Is Walkers worcester sauce french fries ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 20 ingredients
- 5 additives
Less processed potato crisps
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
Potato, Potato Starch (processing marker), Sunflower Oil (processing marker), Worcester Sauce Flavour (Flavourings (ultra-processing marker), Salt (processing marker), Sugar (processing marker), Acid (Citric acid), Fructose (ultra-processing marker), Dried Onion, Dried Garlic, Spices, Cocoa Powder, Yeast extract), Colour (ultra-processing marker) (Paprika Extract (ultra-processing marker), Annatto Norbixin (ultra-processing marker)), Flavour Enhancer (ultra-processing marker) (Monosodium glutamate (ultra-processing marker))
Additives: E160b Annatto , E160bii Annatto norbixin , E160c Paprika extract , E330 Citric acid , E621 Monosodium glutamate
As written on the pack
Potato Granules, Potato Starch, Sunflower Oil, Worcester Sauce Flavour [Flavourings, Salt, Sugar, Acid (Citric acid), Fructose, Dried Onion, Dried Garlic, Spices, Cocoa Powder, Yeast extract], Colour (Paprika Extract, Annatto Norbixin), Flavour Enhancer (Monosodium glutamate). Allergy Advice May contain: Milk, Wheat, Gluten, Barley, Soya.
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.
- E160b Annatto Colours are substances which add or restore colour in a food, and include natural constituents of foods and natural sources which are normally not consumed as foods as such and not normally used as characteristic ingredients of food.
- E160c Paprika extract Paprika extract is a red-orange colour extracted from paprika peppers.
- E621 Monosodium glutamate Monosodium glutamate (MSG) is the sodium salt of glutamic acid, made by fermentation and used to strengthen savoury taste.
- 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.
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.
- Fructose Fructose is the sugar found naturally in fruit and honey, but as an ingredient it is refined industrially, mostly from corn 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.
- 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.
Among 622 potato crisps
From least to most processed, this one ranks 595th. 66% of the potato crisps here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 51000642, 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.
- General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.