Popcorn
Popcorn by Frito Lay has 6 tracked ingredients, with an overall safety score of 4 out of 5, in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products. Its Nutri-Score is E, 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
Snacks / Popcorn
How This Score Is Built
Popcorn 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). 6 of its 6 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 Popcorn 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
oil corn and/or sunflower * the % daily you how much a nutrient in a of food to a 2,000 ca % daily value* total fat 11g saturated fat 2g trans fat 0g 14% sodium 210mg total carbohydrate 13g dietary fiber 2g total sugars 1g protein 2g %6 5% vitamin d omcg calcium 30mg iron 0.4mg potassium 210mg not a significant source of added sugars. a 4% a cheddar cheese (milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), maltodextrin favors, onion powder, buttermilk, corn starch, romano cheese (cow's milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), whey protein concentrate, sugar, monosodium glutamate, garlic powder, lactose, artificial color (yellow 6 lake, blue 1, red 40), dextrose, skim milk, spices, citric acid, malic acid, jalapeño pepper, disodium inosinate, and disodium guanylate. contains milk ingredients. frito-lay, inc. plano, tx 75024-4099 2019 frito-lay north america, inc. r® frito lay choke warning: do not give to children younger than 4 years old.
Compare beyond brand
Nationwide peers by additive safety & ingredient depth
Two PlainIngredients-derived comparison paths for Popcorn: 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: 6.
Product Details
- Brand
- Frito Lay
- Barcode
- 0028400688949
- Nutri-Score
- Grade E
- NOVA Group
- 4 — Ultra-processed foods
- Available In
- United States
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Frequently asked questions
Is Popcorn above or below average on ingredient safety?
Among the 58,710 PlainIngredients products with a scored ingredient list, Popcorn's 4/5 average puts it in the lower 80%, 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. Popcorn'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.