Concern

Tortilla chips

by Kroger

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0011110168009 · Kroger · Snacks. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0011110168009 · Serving size 15 CHIPS (30 g)

The verdict

Tortilla chips by Kroger scores 50/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 32 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 2 ingredients are flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 32-component record, beginning with Corn, Vegetable Oil, Soybean. That density can include amounts and label fragments, so verify the physical label before relying on ingredient order or completeness. This is not a recall, allergy, medical, or dietary-safety determination.

50/100
Concern safety score
2
Few flagged · of 32 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
D
Nutri-Score nutrition grade

Computed directly from OpenFoodFacts ingredient data cross-referenced with FDA SAFFA and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings. See our methodology for the scoring formula.

Composite profile score

One verdict from three independent sources

38/100

Grade F

Ingredient Safety

50/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

D

Nutri-Score front-of-pack nutrition grade

Weighted 50% ingredient safety / 25% processing level / 25% nutrition grade. A dimension with no data for this product (common: source coverage is partial) is dropped and its weight redistributes across the remaining dimensions, so missing data never silently lowers the score. See the full benchmark table.

10168009 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Tortilla chips label screening desk

SCORE-CONC 50/100 FLAG-FEW 2 flagged LEN-DENSE 32 ing. REG-PART 31% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-D Nutri-D RANK-SHORT Len top 17% LEAD-FLAG Yellow 6 PHOTO-FINISH Gelatin dessert cherry · ±0 BOOK-OFF …168009 · July 2026

10 of 32 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Yellow 6). Source sheet 10168009 · Open Food Facts · July 2026. The screening score and flag counts are in the verdict band above. This desk is the provenance stamp, not a second scorecard. Methodology · Read with nearest score peer: Gelatin dessert cherry · Nearest score peer is Gelatin dessert cherry at the same screening score.

Screening model notes

How Nutri-Score, NOVA, and list length read this record

This label lands in the third of four positions on the published scale. What separates that position from its neighbours is arithmetic rather than judgement: identical inputs run through the documented weighting always arrive at the same place. Anyone who works the calculation through by hand, using the methodology write-up together with the itemised ratings further down, will reproduce this number exactly — which is the reason for publishing a computed figure instead of an opinion.

This label falls in the fourth Nutri-Score band. The model arrives there when its penalty terms — energy density, sugars, saturated fat, sodium — carry more weight in the calculation than the fibre, protein and produce content it credits. The band covers a wide span of the points scale, so position within it is not visible from the letter alone. The grade reflects the declared nutrition panel and is unrelated to the additive ratings listed below, which come from different bodies applying different criteria.

This label parsed into a long component list. Where many entries are screened at once, the composite tends to reflect the overall mix of registry ratings returned rather than the rating of any one entry. Longer declarations also carry more sub-listed and compound entries, where a parenthetical group is resolved into its parts, so the parsed count can exceed what a reader counts on the packaging.

Cross-brand screening score neighbourhood

1. Tortilla chips: 50/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Tortilla chips50/1002. Gelatin dessert cherry: 50/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Gelatin dessert cherry50/1003. Soda, Blackberry Citrus: 50/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Soda, Blackberry Citrus50/1004. Grape soda: 50/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Grape soda50/1005. Soda: 50/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Soda50/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for Tortilla chips (50/100 on 32 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

Unit: PlainFoodSafe screening score out of 100. Data current as of July 2026.

Tortilla chips
50/100
Gelatin dessert cherry
50/100
Soda, Blackberry Citrus
50/100
Grape soda
50/100
Soda
50/100

How It Compares to Its Category

Among the 88,006 products we've scored in the Snacks category, the average safety score is 86.1/100. Tortilla chips scores 36.1 points below that category average (50/100 vs. 86.1/100), so it is a comparatively weaker pick for shoppers screening within that category specifically, rather than against the product catalog as a whole.

Ingredient-list length vs other Snacks products

Tortilla chips lists 32 ingredients on its label

32 83rd percentile a longer ingredient list than 83% of the 81,477 products we track

0–2: 275 products (0%). Below this entry. 2–4: 2,901 products (4%). Below this entry. 4–6: 4,248 products (5%). Below this entry. 6–8: 5,408 products (7%). Below this entry. 8–10: 5,486 products (7%). Below this entry. 10–12: 5,840 products (7%). Below this entry. 12–14: 6,252 products (8%). Below this entry. 14–16: 6,724 products (8%). Below this entry. 16–18: 6,221 products (8%). Below this entry. 18–20: 5,168 products (6%). Below this entry. 20–22: 4,508 products (6%). Below this entry. 22–24: 3,809 products (5%). Below this entry. 24–26: 3,567 products (4%). Below this entry. 26–28: 2,829 products (3%). Below this entry. 28–30: 2,282 products (3%). Below this entry. 30–32: 1,905 products (2%). Below this entry. 32–34: 1,715 products (2%). This entry sits in this band. 34–36: 1,572 products (2%). Above this entry. 36–38: 1,417 products (2%). Above this entry. 38–40: 1,284 products (2%). Above this entry. 40–42: 8,066 products (10%). Above this entry. This product 0 42 every published Snacks product, bucketed by value

