Is Tesco Tortilla chips hot chili flavour 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
- 1 additive
- Nutri-Score C
Less processed corn chips
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
maize, sunflower oil (processing marker), sugar (processing marker), rice flour, flavouring (ultra-processing marker), yeast extract powder, salt (processing marker), onion, paprika, tomato, spirit vinegar, cayenne pepper, chilli, garlic, citric acid, pepper extract, colour (ultra-processing marker) (papr inter alia extract), chilli
Additives: E330 Citric acid
As written on the pack
maize. sunflower oil, sugar, rice flour, flavouring, yeast extract powder, salt, onion powder, paprika, tomato powder, spirit vinegar powder, cayenne pepper extract, chilli powder, garlic powder, citric acid, pepper extract, colour (papr ika extract), chilli 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.
- Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.
- Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
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 219th. 46% of the corn chips here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5057545696460, 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 C (from A, best, to E).
- General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.