Is Valley Spire (Lidl) Cheese dip met broodsticka ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 22 ingredients
- 3 additives
- Nutri-Score D
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
Cheese Dip 70% (Water, Cheese (processing marker) 37%, Skimmed Milk Powder (processing marker), Emulsifying Salts (Triphosphates (ultra-processing marker)), Polyphosphates (ultra-processing marker), Calcium Citrates, Whey Powder (ultra-processing marker), Fructo-oligiosaccharides, Thickener (ultra-processing marker) (Modified Maize Starch (ultra-processing marker)), Acid (Citric Acid)), Breadsticks 30% (Wheat Flour, Coconut Oil (processing marker), Barley Malt Extract, Yeast, Salt (processing marker)), including Cereals containing Gluten, St Ke im A P ar W LIDL
Additives: E330 Citric acid , E451 Triphosphates , E452 Polyphosphates
As written on the pack
70% Cheese Dip (Water, 37% Cheese (Milk), Skimmed Milk Powder, Emulsifying Salts: Triphosphates, Polyphosphates, Calcium Citrates; Whey Powder (Milk), Fructo-oligiosaccharides, Thickener: Modified Maize Starch; Acid: Citric Acid), 30% Breadsticks (Wheat Flour, Coconut Oil, Barley Malt Extract, Yeast, Salt). Allergy Advice For allergens, including Cereals containing Gluten, see ingredients in bold. May also contain Mustard, Sesame and Soya. St Ke im A P ar W LIDL
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.
- E451 Triphosphates 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.
- E452 Polyphosphates 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.
- Thickener Thickeners, often gums or modified starches, make liquids more viscous so that a product feels richer than its ingredients alone would make it.
- 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.
- 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.
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.
- 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.
- Cheese Cheese is milk preserved with salt, cultures and rennet.
- Milk powder Milk powder is milk with the water evaporated off: a preserved form of a whole food rather than an industrial extract.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4056489888369, last edited 26 March 2026), available under the Open Database License. If something is wrong or the recipe has changed, you can correct it there.
- 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 D (from A, best, to E).
- General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.