Is Tesco Sour Cream & Chive ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 19 ingredients
- 4 additives
- Nutri-Score D
Less processed crisps
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
Potato, Potato Starch (processing marker), Sunflower Oil (processing marker), Rice Flour, Whey Powder (ultra-processing marker), Buttermilk Powder, Onion, Salt (processing marker), Modified Potato Starch (ultra-processing marker), Sugar (processing marker), Cream, Citric Acid, Parsley, Flavourings (ultra-processing marker), Chive, Paprika Extract (ultra-processing marker), Turmeric Extract (ultra-processing marker), Garlic, Lactic Acid
Additives: E100 Curcumin , E160c Paprika extract , E270 Lactic acid , E330 Citric acid
As written on the pack
Dried Potato, Potato Starch, Sunflower Oil, Rice Flour, Whey Powder (Milk), Buttermilk Powder (Milk), Onion Powder, Salt, Modified Potato Starch, Sugar, Dried Cream (Milk), Citric Acid, Parsley, Flavourings, Chive, Paprika Extract, Turmeric Extract, Garlic Powder, Lactic Acid.
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.
- E100 Curcumin Colours are substances which add or restore colour in a food, and include natural constituents of foods and natural sources which are normally not consumed as foods as such and not normally used as characteristic ingredients of food.
- E160c Paprika extract Paprika extract is a red-orange colour extracted from paprika peppers.
- Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
- Modified starch Modified starch is starch altered physically, with enzymes or chemically, so that it thickens, gels or survives freezing and heating better than ordinary starch.
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.
- Whey Whey is the liquid left over from cheese making, usually dried into a powder and used as a cheap source of milk solids, protein and lactose.
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.
- Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
- Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
- Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
Among 1,471 crisps
From least to most processed, this one ranks 1185th. 64% of the crisps here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5057373869647, 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.