Is Walkers Cheese Bugles ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 16 ingredients
- 3 additives
- Nutri-Score E
Less processed corn chips
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
Maize, sunflower oil (processing marker), cheese seasoning (whey powder (ultra-processing marker), flavourings (ultra-processing marker), onion, yeast extract, cheese powder (processing marker) (from milk), garlic, colour (ultra-processing marker) (paprika extract (ultra-processing marker))), sugar (processing marker), salt (processing marker), raising agent (sodium bicarbonate)
Additives: E160c Paprika extract , E500 Sodium carbonates , E500ii Sodium hydrogen carbonate
As written on the pack
Maize, sunflower oil, cheese seasoning (whey powder (contains milk), flavourings (contains milk), onion powder, yeast extract, cheese powder (from milk), garlic powder, colour (paprika extract)), sugar, salt, raising agent (sodium bicarbonate)
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.
- E160c Paprika extract Paprika extract is a red-orange colour extracted from paprika peppers.
- Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.
- Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
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.
- Salty snacks Products in the category "Salty snacks" are at least group 3.
- 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.
- Cheese Cheese is milk preserved with salt, cultures and rennet.
Among 359 corn chips
From least to most processed, this one ranks 256th. 46% of the corn chips here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5000328541082, last edited 27 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 E (from A, best, to E).
- General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.