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Is Wheat Thins Spicy Sweet Chili ultra-processed?

Appetizers Sold in the United States

Pack of Wheat Thins Spicy Sweet Chili

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:

  • 20 ingredients
  • 1 additive
  • Nutri-Score C

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Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

wheat flour, canola oil, sugar, cornstarch, malt syrup from corn, barley, refiner's syrup, salt, brown sugar, spices, paprika, chili pepper, leavening, calcium phosphate, onion, garlic, onion, yeast extract, distilled vinegar, natural flavor

Additives: E341 Calcium phosphates

As written on the pack

whole grain wheat flour, canola oil, sugar, cornstarch, malt syrup from corn and barley, refiner's syrup, salt, brown sugar, spices, paprika, chili pepper, leavening, calcium phosphate, onion, garlic powder, onion powder, yeast extract, dried distilled vinegar, natural flavor

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.

  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
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.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 2,497 appetizers

From least to most processed, this one ranks 1128th. 64% of the appetizers 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 2,497 appetizers, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0044000081072, last edited 19 May 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.