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No — Sweet & salty popcorn is not ultra-processed.
Ingredients are maize, sugar, rapeseed oil, sunflower oil, and sea salt. These are all basic culinary ingredients without industrial additives, refined syrups, emulsifiers, flavorings, or other markers of ultra-processing according to NOVA.
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UPF
Ready Salted Crisps
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Berry Delight
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UPF
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UPF
Just Snax Tortilla Chips
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Sea salt and black pepper crisps
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No — Sweet & salty popcorn by Sweet and Salty popped maize corn is not ultra-processed, so it is not a UPF (ultra-processed food). Ingredients are maize, sugar, rapeseed oil, sunflower oil, and sea salt. These are all basic culinary ingredients without industrial additives, refined syrups, emulsifiers, flavorings, or other markers of ultra-processing according to NOVA.
Ultra-processed foods (UPFs) are industrial formulations made with ingredients and additives you wouldn't find in a home kitchen — such as emulsifiers, artificial flavourings, colourings and modified starches. The classification is based on the NOVA system used by researchers and dietitians worldwide.
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Product information comes from public databases and Nomi's own analysis, and may contain errors. Always check the packaging. Ultra-processed classification is based on the NOVA food processing system.