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Is Wilde Sea Salt & Vinegar Flavor Protein Chips ultra-processed?

4 oz Sold in the United States

Pack of Wilde Sea Salt & Vinegar Flavor Protein Chips

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:

  • 13 ingredients
  • 1 additive
  • Nutri-Score B

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Antibiotic-Free Chicken Breast, Native Tapioca Starch, High Oleic Sunflower Oil, Safflower Oil, Egg Whites, Chicken Bone Broth Modified Tapioca Starch, Contains Less Than 2% Of The Following (White Distiled Vinegar), Sea Salt, Maltodextrin, Citric Acid, Natural Flars, Sodium Citrate Soices

Additives: E330 Citric acid

As written on the pack

Antibiotic-Free Chicken Breast, Native Tapioca Starch, High Oleic Sunflower Oil And/or Safflower Oil, Egg Whites, Chicken Bone Broth Modified Tapioca Starch Contains Less Than 2% Of The Following: White Distiled Vinegar, Sea Salt, Maltodextrin, Citric Acid, Natural Flars, Sodium Citrate Soices

What makes it ultra-processed

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.

  • Maltodextrin Maltodextrin is a white powder made by partly breaking down starch.
2 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.

  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

How the NOVA groups work

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0856802008825, last edited 20 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 B (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.