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Is Walkers Wotsits ultra-processed?

6X16.5g Potato crisps Sold in the United Kingdom and France

Pack of Walkers Wotsits

Yes, it's ultra-processed

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

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

  • 23 ingredients
  • 5 additives
  • Nutri-Score C

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

Corn, Maize, Rapeseed oil, Cheese flavour whey permeate, Milk, cheese, Milk, Cheese, Milk, Dairy, Milk, Salt, Yeast extract, Potassium chloride, Acid, Lactic acid, Flavour enhancer, Disodium 5'-ribonucleotides, Colours, Annatto norbixin, Paprika extract, Natural flavouring, Milk

Additives: E160b Annatto , E160bii Annatto norbixin , E160c Paprika extract , E270 Lactic acid , E635 Disodium 5'-ribonucleotide

As written on the pack

Corn, Maize, Rapeseed oil, Cheese flavour whey permeate, Milk, Dried cheese, Milk, Cheese solids, Milk, Dairy solids, Milk, Salt, Yeast extract, Potassium chloride, Acid, Lactic acid, Flavour enhancer, Disodium 5'-ribonucleotides, Colours, Annatto norbixin, Paprika extract, Natural flavouring, 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.

  • 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.
  • E635 Disodium 5'-ribonucleotide A food additive authorised for industrial food production.
  • 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.
3 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.
  • Cheese Cheese is milk preserved with salt, cultures and rennet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 622 potato crisps

From least to most processed, this one ranks 583rd. 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 5000328373362, last edited 11 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 C (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.