Tom's, ridges potato chips, mesquite bbq, mesquite bbq
Tom's, ridges potato chips, mesquite bbq, mesquite bbq by Tom's, Snyder's-Lance Inc. has 2 tracked ingredients, with an overall safety score of 3.5 out of 5, 0.62 points below 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 0.62 points below 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 Tom's, ridges potato chips, mesquite bbq, mesquite bbq, 2 of its 2 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 Tom's, ridges potato chips, mesquite bbq, mesquite bbq sits nationally
Average ingredient safety score vs. 58,710 other scored products in PlainIngredients
3.5 Top 91% higher than 9% 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 (contains one or more of the following: canola oil, corn oil, cottonseed oil), salt, dextrose, sugar, barley malt flour, tomato powder, torula yeast, onion powder, paprika, brown sugar, monosodium glutamate, natural flavor, citric acid, garlic powder, spice.
Product Details
- Barcode
- 0021900981992
- Nutri-Score
- Grade E
- NOVA Group
- 4 — Ultra-processed foods
- Available In
- United States
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Frequently asked questions
Where does Tom's, ridges potato chips, mesquite bbq, mesquite bbq rank on ingredient safety?
Tom's, ridges potato chips, mesquite bbq, mesquite bbq scores 3.5 out of 5 for average ingredient safety, in the bottom 91% of the 58,710 products in PlainIngredients with a scored ingredient list, 0.62 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.
How should Tom's, ridges potato chips, mesquite bbq, mesquite bbq's 3.5/5 score be read?
Each ingredient gets a 1-5 score (1 highest risk, 5 safest) built from FDA and EU regulatory status; Tom's, ridges potato chips, mesquite bbq, mesquite bbq's 3.5/5 is the average across every mapped ingredient it lists, landing it in the Mixed Evidence 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.