Lay'S, Air Pops, Salt & Vinegar, Salt & Vinegar
Lay'S, Air Pops, Salt & Vinegar, Salt & Vinegar by Lay's has 2 tracked ingredients, with an overall safety score of 4.5 out of 5, 0.38 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products. Its Nutri-Score is D.
- Safety score 0.38 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
- NOVA processing classification: group 4
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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. 2 of 2 ingredients tracked for Lay'S, Air Pops, Salt & Vinegar, Salt & Vinegar 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 Lay'S, Air Pops, Salt & Vinegar, Salt & Vinegar sits nationally
Average ingredient safety score vs. 58,710 other scored products in PlainIngredients
4.5 Top 29% higher than 71% 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
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, Potato Starch Corn Starch, Sunflower Oil, Rice Flour, Yeast, Calcium Lactate, Maltodextrin (Made From Com), Salt Natural Flavors, Malic Acid, Vinegar Calcium Chloride, Tocopherols (Antioxidant), And Ascorbic Acid (Antioxidant).
Product Details
- Brand
- Lay's
- Barcode
- 0028400191111
- Nutri-Score
- Grade D
- NOVA Group
- 4 — Ultra-processed foods
- Available In
- United States
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Frequently asked questions
Where does Lay'S, Air Pops, Salt & Vinegar, Salt & Vinegar rank on ingredient safety?
Among the 58,710 PlainIngredients products with a scored ingredient list, Lay'S, Air Pops, Salt & Vinegar, Salt & Vinegar's 4.5/5 average puts it in the safer 71%, 0.38 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.
What's behind the 4.5/5 rating on Lay'S, Air Pops, Salt & Vinegar, Salt & Vinegar?
Each ingredient gets a 1-5 score (1 highest risk, 5 safest) built from FDA and EU regulatory status; Lay'S, Air Pops, Salt & Vinegar, Salt & Vinegar's 4.5/5 is the average across every mapped ingredient it lists, landing it in 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.