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Is Strong Roots Air Bites ultra-processed?

300g Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Strong Roots Air Bites

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:

  • 24 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score A

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Spinach 48%, Potato Flakes, Sunflower Oil, Potato, Onion, Water, Carrot 3%, Sunflower Seeds, Maize Flour, Maize Starch, Potato Starch, Dried Vegetables (Onion, Tomato, Garlic), Salt, Citrus Fibre, Red Beet, Black Pepper, Produced in a factory that handles wheat, in 6, d06 f2h7, ie c2a 3hn, NET WEIGHT 300ge 4 PP

As written on the pack

Spinach (48%), Potato Flakes, Sunflower Oil, Potato, Diced Onion, Water, Carrot (3%), Sunflower Seeds, Maize Flour, Maize Starch, Potato Starch, Dried Vegetables (Onion Powder, Tomato Powder, Garlic Powder), Salt, Citrus Fibre, Red Beet, Ground Black Pepper. Produced in a factory that handles wheat. in 6, D06 F2H7, IE C2A 3HN, NET WEIGHT 300ge Vegan 4 PP

What makes it ultra-processed

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.

  • Vegetable fiber Isolated plant fibres, such as inulin, oat fibre or bamboo fibre, are extracted industrially and added to change texture or support "source of fibre" claims.
3 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.

  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

How the NOVA groups work

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5391528181865, 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 A (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.