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Harvest Blends Sweet Potato

Harvest Blends Sweet Potato: 3.9/5 ingredient safety

Harvest Blends Sweet Potato by Pringles has 7 tracked ingredients, with an overall safety score of 3.9 out of 5, 0.22 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products, and 1 of its ingredient carries a low safety rating.

  • Safety score 0.22 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
  • NOVA processing classification: group 4

How This Score Is Built

Harvest Blends Sweet Potato draws on FDA status, EU regulatory status, US state actions, and published research, combined into a single editorially-derived 1-5 scale (never an official government rating). 7 of its 7 tracked ingredients are scored so far; data as of 2026-09-07.

Open Food Facts, FDA, and EU regulatory records feed this score. The FDA site → has the primary record; our methodology page explains the scoring.

Where Harvest Blends Sweet Potato sits nationally

Average ingredient safety score vs. 58,710 other scored products in PlainIngredients

3.9 Top 81% higher than 19% 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

3.9
Low Risk
Average ingredient safety: 3.9 out of 5
Based on 7 tracked ingredients
7
Tracked Ingredients
1
Concerning
5
Low Risk / Safe
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Nutri-Score
1 ingredient flagged for safety concerns

Ingredient Safety Breakdown

Processing Level

4
NOVA Group 4
Ultra-processed foods

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

De-germinated yellow corn flour, vegetable oil, high oleic soybean, corn or sunflower oil, dried potatoes, corn flour, rice flour, corn starch, mono-and diglycerides, salt, maltodextrin, dextrose, sugar, monosodium glutamate, yeast, sour cream, lactose, whey protein concentrate, sour cream powder, onion powder, cheddar cheese, maltodextrin, lactose, artificial flavor, sour cream, nonfat milk, salt, yeast extract, monosodium glutamate, cheddar cheese, whey, blue cheese, lactic acid, citric acid, garlic powder, onion extract, artificial flavor, sugar, molasses, high fructose corn syrup, honey, hydrolyzed soy protein, whey protein concentrate, caramel color

Compare beyond brand

Nationwide peers by additive safety & ingredient depth

Two PlainIngredients-derived comparison paths for Harvest Blends Sweet Potato: 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.

Product Details

Barcode
0038000280177
NOVA Group
4 — Ultra-processed foods
Available In
United States

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Frequently asked questions

Where does Harvest Blends Sweet Potato rank on ingredient safety?

With an average ingredient safety score of 3.9/5, Harvest Blends Sweet Potato sits behind 81% of the 58,710 PlainIngredients products carrying a scored ingredient list, 0.22 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.

How should Harvest Blends Sweet Potato's 3.9/5 score be read?

The 1-5 scale (5 safest) comes from FDA and EU regulatory status per ingredient. Harvest Blends Sweet Potato's mapped ingredients average out to 3.9/5, 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.