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Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

potato starch, potato, high oleic sunflower oil 27%, cheese, chive flavour seasoning (whey, sugar, dried onion, yeast, potassium chloride, salt, cheese, dried garlic, parsley, acidity regulator (citric acid), flavouring), salt, colours (paprika extract), curcumin

Additives: E100 Curcumin , E160c Paprika extract , E330 Citric acid

As written on the pack

potato starch, dried potato, 27% high oleic sunflower oil, cheese and chive flavour seasoning (dried whey (milk), sugar, dried onion, dried yeast extract, potassium chloride, salt, dried cheese (milk), dried garlic, parsley, acidity regulator: citric acid, flavouring), salt, colours: paprika extract, curcumin, allergy advice for allergens, see ingredients in bold, may also contain cereals containing gluten

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.
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.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
  • 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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 2,498 appetizers

From least to most processed, this one ranks 2059th. 64% of the appetizers 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 2,498 appetizers, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 20376680, 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.