Is Takis Dragon sweet chili ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 27 ingredients
- 7 additives
- Nutri-Score D
Less processed corn chips
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
Corn flour, Vegetable oil (processing marker) (canola, palm), Seasoning (sugars (processing marker) (corn maltodextrin (ultra-processing marker), sugar, dextrose (ultra-processing marker)), salt (processing marker), potassium chloride, hydrolyzed soy protein, acetic acid, citric acid, natural flavour (ultra-processing marker), autolyzed yeast extract, spices, allura red (ultra-processing marker) (colour (ultra-processing marker)), sunset yellow FCF (ultra-processing marker) (colour (ultra-processing marker)), paprika extract (ultra-processing marker), cayenne pepper sauce, disodium inosinate (ultra-processing marker), disodium guanylate (ultra-processing marker), silicon dioxide), Water
Additives: E110 Sunset yellow FCF , E129 Allura red , E160c Paprika extract , E260 Acetic acid , E330 Citric acid , E627 Disodium guanylate , E631 Disodium inosinate
As written on the pack
Corn flour, Vegetable oil (canola and palm), Seasoning [sugars (corn maltodextrin, sugar, dextrose), salt, potassium chloride, hydrolyzed soy protein, acetic acid, citric acid, natural flavour, autolyzed yeast extract, spices, allura red (colour), sunset yellow FCF (colour), paprika extract, cayenne pepper sauce, disodium inosinate, disodium guanylate, silicon dioxide], Water. May contain: Peanuts, Milk, Egg, Wheat, Barley, Sulphites, Mustard, 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.
- E110 Sunset yellow FCF Sunset yellow FCF is a synthetic orange azo dye (FD&C Yellow No. 6 in the US).
- E129 Allura red Allura red AC is a synthetic red azo dye (FD&C Red No. 40 in the US).
- E160c Paprika extract Paprika extract is a red-orange colour extracted from paprika peppers.
- E627 Disodium guanylate Disodium guanylate is a flavour enhancer usually used together with MSG.
- E631 Disodium inosinate Disodium inosinate is a flavour enhancer usually used together with MSG.
- Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.
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- 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.
- Dextrose Dextrose is pure glucose crystallised from starch-derived syrup.
- Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
- Maltodextrin Maltodextrin is a white powder made by partly breaking down starch.
4 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.
Among 359 corn chips
From least to most processed, this one ranks 334th. 46% of the corn chips here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0757528046569, last edited 1 April 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.