classic chili lime flavored potato chips
classic chili lime flavored potato chips by Kroger has 2 tracked ingredients, with an overall safety score of 3 out of 5, 1.12 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products, and 1 of its ingredient carries a low safety rating.
- Safety score 1.12 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
- NOVA processing classification: group 4
Plant-based foods and beverages / Plant-based foods / Snacks / Cereals and potatoes / Salty snacks / Appetizers / Chips and fries / Crisps / Potato crisps
How This Score Is Built
This 1-5 scale is an editorially-derived index, not an official government rating -- it synthesizes FDA status, EU regulatory status, US state actions, and published research. For classic chili lime flavored potato chips, 2 of its 2 tracked ingredients carry a scored rating so far, current as of 2026-09-07.
Data draws on Open Food Facts, FDA, and EU regulatory records -- cross-check with the FDA → directly, or read how we score it.
Where classic chili lime flavored potato chips sits nationally
Average ingredient safety score vs. 58,710 other scored products in PlainIngredients
3 Top 98% higher than 2% of 58,710 scored products
Average ingredient safety score (1 = highest risk, 5 = safest), bucketed by value
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Source PlainIngredients ingredient safety index · 2026-09-07
- Monosodium Glutamate - Safety score: 2/5
Ingredient Safety Breakdown
Processing Level
Ultra-processed products are formulations made mostly or entirely from substances derived from foods and additives. They typically contain ingredients not commonly used in home cooking.
Full Ingredients List
POTATOES, VEGETABLE UIL (CUR COTTONSEED, OR CANOLA OIL), SEASONING (SPICES, CORN MALTODEXTRIN, CITRIC ACID, LIME JUICE POWDER [CORN SYRUP SOLIDS, LIME JUICE SOLIDS LIME OIL), SALT, CORN SYRUP, MONOSODIUM GLUTAMATE, YEAST EXTRACT, SUGAR, ONION POWDER. GARLIC POWDER, EXTRACTIVES OF PAPRIKA [FOR COLOR], DISODIUM INOSINATE AND DISODIUM GUANYLATE, MODIFIED CORN STARCH, CORN STARCH, NATURAL FLAVORS, GUM ARABIC, EXTRACTIVES OF TURMERIC [FOR COLOR]), SALT.
Product Details
- Brand
- Kroger
- Barcode
- 0011110073693
- NOVA Group
- 4 — Ultra-processed foods
- Available In
- United States
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Frequently asked questions
Where does classic chili lime flavored potato chips rank on ingredient safety?
With an average ingredient safety score of 3/5, classic chili lime flavored potato chips sits behind 98% of the 58,710 PlainIngredients products carrying a scored ingredient list, 1.12 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.
How should classic chili lime flavored potato chips's 3/5 score be read?
Each ingredient gets a 1-5 score (1 highest risk, 5 safest) built from FDA and EU regulatory status; classic chili lime flavored potato chips's 3/5 is the average across every mapped ingredient it lists, landing it in the Mixed Evidence tier.
Every figure on PlainIngredients is rendered directly from FDA, EU, EFSA and U.S. state regulatory records, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.