Is Walkers Wotsits Crunchy Sweet & Spicy Flamin' Hot flavour corn puffs ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- Colour
- Flavouring
- Fructose
- E150d Sulphite ammonia caramel
- E160c Paprika extract
- E621 Monosodium glutamate
- and 1 more
- 22 ingredients
- 5 additives
- Nutri-Score D
Less processed potato crisps
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
Corn (Maize), Vegetable oil blend (processing marker) (Corn oil, Sunfiower n in varying proportions), Flamin' Hot Flavour, Sugar (processing marker), Flavourings (ultra-processing marker) (contain Wheat), Monosodium glutamate (ultra-processing marker), Disodium 5-ribonucleotide (ultra-processing marker), Fructose (ultra-processing marker), Acidity regulators, Sodium acetates, a Salt (processing marker), Dried onion, Hydrolysed soya protein, Dried garlic, Soya sauce pow, Colours (ultra-processing marker), Paprika extract (ultra-processing marker), Sulphite ammonia caramel (ultra-processing marker)
Additives: E150d Sulphite ammonia caramel , E160c Paprika extract , E262 Sodium acetates , E621 Monosodium glutamate , E635 Disodium 5'-ribonucleotide
As written on the pack
Corn (Maize), Vegetable oil blend (Corn oil, Sunfiower n in varying proportions), Flamin' Hot Flavour [Sugar, Flavourings (contain Wheat), Flavour enhancers (Monosodium glutamate, Disodium 5-ribonucleotide), Fructose, Acidity regulators (Sodium acetates, Mali a Salt, Dried onion, Hydrolysed soya protein, Dried garlic, Soya sauce pow (contains Wheat), Colours (Paprika extract, Sulphite ammonia caramel
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.
- E150d Sulphite ammonia caramel Sulphite ammonia caramel is the dark brown colour in colas and many sauces, made by heating sugars with sulphite and ammonia compounds.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
4 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.
Among 622 potato crisps
From least to most processed, this one ranks 596th. 66% of the potato crisps here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5000328328812, last edited 19 September 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.