Frito Lay Variety pack
Frito Lay Variety pack by Frito Lay has 9 tracked ingredients, with an overall safety score of 4 out of 5, in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products, and 1 of its ingredient carries a low safety rating.
- Safety score in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
- NOVA processing classification: group 4
Chips and fries
How This Score Is Built
PlainIngredients safety scores are a transparent, editorially-derived index synthesizing FDA status, EU regulatory status, US state actions, and published research into a single 1-5 scale, not an official government rating. 9 of 9 ingredients tracked for Frito Lay Variety pack have a scored rating so far. Data current as of 2026-09-07.
Sourced from Open Food Facts, FDA, and EU regulatory records. Verify with the FDA → See our full scoring methodology.
Where Frito Lay Variety pack sits nationally
Average ingredient safety score vs. 58,710 other scored products in PlainIngredients
4 Top 80% higher than 20% 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
Dried potatoes, corn starch, corn oil, sugar, salt, soy lecithin, onion powder, maltodextrin (from corn), tomato powder, garlic powder, yeast, soybean oil, natural flavors, sunflower oil, paprika, acacia gum, paprika extracts, annatto extracts, caramel color. Popcorn, vegetable oil (corn, canola, and/or sunflower oil), natural flavor, whey, maltodextrin (from corn), buttermilk, cheddar cheese (milk, cultures, salt, enzymes), salt. Dried potatoes, corn starch, corn oil, sugar, maltodextrin (from corn), salt, soy lecithin, dextrose, whey, whey protein concentrate, onion powder, cheddar cheese (milk, cultures, salt, enzymes), monosodium glutamate, citric acid, artificial color (yellow 6 lake, yellow 5 lake, yellow 5, yellow 6), skim milk, natural and artificial flavors, garlic powder, disodium inosinate, disodium guanylate. Dried potatoes, corn starch, corn oil, sugar, sea salt, soy lecithin, dextrose, annatto extracts. Enriched corn meal (corn meal, ferrous sulfate, niacin, thiamin monon
Compare beyond brand
Nationwide peers by additive safety & ingredient depth
Two PlainIngredients-derived comparison paths for Frito Lay Variety pack: nearest mean mapped additive safety score and nearest mapped ingredient count among indexable products with at least 3 scored additives, excluding same-brand siblings. Scores describe regulatory and research signals on additives, not dietary advice.
Similar mean additive safety
Nearest products by average mapped safety score. This record: 4/5.
Similar mapped ingredient depth
Nearest products by count of scored mapped additives. This record: 9.
Product Details
- Brand
- Frito Lay
- Barcode
- 0028400689823
- NOVA Group
- 4 — Ultra-processed foods
- Available In
- United States
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Frequently asked questions
Is Frito Lay Variety pack above or below average on ingredient safety?
With an average ingredient safety score of 4/5, Frito Lay Variety pack sits behind 80% of the 58,710 PlainIngredients products carrying a scored ingredient list, in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.
What does a 4/5 ingredient safety score mean?
The 1-5 scale (5 safest) comes from FDA and EU regulatory status per ingredient. Frito Lay Variety pack's mapped ingredients average out to 4/5, which is the Low Risk 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.