Is The Hain Celestial Group garden Veggie Chips ghosts+Bats Sea Salt ultra-processed?

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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:

  • 12 ingredients
  • No additives

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Potato flour, potato starch (processing marker), salt sugar, tomato paste, spinach powder, turmeric, beetroot powder (color (ultra-processing marker)), canola oil, safflower oil (processing marker), sunflower oil (processing marker), sea salt (processing marker)

As written on the pack

Potato flour, potato starch, salt sugar, tomato paste, spinach powder, turmeric, beetroot powder [color], canola oil and/or safflower oil and/or sunflower oil, sea salt.

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.
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.

  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

How the NOVA groups work

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0829515321840, last edited 26 September 2025), available under the Open Database License. If something is wrong or the recipe has changed, you can correct it there.
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  • 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.