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Is Waitrose Prawn Crackers ultra-processed?

Prawn crackers Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Waitrose Prawn Crackers

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

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

Whole foods combined with:

  • 9 ingredients
  • 2 additives
  • Nutri-Score D

Less processed 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

tapioca starch, rapeseed oil, sunflower oil, prawns, sugar, salt, garlic, raising agent (sodium bicarbonate)

Additives: E500 Sodium carbonates , E500ii Sodium hydrogen carbonate

As written on the pack

tapioca starch, rapeseed oil, sunflower oil, prawns (crustaceans) (17%), sugar, salt, garlic, raising agent (sodium bicarbonate)

What makes it processed

Culinary ingredients

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.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

Category rules

Open Food Facts puts every product in this category in at least this group.

  • Salty snacks Products in the category "Salty snacks" are at least group 3.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 9 prawn crackers

From least to most processed, this one ranks 5th. 44% of the prawn crackers 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 9 prawn crackers, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5000169611418, last edited 19 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 D (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.