Pringles
Open Food Facts brand roll-up for Pringles, current as of September 2026. Screening averages and flag shares live in the short-answer band below. This hero only situates the catalog slice.
The short answer
Pringles averages 83.8/100 across the 197 of 297 tracked products that carry an ingredient list, and 32.5% of those contain at least one separately flagged ingredient. The figure summarizes Open Food Facts labels cross-referenced with FDA SAFFA and CSPI; it does not establish recall status, allergy suitability, or the composition of products outside this snapshot.
- 83.8/100
- average ingredient-screening score across 197 scored products
- 297
- tracked products in this brand roll-up
- 32.5%
- scored products with at least one flagged ingredient
- 100%
- of NOVA-classified products that are ultra-processed (Group 4)
Source snapshot current as of September 2026; open individual products before making a product-specific decision.
Portfolio reading
Use the distribution, then open the outliers
With 297 tracked products, the useful signal is the shape of the portfolio rather than one headline score. The current concern-sorted list begins Turkey, Duck, Chicken, Stuffing, Pumpkin Pie, Cranberry Sauce Flavored Turducken Friendsgiving Feast Potato Crisps, Turkey, Duck, Chicken, Stuffing, Pumpkin Pie, Cranberry Sauce; Pringles, potato crisps, salted caramel, salted caramel; Potato crisps, memphis bbq; 32.5% of records contain at least one flagged ingredient while the overall mean is 83.8/100. Open those outliers first, then compare neighboring formulations. The aggregate does not establish recall status, allergen suitability, or the composition of an item outside this snapshot.
Catalog evidence
Ingredient-list coverage comes before the score
Only 197 of 297 tracked Pringles records (66.3%) include an ingredient list. The remaining 100 cannot be screened, so the 83.8/100 mean describes the labelled subset rather than the whole brand.
Next check: use the product rows below to verify the labelled subset, then compare the current package for any unscored item.
What the Data Says About Pringles
Pringles: 297 products tracked, 197 with an ingredient list, avg safety score 83.8/100, 32.5% of those scored products has at least one flagged ingredient.
Because ingredient lists cover only 66.3% of tracked records, this average is a description of the labelled subset, not a brand-wide tier. The coverage gap is the dominant limitation. Scoring methodology + dye-pledge context →
Among the 804 brands with 50+ products (the typical brand in that group flags 18% of its catalog), Pringles's 32.5% flagged share is 14.5 points above that cohort median.
Processing mix (NOVA)
Pringles processing intensity
Pringles's NOVA-classified set is 192 products: 100% ultra-processed (Group 4, 192 items) with Group 4 (ultra-processed) largest at 192. That ultra-processed share sits 21.7 points above the 78.3% median for 1,323 brands with 50+ products. NOVA is processing intensity, not additive safety.
- G1
- 0
- G2
- 0
- G3
- 0
- G4 ultra
- 192 (100%)
Shelf mix
Where Pringles shows up in Open Food Facts
In Open Food Facts shelf labels, Pringles concentrates in Snacks (107, 55% of this top-five); Plant-based foods and beverages (86); Beverages and beverages preparations (1); Puffed-snacks (1); Salted-snack (1).
Average score by leading shelf label
| Shelf | Scored n | Avg | Flagged |
|---|---|---|---|
| Snacks | 100 | 79.3/100 | 38% |
| Plant-based foods and beverages | 75 | 89.5/100 | 25.3% |
Cohort context
Flagged-ingredient share among large brands
Pringles's 32.5% flagged share is measured across 197 scored products. The chart places that rate against the 50 brands with 50+ scored products in this snapshot, the same qualifying cohort used on the rankings page.
Pringles flagged share vs large-brand cohort
32.5% of scored products carry at least one flagged ingredient
33% 0th percentile is at or above the flagged share of 0% of the 50 qualifying brands we track
Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more qualifying brands. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Distribution as text
- 0%–10%
- 0 qualifying brands (0%)
- 10%–20%
- 0 qualifying brands (0%)
- 20%–30%
- 0 qualifying brands (0%)
- 30%–40%
- 0 qualifying brands (0%)
- 40%–50%
- 0 qualifying brands (0%)
- 50%–60%
- 0 qualifying brands (0%)
- 60%–70%
- 0 qualifying brands (0%)
- 70%–80%
- 3 qualifying brands (6%)
- 80%–90%
- 25 qualifying brands (50%)
- 90% and above
- 22 qualifying brands (44%)
Source Open Food Facts × FDA SAFFA × CSPI · September 2026
Portfolio shape
How scores cluster inside this brand
The brand average (83.8/100) summarizes 197 scored products. This distribution shows whether that mean sits on a tight cluster or a wide spread, a few low-scoring SKUs can matter even when the headline average looks strong.
