Is Tayto Sweet & Salted popcorn ultra-processed?
It's processed, but not ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Whole foods combined with:
- 7 ingredients
- No additives
- Nutri-Score D
Less processed sweet snacks
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
Popped Whole Maize 56%, Sugar (processing marker), Vegetable Oils (processing marker) (Rapeseed, Sunflower), Sea Salt (processing marker), High in Fibre
As written on the pack
Popped Whole Maize (56%), Sugar, Vegetable Oils (Rapeseed; Sunflower) in varying proportions; Sea Salt. ALLERGY ADVICE Suitable for Vegans. High in Fibre.
What makes it processed
Culinary ingredients
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.
- Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
- Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
Category rules
Open Food Facts puts every product in this category in at least this group.
- Sweet snacks Products in the category "Sweet snacks" are at least group 3.
Among 16 sugared popcorn
From least to most processed, this one ranks 4th. 75% of the sugared popcorn here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5012159035029, 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 D (from A, best, to E).
- General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.