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Is Tesco Tortilla Chips, Sour Cream And Zingy Lime ultra-processed?

Corn chips Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Tesco Tortilla Chips, Sour Cream And Zingy Lime

Yes, it's ultra-processed

  1. 1 Unprocessed
  2. 2 Kitchen staple
  3. 3 Processed
  4. 4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

  • 21 ingredients
  • 2 additives
  • Nutri-Score B

Less processed corn chips

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

maize flour, rapeseed oil, chickpea flour 13%, black beans 3.5%, red kidney beans 3.5%, whey powder, sugar, salt, soured cream, citric acid, onion, flavour enhancer (potassium chloride), lime juice, garlic, coriander, yeast extract powder, cumin, lime oil, flavouring, vsuitable for storage

Additives: E330 Citric acid , E508 Potassium chloride

As written on the pack

maize flour, rapeseed oil, chickpea flour (13%), black beans (3.5%), red kidney beans (3.5%), whey powder (milk), sugar, salt, soured cream (milk), citric acid, onion powder, flavour enhancer (potassium chloride), concentrated lime juice, garlic powder, coriander, yeast extract powder, cumin, lime oil, flavouring (contains milk). allergy advice for allergens, see ingredients in bold. vsuitable for vegetarians storage

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.

  • Flavour enhancer Flavour enhancers such as monosodium glutamate (E621) strengthen savoury taste without adding a flavour of their own.
  • 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.

  • 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.
3 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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 359 corn chips

From least to most processed, this one ranks 242nd. 46% of the corn chips 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 359 corn chips, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5059697743474, 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 B (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.