Pringles Nutri-Score E NOVA 4

Pringles Stix Cheese .61oz

Pringles Stix Cheese .61oz: 4.1/5 ingredient safety

Pringles Stix Cheese .61oz by Pringles has 10 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. 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

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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 Pringles Stix Cheese .61oz, 10 of its 10 tracked ingredients carry 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 Pringles Stix Cheese .61oz sits nationally

Average ingredient safety score vs. 58,710 other scored products in PlainIngredients

4.1 Top 42% higher than 58% 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

4.1
Low Risk
Average ingredient safety: 4.1 out of 5
Based on 10 tracked ingredients
10
Tracked Ingredients
1
Concerning
9
Low Risk / Safe
E
Nutri-Score
1 ingredient flagged for safety concerns

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

Enriched flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, vitamin b1 [thiamin mononitrate], vitamin b2 [riboflavin], folic acid), palm oil, sugar, margarine (palm oil, vegetable oil [contains one of more of the following: soybean oil, canola oil, coconut oil, and/or corn oil], salt, mono - and di-glycerides, ascorbyl palmitate, vitamin a palmitate, vitamin d3, carotene [color], natural and artificial flavors), cheddar cheese (milk, cultures, salt, enzymes), contains 2% or less of salt, maltodextrin, monosodium glutamate, hydrolyzed corn protein, soybeans, cornstarch, cream powder (butter, lactose, milk protein), autolyzed yeast extract, dextrose, milk fat, natural and artificial flavors, yeast, whey, onion powder, nonfat milk, lactic acid, sour cream (cream, nonfat milk, cultures), reduced lactose whey, sugar, citric acid, cultured nonfat milk, sodium caseinate, disodium inosinate, disodium guanylate, yellow 5, cheese powder (milk, cultures, salt, enzymes), invert sugar, malic acid, yellow 6,

Compare beyond brand

Nationwide peers by additive safety & ingredient depth

Two PlainIngredients-derived comparison paths for Pringles Stix Cheese .61oz: 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.

Product Details

Barcode
0038000845840
Nutri-Score
Grade E
NOVA Group
4 — Ultra-processed foods
Available In
United States

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Frequently asked questions

How does Pringles Stix Cheese .61oz's safety score compare to other products?

Among the 58,710 PlainIngredients products with a scored ingredient list, Pringles Stix Cheese .61oz's 4.1/5 average puts it in the safer 58%, in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.

What's behind the 4.1/5 rating on Pringles Stix Cheese .61oz?

Each ingredient gets a 1-5 score (1 highest risk, 5 safest) built from FDA and EU regulatory status; Pringles Stix Cheese .61oz's 4.1/5 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.