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Is Sunbites Grain Waves Sour Cream & Chives ultra-processed?

170g Crisps Sold in Australia

Pack of Sunbites Grain Waves Sour Cream & Chives

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:

  • 27 ingredients
  • 5 additives
  • Nutri-Score C

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

cereals 67%, corn 41%, wheat 23%, sunflower oil, canola oil, sugar, rice, maltodextrin, milk powder, salt, mineral (salt, potassium chloride), onion, yeast extract, natural flavour (milk, SOY), food acids (citric acid, lactic acid), chesse powder, hydrolysed vegetable protein, antioxidants, tocopherols, ascorbic acid, rosemary extract

Additives: E270 Lactic acid , E300 Ascorbic acid , E306 Tocopherol-rich extract , E330 Citric acid , E392 Extracts of rosemary

As written on the pack

WHOLEGRAIN CEREALS (67%), CORN (41%), WHEAT (23%), SUNFLOWER OIL AND CANOLA OIL, SUGAR, RICE, MALTODEXTRIN, MILK POWDER, SALT, MINERAL SALT, (POTASSIUM CHLORIDE), ONION POWDER, YEAST EXTRACT, NATURAL FLAVOUR (MILK, SOY), FOOD ACIDS, ( CITRIC ACID, LACTIC ACID), CHESSE POWDER (MILK), HYDROLYSED VEGETABLE PROTEIN, ANTIOXIDANTS (TOCOPHEROLS, ASCORBIC ACID, ROSEMARY EXTRACT.

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.
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.
  • Milk powder Milk powder is milk with the water evaporated off: a preserved form of a whole food rather than an industrial extract.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 1,471 crisps

From least to most processed, this one ranks 867th. 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 9310015248849, last edited 4 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 C (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.