lays
lays by Fritolay, Cheetos, Lay's, Ruffles has 7 tracked ingredients, with an overall safety score of 4.1 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
Product Insight: lays
lays by Fritolay, Cheetos, Lay's, Ruffles is tracked in PlainIngredients with 7 identified ingredients and carries an overall safety rating of 4.1 out of 5, a Low-Risk-to-Safe tier backed by FDA and EU regulatory status. On the NOVA processing scale, this product falls into Group 4 (Ultra-processed foods), and no Nutri-Score label has been assigned by Open Food Facts contributors. Within the identified ingredient list, 1 ingredient is currently flagged as Caution or High Risk and warrant individual review via the linked ingredient pages, while 6 ingredients sit at the Low-Risk or Safe end of the scale. This product's average ingredient safety score is in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.
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- 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
enriched corn meal (corn meal, ferrous sulfate, niacin, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), vegetable oil (corn, canola, and/or sunflower oil), whey, cheddar cheese (milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), maltodextrin (made from corn), natural and artificial flavors, salt, whey protein concentrate, monosodium glutamate, lactic acid, citric acid, and artificial color (yellow 6), contains milk ingredients, baked ruffles® cheddar , sour cream flavored potato crisps ingredients: dried potatoes, corn starch, corn oil, sugar, maltodextrin (made from corn), salt, soy lecithin, dextrose, whey, whey protein concentrate, onion powder, cheddar cheese (milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), monosodium glutamate, blue cheese (milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), citric acid, artificial color (yellow 6 lake, yellow 5 lake, yellow 5, yellow 6), skim milk, natural and artificial flavors, garlic powder, lactic acid, disodium inosinate, and disodium guanylate, contains milk and soy ingredien
Product Details
- Barcode
- 0028400656351
- NOVA Group
- 4 — Ultra-processed foods
- Available In
- United States
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