Sweet southern heat bbq kettle chips

Sweet southern heat bbq kettle chips: 4.4/5 ingredient safety

Sweet southern heat bbq kettle chips by Private Selection, The Kroger Co. has 5 tracked ingredients, with an overall safety score of 4.4 out of 5, 0.28 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products. Its Nutri-Score is D.

  • Safety score 0.28 points above 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

Sweet southern heat bbq kettle chips 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). 5 of its 5 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 Sweet southern heat bbq kettle chips sits nationally

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

4.4 Top 31% higher than 69% 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

4.4
Low Risk
Average ingredient safety: 4.4 out of 5
Based on 5 tracked ingredients
5
Tracked Ingredients
0
Concerning
5
Low Risk / Safe
D
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

Potatoes, vegetable oil (contains one or more of the following: corn, sunflower, or canola oil), sugar, fructose, salt, molasses, maltodextrin (from corn), maple sugar, sodium diacetate, tomato powder, yeast extract, onion powder, spice, worcestershire sauce powder (worcestershire sauce [vinegar, molasses, corn syrup, salt, caramel color, garlic, sugar, spices, tamarind, natural flavor], maltodextrin, sulfites), citric acid, paprika oleoresin (paprika extract, soybean oil), garlic powder, malic acid, smoke flavoring, tricalcium phosphate, natural flavor, turmeric (color).

Compare beyond brand

Nationwide peers by additive safety & ingredient depth

Two PlainIngredients-derived comparison paths for Sweet southern heat bbq kettle chips: 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
0011110864017
Nutri-Score
Grade D
NOVA Group
4 — Ultra-processed foods
Available In
United States

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Frequently asked questions

Is Sweet southern heat bbq kettle chips above or below average on ingredient safety?

Sweet southern heat bbq kettle chips scores 4.4 out of 5 for average ingredient safety, safer than 69% of the 58,710 products in PlainIngredients with a scored ingredient list, 0.28 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.

What's behind the 4.4/5 rating on Sweet southern heat bbq kettle chips?

The 1-5 scale (5 safest) comes from FDA and EU regulatory status per ingredient. Sweet southern heat bbq kettle chips's mapped ingredients average out to 4.4/5, 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.