Is it ultra-processed?
Menu

Is Soban Korean Pantry Korean sweet & spicy puffs ultra-processed?

30 g Crisps Sold in Australia

Pack of Soban Korean Pantry Korean sweet & spicy puffs

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:

  • 41 ingredients
  • 5 additives
  • Nutri-Score E

Less processed 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

Potato Starch, Potato, Rice Flour, Salt, Potassium Citrate, Citric Acid, Paprika, Turmeric, Canola Oil, Corn Oil, Soybean Oil, Sunflower Oil, Sugar, Monosodium Glutamate, Gochujang Seasoning (Korean Red Chili Pepper, Salt, Garlic, Onion, Rice, Water, Soybean, Yeast), Vinegar, Tomato, Fructose, Soy Sauce (Salt, Soy, Wheat), Onion, Garlic, Disodium 5'-Ribonucleotide, Cayenne, Aspartame, Black Pepper, Silicon Dioxide, Oleoresin Paprika, Cinnamon Powder, shellfish, and sesame

Additives: E160c Paprika extract , E330 Citric acid , E621 Monosodium glutamate , E635 Disodium 5'-ribonucleotide , E951 Aspartame

As written on the pack

Potato Starch, Dehydrated Potato, Rice Flour, Salt, Potassium Citrate, Citric Acid, Paprika, Turmeric, Canola Oil, Corn Oil, Soybean Oil, Sunflower Oil, Sugar, Monosodium Glutamate, Gochujang Seasoning (Korean Red Chili Pepper, Salt, Garlic, Onion, Rice, Water, Soybean, Yeast), Vinegar, Tomato, Fructose, Soy Sauce (Salt, Soy, Wheat), Onion, Garlic, Disodium 5'-Ribonucleotide, Cayenne, Aspartame, Black Pepper Powder, Silicon Dioxide, Oleoresin Paprika, Cinnamon Powder. Allergen Information: Contains soy, wheat. May contain traces of eggs, tree nuts, fish, shellfish, and sesame.

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.
  • E621 Monosodium glutamate Monosodium glutamate (MSG) is the sodium salt of glutamic acid, made by fermentation and used to strengthen savoury taste.
  • E635 Disodium 5'-ribonucleotide A food additive authorised for industrial food production.
  • E951 Aspartame Aspartame is a synthetic sweetener about 200 times sweeter than sugar, used in diet drinks and sugar-free products.

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.

  • Fructose Fructose is the sugar found naturally in fruit and honey, but as an ingredient it is refined industrially, mostly from corn starch.
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.
  • Sauce A prepared sauce used as an ingredient.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 1,471 crisps

From least to most processed, this one ranks 1205th. 64% of the 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 1,471 crisps, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0818562022893, last edited 13 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 E (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.