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Poppables potato snacks

Poppables potato snacks: 4/5 ingredient safety

Poppables potato snacks 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

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 Poppables potato snacks, 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 Poppables potato snacks 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

4
Low Risk
Average ingredient safety: 4 out of 5
Based on 1 tracked ingredient
1
Tracked Ingredients
0
Concerning
1
Low Risk / Safe
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Nutri-Score

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

dried potatoes, vegetable oil (sunflower. corn. and/or canola oil), potato starch, white cheddar seasoning whey, maltodextrin [made from corn], salt, cheddar cheese imilk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes], sk!m milk, natural flavors, sunflower oil, buttermilk, romano cheese (part-skim cow's milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes], whey protein concentrate. dextrose, corn ohl, yeast extract, onion powder, garlic powder. spice, lactose, citric acid, milk protein concentrate, lactic acid), sea salt, and turmeric. contains milk ingredients. frito-lay, inc. plano, tx 75024-4099 o 2019 frito-lay north america, inc. 3 lap sl-lays-7e questions comments? fresh

Product Details

Brand
Lays
Barcode
0028400665223
NOVA Group
4 — Ultra-processed foods
Available In
United States

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Frequently asked questions

Is Poppables potato snacks above or below average on ingredient safety?

With an average ingredient safety score of 4/5, Poppables potato snacks sits behind 80% of the 58,710 PlainIngredients products carrying a scored ingredient list, in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.

How should Poppables potato snacks'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; Poppables potato snacks'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.