Is Sun Chips Multigrain 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
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NOVA group
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Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
corn, Vegetable oil (processing marker), Whole wheat, Brown rice flour, Whole oat flour, Seasoning (maltodextrin (ultra-processing marker), salt (processing marker), milk ingredients (ultra-processing marker), vegetable oil (processing marker), cheddar cheese (processing marker), onion, potassium chloride, romano cheese (processing marker), yeast extract, paprika, citric acid, garlic, sugar (processing marker), lactic acid, parmesan cheese (processing marker), natural flavour (ultra-processing marker)), Sugar (processing marker)
Additives: E270 Lactic acid , E330 Citric acid
As written on the pack
Whole corn, Vegetable oil, Whole wheat, Brown rice flour, Whole oat flour, Seasoning (maltodextrin, salt, modified milk ingredients, vegetable oil, cheddar cheese, onion powder, potassium chloride, romano cheese, yeast extract, paprika, citric acid, garlic powder, sugar, lactic acid, parmesan cheese, natural flavour), Sugar
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.
- 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.
- Maltodextrin Maltodextrin is a white powder made by partly breaking down starch.
- Milk coating An ingredient mostly produced industrially and rarely used in home kitchens.
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 1,471 crisps
From least to most processed, this one ranks 961st. 64% of the crisps here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0060410053942, last edited 6 June 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.