Pringles product score distribution
Brand average 83.8/100 across 197 scored products
84 29th percentile sits above 29% of the 197 scored products we track
Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more scored products. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Distribution as text
- 0–10
- 8 scored products (4%)
- 20–30
- 9 scored products (5%)
- 30–40
- 2 scored products (1%)
- 40–50
- 1 scored products (1%)
- 50–60
- 22 scored products (11%)
- 70–80
- 14 scored products (7%)
- 80–90
- 3 scored products (2%)
- 90–100
- 5 scored products (3%)
- 100 and above
- 133 scored products (68%)
Source Open Food Facts product labels × FDA SAFFA × CSPI · September 2026
Pringles relies most on Yellow 6, an industry staple
Across the 197 Pringles products scored here, Yellow 6 appears in 38. It is used by 1,766 other brands in this database (5.0% of them), so its presence says more about the category than about this brand. A flag records that a named source raised a concern about an ingredient. It is not a finding that a product is unsafe to eat.
| Flagged ingredient | Pringles products | Why it is flagged |
|---|---|---|
| Yellow 6 | 38 | FDA voluntary phase-out target 2027-12-31 (a request, not a ban) · Restricted: California (schools) |
| Red 40 | 33 | FDA voluntary phase-out target 2027-12-31 (a request, not a ban) · Restricted: California (schools) |
| Yellow 5 | 32 | FDA voluntary phase-out target 2027-12-31 (a request, not a ban) · Restricted: California (schools) |
| Caramel Coloring | 12 | Restricted: California (Prop 65 warning for 4-MEI) |
| Blue 1 | 11 | FDA voluntary phase-out target 2027-12-31 (a request, not a ban) · Restricted: California (schools) |
| Sucralose | 5 | Concern recorded by a review body; no ban cited |
| Olestra | 1 | Concern recorded by a review body; no ban cited |
Counts are products in this database whose ingredient list names the flagged ingredient. Flags come from FDA enforcement actions, CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings and US state ingredient laws; see the methodology for how each source is applied.
Visible product sample
Label complexity does not determine the screening result
Each point is one of the 50 concern-sorted Pringles records shown below. Horizontal position is the number of resolved ingredients on that product's stored label; vertical position is its source-derived screening score. The dashed medians (36 ingredients and 50/100) divide this displayed sample only. A longer label is not automatically worse: open a specific product to inspect its flagged rows and source coverage.
- Shown records
- 50
- Median label
- 36 ingredients
- Median score
- 50/100
The outlined point is Turkey, Duck, Chicken, Stuffing, Pumpkin Pie, Cranberry Sauce Flavored Turducken Friendsgiving Feast Potato Crisps, Turkey, Duck, Chicken, Stuffing, Pumpkin Pie, Cranberry Sauce, the displayed record with the most flagged ingredients (5). Bubble size represents flagged ingredient count plus one, so zero-flagged products remain visible. The score is derived from FDA SAFFA and CSPI fields; this chart does not establish recall status, dietary suitability, or a health outcome.
Read the plotted values
- Turkey, Duck, Chicken, Stuffing, Pumpkin Pie, Cranberry Sauce Flavored Turducken Friendsgiving Feast Potato Crisps, Turkey, Duck, Chicken, Stuffing, Pumpkin Pie, Cranberry Sauce: 47 resolved ingredients, 0/100, 5 flagged.
- Pringles, potato crisps, salted caramel, salted caramel: 25 resolved ingredients, 5/100, 5 flagged.
- Potato crisps, memphis bbq: 39 resolved ingredients, 0/100, 4 flagged.
- Pringles, potato crisps, cheddar cheese, cheddar cheese: 40 resolved ingredients, 0/100, 4 flagged.
- Pringles, potato crisps, cheddar cheese, cheddar cheese: 40 resolved ingredients, 0/100, 4 flagged.
