Lay's Wavy Jerk Chicken
Lay's Wavy Jerk Chicken by Lays has 1 tracked ingredient, with an overall safety score of 4 out of 5, in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.
- Safety score in line with 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 Lay's Wavy Jerk Chicken, 1 of its 1 tracked ingredient carries 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 Lay's Wavy Jerk Chicken 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
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 oil (sunflower, corn, and/or canola oil), maltodextrin (made from com), sugar, salt, brown sugar, spices, garlic powder, tomato powder, pnion powder, natural flavors (including natural chicken flavor), dried soy sauce (soybeans, wheat, salt), caramel acacia gum, yeast extract, and paprika. contains soy and whcat ingredients.
Product Details
- Brand
- Lays
- Barcode
- 0028400575829
- NOVA Group
- 4 — Ultra-processed foods
- Available In
- United States
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Frequently asked questions
Where does Lay's Wavy Jerk Chicken rank on ingredient safety?
Among the 58,710 PlainIngredients products with a scored ingredient list, Lay's Wavy Jerk Chicken's 4/5 average puts it in the lower 80%, in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.
How should Lay's Wavy Jerk Chicken's 4/5 score be read?
Each ingredient gets a 1-5 score (1 highest risk, 5 safest) built from FDA and EU regulatory status; Lay's Wavy Jerk Chicken's 4/5 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.