Is Tesco Potato Slices ultra-processed?

Potatoes Sold in the United Kingdom

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Dextrose
Glucose
E450 Diphosphates

35 ingredients
2 additives

Less processed potatoes

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

LILLI Potato slices coated in batter, COOKING INSTRUCTIONS Remove all packaging, For best results oven cook, oven 200°c, Fan 180°C, Gas 6 Chilled (1 mins, Pre-heat oven to 200°C, Fan 180°C, Gas 6, Place potato slices on an ovenable tray in the centre of a pre-heated on an Air Fry 180°C Cilik d 15-20 mins, Based on minimum 3.8 litre capacity air fryer, Pre-heat air fryer to 160 C Pthe polo slices in the air fryer, Shake every 10 minutes to ensure even cooking, Leave to stand for minute when cooking smaller portions), reduce cooking time to avoid excess browning, Do not exceed stated cocking temperature and time, CAUTION Do not overfill the air fryer, Important Not suitable for microwave cooking, No suitable for cooking from frozen, Check food is piping hot throughout before serving, All appliances vary, these are guidelines only, GREDIENTS Potato, Rapeseed Oil, Wheat Starch (processing marker), Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate Iron, Niacin Thiamin), Maize Flour, Dextrose (ultra-processing marker), Salt (processing marker), Disodium Diphosphate (ultra-processing marker), Sodium Bicarbote

Additives: E450 Diphosphates , E450i Disodium diphosphate

As written on the pack

LILLI Potato slices coated in batter. COOKING INSTRUCTIONS Remove all packaging. For best results oven cook. OVEN 200°C/Fan 180°C/Gas 6 Chilled: 1 mins. Pre-heat oven to 200°C/Fan 180°C/Gas 6. Place potato slices on an ovenable tray in the centre of a pre-heated on an Air Fry 180°C Cilik d 15-20 mins. Based on minimum 3.8 litre capacity air fryer. Pre-heat air fryer to 160 C Pthe polo slices in the air fryer. Shake every 10 minutes to ensure even cooking. Leave to stand for minute when cooking smaller portions, reduce cooking time to avoid excess browning. Do not exceed stated cocking temperature and time. CAUTION Do not overfill the air fryer. Important Not suitable for microwave cooking. No suitable for cooking from frozen. Check food is piping hot throughout before serving. All appliances vary, these are guidelines only. GREDIENTS Potato, Rapeseed Oil, Wheat Starch, Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate Iron, Niacin Thiamin), Maize Flour, Dextrose Powder, Salt, Raising Agents (Disodium Diphosphate, Sodium Bicarbote). Allergy Advice

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.

E450 Diphosphates Diphosphates are phosphate salts used as raising agents in baking powder, and to hold water in processed meats and cheese.

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.

2 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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 74 potatoes

From least to most processed, this one ranks 69th. 45% of the potatoes 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 74 potatoes, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 03233986, last edited 5 August 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.
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.