wavy jerk chicken chips
wavy jerk chicken chips by Lay's has 3 tracked ingredients, with an overall safety score of 3.7 out of 5, 0.42 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.
- Safety score 0.42 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
- NOVA processing classification: group 4
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 wavy jerk chicken chips, 3 of its 3 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 wavy jerk chicken chips sits nationally
Average ingredient safety score vs. 58,710 other scored products in PlainIngredients
3.7 Top 87% higher than 13% 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
potatoes, vegetable oil (sunflower, corn, 2021 frito-lay north america, inc. 0% clum 10ma 2% ron 0.6mg potassium 340mg a significant source of added sugars. 6% and/or canola oil), maltodextrin (made from corn), sugar, salt, brown sugar, spices, garlic powder, tomato powder, onion powder, natural flavors (including natural chicken flavor), dried soy sauce (soybeans, wheat, salt), caramel color, acacia gum, yeast extract, and paprika. contains soy and wheat ingredients. frito-lay, inc. plano, tx 75024-4099 smurtlabeľ find us on lays.com scan here for more food information or call 1.80025
Compare beyond brand
Nationwide peers by additive safety & ingredient depth
Two PlainIngredients-derived comparison paths for wavy jerk chicken 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.
Similar mean additive safety
Nearest products by average mapped safety score. This record: 3.7/5.
Similar mapped ingredient depth
Nearest products by count of scored mapped additives. This record: 3.
Product Details
- Brand
- Lay's
- Barcode
- 0028400576239
- NOVA Group
- 4 — Ultra-processed foods
- Available In
- United States
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Frequently asked questions
How does wavy jerk chicken chips's safety score compare to other products?
wavy jerk chicken chips scores 3.7 out of 5 for average ingredient safety, in the bottom 87% of the 58,710 products in PlainIngredients with a scored ingredient list, 0.42 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.
What's behind the 3.7/5 rating on wavy jerk chicken chips?
The 1-5 scale (5 safest) comes from FDA and EU regulatory status per ingredient. wavy jerk chicken chips's mapped ingredients average out to 3.7/5, 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.