Tim's Cascade Style Potato Chips Jalapeño
Tim's Cascade Style Potato Chips Jalapeño by Tims has 1 tracked ingredient, with an overall safety score of 2 out of 5, 2.12 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products. Its Nutri-Score is D, and 1 of its ingredient carries a low safety rating.
- Safety score 2.12 points below 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
Tim's Cascade Style Potato Chips Jalapeño 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). 1 of its 1 tracked ingredient is 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 Tim's Cascade Style Potato Chips Jalapeño sits nationally
Average ingredient safety score vs. 58,710 other scored products in PlainIngredients
2 Top 100% in the bottom 1% 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
Potatoes, vegetable oil (corn oil and/or sunflower oil), seasoning salt, maltodextrin, dextrose, jalapeno pepper, onion powder, torula yeast, monosodium glutamate, cottonseed oil, garlic powder, natural and artificial flavor, modified corn starch and extracts of paprika
Product Details
- Brand
- Tims
- Barcode
- 0011594022026
- Nutri-Score
- Grade D
- NOVA Group
- 4 — Ultra-processed foods
- Available In
- United States
- Stores
- Vending machine
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Frequently asked questions
Where does Tim's Cascade Style Potato Chips Jalapeño rank on ingredient safety?
With an average ingredient safety score of 2/5, Tim's Cascade Style Potato Chips Jalapeño sits behind 100% of the 58,710 PlainIngredients products carrying a scored ingredient list, 2.12 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.
What's behind the 2/5 rating on Tim's Cascade Style Potato Chips Jalapeño?
The 1-5 scale (5 safest) comes from FDA and EU regulatory status per ingredient. Tim's Cascade Style Potato Chips Jalapeño's mapped ingredients average out to 2/5, which is the Caution tier.
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