Is Uncle Chipps Potato chips (Spicy Treat flavour)20rs ultra-processed?

52 g Potato crisps Sold in the United States, Canada and India

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Colour
Flavour enhancer
Flavouring
Maltodextrin
Modified starch
E1450 Starch sodium octenyl succinate
and 6 more

33 ingredients
10 additives
Nutri-Score E

Less processed potato crisps

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

Potato, Edible Vegetable Oil (processing marker) (Palmolein), Seasoning, Sugar (processing marker), lodised Salt, ~Spices, Condiments, Acidity Regulators (330, 334, 296), Maltodextrin (ultra-processing marker), Edible Starch (processing marker), Salt Substitute (Potassium Chloride), Milk, Anticaking Agents (processing marker) (551, 470), Flavour Enhancers (ultra-processing marker) (631, 627), Color (ultra-processing marker) (150d), Flavour (ultra-processing marker) (Flavouring (Natural Flavouring, Nature Identical Flavouring), Substances), Modified Starch (ultra-processing marker) (1450), As flavouring agent

Additives: E1450 Starch sodium octenyl succinate , E14XX Modified Starch , E150d Sulphite ammonia caramel , E296 Malic acid , E330 Citric acid , E334 L(+)-tartaric acid , E470 Sodium/potassium/calcium and magnesium salts of fatty acids , E551 Silicon dioxide , E627 Disodium guanylate , E631 Disodium inosinate

Also detected, but not matched to one ingredient: E1450 Starch sodium octenyl succinate, E150d Sulphite ammonia caramel, E470 Sodium/potassium/calcium and magnesium salts of fatty acids, E551 Silicon dioxide, E627 Disodium guanylate, E631 Disodium inosinate.

As written on the pack

Potato, Edible Vegetable Oil (Palmolein), *Seasoning (Sugar, lodised Salt, ~Spices and Condiments, Acidity Regulators (330, 334, 296), Maltodextrin, Edible Starch, Salt Substitute (Potassium Chloride), Milk Solids, Anticaking Agents (551, 470), Flavour Enhancers (631, 627), Color (150d), Flavour (Natural and Nature Identical Flavouring Substances), Modified Starch (1450)). *As flavouring agent. ~Contains Onion ALLERGEN ADVICE: Contains Milk

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.

E1450 Starch sodium octenyl succinate Emulsifiers are substances which make it possible to form or maintain a homogenous mixture of two or more immiscible phases such as oil and water in a foodstuff.
E14xx Modified Starch Modified starches (E1400 to E1452) are starches treated physically, with enzymes or chemically so that they thicken and hold up to heating, freezing or acidity better than ordinary starch.
E150d Sulphite ammonia caramel Sulphite ammonia caramel is the dark brown colour in colas and many sauces, made by heating sugars with sulphite and ammonia compounds.
E470 Sodium/potassium/calcium and magnesium salts of fatty acids A food additive authorised for industrial food production.
E551 Silicon dioxide A food additive used to dissolve, dilute, disperse or otherwise physically modify a food additive or nutrient without altering its function -and without exerting any technological effect itself- in order to facilitate its handling, application or use of the food additive or nutrient.
E627 Disodium guanylate Disodium guanylate is a flavour enhancer usually used together with MSG.

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E631 Disodium inosinate Disodium inosinate is a flavour enhancer usually used together with MSG.
Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.
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.
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.

Maltodextrin Maltodextrin is a white powder made by partly breaking down starch.

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.
Anti-caking agent Anti-caking agents are substances which reduce the tendency of individual particles of a foodstuff to adhere to one another.
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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 622 potato crisps

From least to most processed, this one ranks 618th. 66% of the potato crisps 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 622 potato crisps, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 8901491435109, last edited 17 July 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 E (from A, best, to E).
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.