Is Zombie takis ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 23 ingredients
- 6 additives
- Nutri-Score E
Less processed crisps
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
corn flour, vegetable fat (processing marker) (palm), habanero chilli, cucumber, lime-flavoured seasoning, maltodextrin (ultra-processing marker), salt (processing marker), citric acid, sodium acetate, flavourings (ultra-processing marker), potassium chloride, disodium 5'-ribonucleotides (ultra-processing marker), dextrose (ultra-processing marker), sugar (processing marker), dried glucose syrup (ultra-processing marker), safflower concentrate, colouring foodstuff (spirulina extract), onion powder, brilliant blue fcf (ultra-processing marker), vegetable oil (processing marker) (sunflower vegetable oil)
Additives: E133 Brilliant blue FCF , E262 Sodium acetates , E262i Sodium acetate , E330 Citric acid , E508 Potassium chloride , E635 Disodium 5'-ribonucleotide
As written on the pack
pre-cooked corn flour, vegetable fat (palm), habanero chilli, cucumber and lime-flavoured seasoning [maltodextrin, salt, acidity regulators (citric acid, sodium acetate), flavourings, flavour enhancers (potassium chloride, disodium 5'-ribonucleotides), dextrose, sugar, dried glucose syrup, safflower concentrate, colouring foodstuff (spirulina extract), onion powder, colour (brilliant blue fcf), vegetable oil (sunflower), may contain soya, milk and cereals containing gluten,
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.
- E133 Brilliant blue FCF Brilliant blue FCF is a synthetic blue dye, listed in the US as FD&C Blue No. 1.
- E635 Disodium 5'-ribonucleotide A food additive authorised for industrial food production.
- 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.
- Dextrose Dextrose is pure glucose crystallised from starch-derived syrup.
- Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
- Glucose syrup Glucose syrup is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
- Maltodextrin Maltodextrin is a white powder made by partly breaking down 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.
- Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
- Vegetable fat Vegetable fats are oils that are solid at room temperature, such as palm or coconut fat.
- Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
Among 1,471 crisps
From least to most processed, this one ranks 1335th. 64% of the crisps here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 8412600061831, last edited 12 April 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 E (from A, best, to E).
- General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.