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Is Turtle Chips Snack Seaweed ORION ultra-processed?

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Pack of Turtle Chips Snack Seaweed ORION

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:

  • 23 ingredients
  • 6 additives
  • Nutri-Score E

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

turtle chips pellet (corn snack mix, maize flour, vegetable oil, sodium bicarbonate, salt), vegetable oil, seaweed seasoning (seaweed flavor powder, sugar, monosodium l-glutamate, laver, japanese soy sauce powder, processed salt, kelp, amino base, aonori flavor, calcium phosphate, silicon dioxide disodium 5'-ribonucleotide, grill flavor, roasted laver flavor, aspartame, high fat powder-80j)

Additives: E341 Calcium phosphates , E500 Sodium carbonates , E500ii Sodium hydrogen carbonate , E621 Monosodium glutamate , E635 Disodium 5'-ribonucleotide , E951 Aspartame

Also detected, but not matched to one ingredient: E635 Disodium 5'-ribonucleotide.

As written on the pack

TURTLE CHIPS PELLET (CORN SNACK MIX, MAIZE FLOUR, VEGETABLE OIL, SODIUM BICARBONATE, SALT), VEGETABLE OIL, SEAWEED SEASONING(SEAWEED FLAVOR POWDER, SUGAR, MONOSODIUM L-GLUTAMATE, LAVER POWDER, JAPANESE SOY SAUCE POWDER, PROCESSED SALT, KELP EXTRACT POWDER, AMINO BASE, AONORI FLAVOR, CALCIUM PHOSPHATE, SILICON DIOXIDE DISODIUM 5'-RIBONUCLEOTIDE, GRILL FLAVOR, ROASTED LAVER FLAVOR, ASPARTAME, HIGH FAT POWDER-80J)

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.

  • E621 Monosodium glutamate Monosodium glutamate (MSG) is the sodium salt of glutamic acid, made by fermentation and used to strengthen savoury taste.
  • E635 Disodium 5'-ribonucleotide A food additive authorised for industrial food production.
  • E951 Aspartame Aspartame is a synthetic sweetener about 200 times sweeter than sugar, used in diet drinks and sugar-free products.
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.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
  • 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 8801117990404, last edited 24 November 2024), 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 E (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.