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more 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

81,477 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 32 (83rd percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
275 products (0%)
2–4
2,901 products (4%)
4–6
4,248 products (5%)
6–8
5,408 products (7%)
8–10
5,486 products (7%)
10–12
5,840 products (7%)
12–14
6,252 products (8%)
14–16
6,724 products (8%)
16–18
6,221 products (8%)
18–20
5,168 products (6%)
20–22
4,508 products (6%)
22–24
3,809 products (5%)
24–26
3,567 products (4%)
26–28
2,829 products (3%)
28–30
2,282 products (3%)
30–32
1,905 products (2%)
32–34
1,715 products (2%)
34–36
1,572 products (2%)
36–38
1,417 products (2%)
38–40
1,284 products (2%)
40 and above
8,066 products (10%)

Source Open Food Facts, product label ingredient lists · July 2026

Ingredient-list length is a descriptive property of the label, not a safety rating. A longer list is not automatically worse and a shorter one is not automatically better; the count is shown so the label can be placed against a comparable population. The comparison here runs against the 81,477 Snacks products we publish with a parsed label, not against the whole catalogue, because list length varies far more between categories than within one.

Ingredient Safety Analysis

How the 50/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (2 flagged of 32 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Corn
2
Vegetable Oil
3
Soybean
4
Canola
5
Sunflower Oil
6
Maltodextrin
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, HUMECTANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT, TEXTURIZER
Safe GRAS
7
Cheddar And Romano Cheese
8
Pasteurized Milk
9
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
10
Cheese Cultures
11
Enzymes
12
Whey
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FORMULATION AID, MALTING OR FERMENTING AID, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PROCESSING AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
13
Dextrose
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, HUMECTANT, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
Cut Back GRAS
14
Buttermilk Solids
15
Partially Hydrogenated Soybean Oil
16
Butter
17
Cream
18
Spice And Spice Extractives Including Extractives Of Paprika
19
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
20
Garlic Powder
21
Onion Powder
22
Yeast Extract
23
Natural And Artificial Flavors
24
Citric Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, ENZYME, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, LEAVENING AGENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SEQUESTRANT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT
Safe GRAS
25
Red 40
Avoid Approved (certified color)
26
Dehydrated Parsley
27
Dehydrated Red And Green Bell Pepper
28
Annatto
Coloring
Certain People Should Avoid
29
For Color
30
Disodium Inosinate And Disodium Guanylate
31
Yellow 6
Avoid Approved (certified color)
32
Lactic Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, CURING OR PICKLING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
Safe GRAS

Full Ingredient List

Corn, vegetable oil (corn, soybean, canola and/or sunflower oil), maltodextrin, cheddar and romano cheese (pasteurized milk, salt, cheese cultures, enzymes), whey, salt, dextrose, buttermilk solids, partially hydrogenated soybean oil, butter (cream, salt), spice and spice extractives including extractives of paprika, sugar, garlic powder, onion powder, yeast extract, natural and artificial flavors, citric acid, red 40 lake, parsley, red and green bell pepper, annatto (for color), disodium inosinate and disodium guanylate, yellow 6 lake, lactic acid.

Other products containing Spice And Spice Extractives Including Extractives Of Paprika

Spice And Spice Extractives Including Extractives Of Paprika is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 3 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.

Categories

Snacks Salty snacks Appetizers Chips and fries Crisps Corn chips

Mid-score cross-brand comparables for Tortilla chips

Neighbours outside Kroger near Tortilla chips's mid-band score (50/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Kroger; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Yellow 6 is the first flagged ingredient selected from Tortilla chips's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 32-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Yellow 6. Open Yellow 6
  • Compare Tortilla chips's 2 flagged ingredients with a product from the same score neighbourhood. Compare labels
  • Check how caution flags contribute to the derived screening score before drawing a dietary conclusion. Read the method

This page describes published ingredient-list and source coverage. It is not dietary or medical advice.

Barcode 0011110168009: product data from Open Food Facts (July 2026). Screening from FDA SAFFA and CSPI Chemical Cuisine where attached. Figures are computed from those sources, not editor-typed. Methodology. Reference only, not dietary or medical advice.