- Pringles, potato crisps, cheddar cheese, cheddar cheese: 38 resolved ingredients, 0/100, 4 flagged.
- Cheddar cheese potato crisps: 40 resolved ingredients, 0/100, 4 flagged.
- Pringles, potato crisps, memphis bbq, memphis bbq: 38 resolved ingredients, 0/100, 4 flagged.
- Beer Can Chicken: 37 resolved ingredients, 20/100, 4 flagged.
- Pringles, tortillas crisps, nacho cheese, nacho cheese: 48 resolved ingredients, 25/100, 3 flagged.
- Pringles, potato crisps, mango salsa, mango salsa: 32 resolved ingredients, 25/100, 3 flagged.
- Pringles, potato crisps, spicy guacamole, spicy guacamole: 42 resolved ingredients, 25/100, 3 flagged.
- Potato crisps, cheese burger: 41 resolved ingredients, 25/100, 3 flagged.
- Spicy Guacamole Potato Crisp, Spicy Guacamole: 42 resolved ingredients, 25/100, 3 flagged.
- Pringles Scorchin' Hot Cheddar imp: 38 resolved ingredients, 25/100, 3 flagged.
- Pringles Scorchin BBQ: 39 resolved ingredients, 25/100, 3 flagged.
- Pringles Scorchin' Hot Sour Cream & Onion: 48 resolved ingredients, 25/100, 3 flagged.
- Pringles Stix Cheese .61oz: 63 resolved ingredients, 35/100, 3 flagged.
- Pringles, potato crisps, milk chocolate, milk chocolate: 22 resolved ingredients, 35/100, 3 flagged.
- Pringles Crisps Salsa De Chile Habanero 5.96oz: 34 resolved ingredients, 45/100, 3 flagged.
- Pringles Crisps Snack Stacks Lightly Salted Cheddar Cheese .74oz: 39 resolved ingredients, 50/100, 2 flagged.
- Pringles, potato crisps: 30 resolved ingredients, 50/100, 2 flagged.
- Pringles, tortillas crisps, chile y limon, chile y limon: 29 resolved ingredients, 50/100, 2 flagged.
- Pringles, potato crisps, grilled ham & cheese, grilled ham & cheese: 35 resolved ingredients, 50/100, 2 flagged.
- Pringles Cheddar & Sour Cream: 41 resolved ingredients, 50/100, 2 flagged.
- Potato crisps, chile con queso: 32 resolved ingredients, 50/100, 2 flagged.
- Pringles, potato crisps, original hot sauce, original hot sauce: 28 resolved ingredients, 50/100, 2 flagged.
- Pringles, loaded baked potato crisps: 44 resolved ingredients, 50/100, 2 flagged.
- Loud Crisps Spicy Queso: 33 resolved ingredients, 50/100, 2 flagged.
- Pringles scorchin chili lime large imp: 28 resolved ingredients, 50/100, 2 flagged.
- Applewood smoked cheddar wavy potato crisps, applewood smoked cheddar: 29 resolved ingredients, 50/100, 2 flagged.
- Pringles Harvest Blend - Farmhouse Cheddar: 42 resolved ingredients, 50/100, 2 flagged.
- PRINGLES MINGLES: 24 resolved ingredients, 50/100, 2 flagged.
- Pringles Las Meras Meras Habaneras: 30 resolved ingredients, 50/100, 2 flagged.
- Hot Ones Barbacoa Chips: 28 resolved ingredients, 50/100, 2 flagged.
- Hot Ones: 30 resolved ingredients, 50/100, 2 flagged.
- Mingles Cheddar & Sour Cream: 34 resolved ingredients, 50/100, 2 flagged.
- Pringles, potato crisps, cheddar & sour cream, cheddar & sour cream: 42 resolved ingredients, 50/100, 2 flagged.
- Pringles, potato crisps cheese burger: 41 resolved ingredients, 50/100, 2 flagged.
- Pringles crisps chile y limon 5.96oz: 27 resolved ingredients, 50/100, 2 flagged.
- Potato Crisps: 42 resolved ingredients, 50/100, 2 flagged.
- scorchin cheddar pringles: 41 resolved ingredients, 50/100, 2 flagged.
- Pringles Crisps Buffalo Blue Cheese 5.96oz: 34 resolved ingredients, 70/100, 2 flagged.
