Potato Crisps
Potato Crisps by Pringles 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. Its Nutri-Score is E.
- 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 / Salty snacks made from potato
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 Potato Crisps, 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 Potato Crisps 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
DRIED POTATOES, VEGETABLE OIL (CORN OIL, COTTONSEED OIL, HIGH OLEIC SOYBEAN OIL, SUNFLOWER OIL), DEGERMINATED YELLOW CORN FLOUR, CORNSTARCH, RICE FLOUR, MALTODEXTRIN, MONO - AND DIGLYCERIDES, SALT, WHEAT STARCH.
Product Details
- Brand
- Pringles
- Barcode
- 0038000169663
- Nutri-Score
- Grade E
- NOVA Group
- 4 — Ultra-processed foods
- Available In
- Bolivia,United States
- Stores
- Safeway,Farmacorp,Amarket
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Frequently asked questions
How does Potato Crisps's safety score compare to other products?
Among the 58,710 PlainIngredients products with a scored ingredient list, Potato Crisps's 4/5 average puts it in the lower 80%, in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.
What's behind the 4/5 rating on Potato Crisps?
The 1-5 scale (5 safest) comes from FDA and EU regulatory status per ingredient. Potato Crisps'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.