Frito-lay
Frito-lay appears in 41 indexed US food products. No FDA SAFFA status or CSPI rating is attached in this snapshot, so this page reports prevalence rather than a safety verdict.
What the data can answer
Frito-lay appears in 41 catalogued products, but this snapshot has no FDA SAFFA status or CSPI Chemical Cuisine rating attached to it. This page therefore cannot answer whether the ingredient is safe from those sources. It can show how often it occurs, where it tends to sit on labels, and which kinds of products contain it.
- 41
- catalogued products
- #5,697
- usage rank of 247,206
- 10
- named brands represented
- 88%
- average depth down ingredient lists
Catalog prevalence comes from Open Food Facts ingredient lists. FDA SAFFA and CSPI Chemical Cuisine labels are shown only when the source record contains them.
What this page can and cannot answer
Audit the co-occurring flags first
51.2% of the linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, making co-occurrence the dominant follow-up question. That figure does not identify Frito-lay as the trigger. Open records such as Baken- ets fried pork skins chicharrones; Baken-Ets Hot 'N Spicy Flavored Chicharrones; BARBECUE FLAVORED POTATO CHIPS and inspect which ingredient row carries the caution marker. The 67.0/100 product average is therefore a triage signal for this surrounding formulation set, not an ingredient verdict. Its 88% average label depth helps locate the term when checking the package.
51.2% of linked products contain a separately flagged ingredient
Processing is unusually concentrated here: Group 4 accounts for 36 of 37 NOVA-tagged records. That describes the surrounding products, not the substance. For a useful comparison, hold category and processing level constant, then inspect which named component changes alongside the caution flag; otherwise the product mix will confound the ingredient question.
Next check: open the lowest-scoring linked formulation and locate the exact caution-marked component.
High-volume listing for Frito-lay - usage rank #5,697
- Usage rank
- #5,697
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 99 others that also appear in exactly 41 products.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 88%
- Mean relative depth 88% across 41 parsed labels, slot 27.6 on average. Frito-lay tends to sit near the end of the captured list. Depth is location on the label, not a measured dose.
Computed from parsed product ingredient lists (Open Food Facts). The ranking covers 247,206 ingredients that appear at least once. Neither usage rank nor label depth is a safety clearance.
What else is usually in the same product as Frito-lay
Across the 41 products on this site that list Frito-lay, these flagged additives appear alongside it most often. The comparison column is how often each one appears across every product with a parsed ingredient list, so the two figures are measured over the same set. Yellow 6 shows up about 11.5x more often with Frito-lay than in the catalogue at large.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Frito-lay products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yellow 6 | 16 | 39% | 3.4% |
| Red 40 | 12 | 29.3% | 5.4% |
| Yellow 5 | 10 | 24.4% | 4.8% |
Co-occurrence describes what manufacturers formulate together. It is not a claim that these additives interact, and it carries no regulatory meaning. Counted over products with parsed ingredient lists; Open Food Facts, 2026-09-01.
How do the sampled products compare?
Each point is one of the 16 sampled products listed below: its overall safety score against how many separately flagged ingredients its label carries. Bubble size is the number of ingredient rows the label actually resolved to.
Safety score vs. flagged-ingredient count for products containing Frito-lay
Products Containing Frito-lay
A sample of 16 high-volume listings among the 41 indexed products containing Frito-lay:
Frito-lay vs other top-decile catalog footprints
Frito-lay sits among other busy catalog rows (41 products, mean score 67/100). Count peers and score peers are listed separately on purpose.
Similar mean product score
Mean product-score neighbours (≥50 scored products), kept separate from the product-count peers above.
Next steps from the Frito-lay page
Start from Frito-lay's 41 catalogued appearances and the attached source fields, then open the product rows that match your use case.
- Check the listed products containing Frito-lay before treating the aggregate count as a personal conclusion. Open product sample
- Compare another ingredient’s source-backed rating, FDA status, and product footprint. Open a peer record
- Read how PlainFoodSafe joins source records before treating a screening label as a personal food or health conclusion. See source joins
This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.
Frequently Asked Questions
How should I read safety signals when Frito-lay sits in heavily flagged products? ▼
51.2% of linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, so the first task is locating which row carries the caution marker — not assuming Frito-lay is the trigger. None of that replaces a product-, dose-, allergy-, or person-specific determination.
Which product shelves show up most often with Frito-lay? ▼
Frito-lay ranks in the top decile by product count (#5,697 of 247,206), appearing in 41 indexed products led by Plant-based foods and beverages. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Frito-lay so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Frito-lay appears in 41 products (#5,697 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Frito-lay). Safety ratings: CSPI Chemical Cuisine; product presence: Open Food Facts via PlainFoodSafe (September 2026). Figures are computed from those sources, no editor-typed counts. Methodology · State regulations.