- Sweet & tangy bbq potato crisps, sweet & tangy bbq: 33 resolved ingredients, 70/100, 2 flagged.
- Mingles BBQ & Pizza: 34 resolved ingredients, 70/100, 2 flagged.
- Pringles Crisps Snack Stacks Pizza .74oz: 35 resolved ingredients, 75/100, 1 flagged.
- Pizza: 38 resolved ingredients, 75/100, 1 flagged.
- Pringles Loud Crisps Fiesta Salsa 5.4oz: 28 resolved ingredients, 75/100, 1 flagged.
- Pizza Flavored: 35 resolved ingredients, 75/100, 1 flagged.
- Potato crisps, pizza: 35 resolved ingredients, 75/100, 1 flagged.
Products by Pringles
Showing 50 display-quality records, sorted by concern level (most flagged first); 247 tracked records with unusable upstream names remain in the aggregate but are not shown.
Nationwide brands with similar catalog profiles
Two PlainFoodSafe-derived peer sets for Pringles: closest on tracked product count (297 here) and closest on average ingredient screening score (83.8/100 here). Rows stay link-disjoint so each axis is a distinct neighborhood, not a largest-catalog strip.
Similar product count
Nearest other brands by Open Food Facts product count (floored at ≥50).
Similar average screening score
Nearest other brands by average ingredient screening score (floored at ≥50 scored products), distinct from the count row.
Counts and averages from Open Food Facts labels screened against FDA SAFFA and CSPI Chemical Cuisine; neither axis is a health outcome.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Pringles food safe? ▼
Pringles has an average safety score of 84/100 across the 197 of 297 tracked products that carry an ingredient list. 32.5% of those contain flagged ingredients.
How many Pringles products are tracked? ▼
Our database tracks 297 Pringles products. 197 include an ingredient list and can be screened against FDA SAFFA and CSPI data; 100 cannot be scored from this snapshot.
How processed is the Pringles catalog? ▼
Pringles has 192 NOVA-classified products; 100% are ultra-processed (Group 4, 192 items) and Group 4 is the largest slice. NOVA describes processing intensity, not whether additives on a label are flagged.
Which shelves dominate the Pringles catalog? ▼
In Open Food Facts shelf labels, Pringles concentrates in Snacks (107, 55% of this top-five); Plant-based foods and beverages (86); Beverages and beverages preparations (1); Puffed-snacks (1); Salted-snack (1).
Does Pringles use artificial dyes? ▼
Open the individual product pages below to see which Pringles items list a synthetic dye on their label. For whether the company has committed to removing dyes, the FDA and CSPI both publish corporate-commitment trackers; we no longer restate those commitments here.
What to do with this Pringles profile
Use this roll-up as orientation, then verify the specific package you hold against its ingredient panel and the named official sources.
- Start with Turkey, Duck, Chicken, Stuffing, Pumpkin Pie, Cranberry Sauce Flavored Turducken Friendsgiving Feast Potato Crisps, Turkey, Duck, Chicken, Stuffing, Pumpkin Pie, Cranberry Sauce, the displayed product with the most flagged ingredients (5) in this sample. Open the outlier product
- Yellow 6 appears in 38 scored Pringles products, review why each source flags it before treating the brand average as uniform. Review flagged ingredient counts
- Compare Pringles's 83.8/100 average and 32.5% flagged share against other brands before treating either figure as a recall or clearance signal. Brand safety rankings
- Cross-check any additive concern against FDA SAFFA and CSPI Chemical Cuisine rather than relying on this derived index alone. Scoring methodology
A flagged ingredient records a source concern, not a recall, ban, or medical clearance. Always verify the current package label and consult official sources for product-specific decisions.
Citation & disclaimer notes
Brand scores aggregate ingredient-level FDA SAFFA + CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings across Open Food Facts product data. See our methodology. Retrieved and formatted by PlainFoodSafe.Disclaimer: Informational purposes only; not professional advice. A flagged ingredient is not a recall or a ban. Consult a qualified professional before making decisions based on this data.
Every figure on PlainFoodSafe is rendered directly from OpenFoodFacts and FDA data, no number is typed in by an editor. Brand figures are computed directly from OpenFoodFacts and FDA data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 2026.
