Safe

Classic Beer Cheese Flavored Potato Chips, Classic Beer Cheese

by Lay's

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0028400244251 · Lay's · Snacks. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0028400244251 · Serving size 15 CHIPS | ABOUT (28 g)

The verdict

Classic Beer Cheese Flavored Potato Chips, Classic Beer Cheese by Lay's scores 100/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 35 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 0 ingredients are flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 35-component record, beginning with Potatoes, Vegetable Oil, Organic Sunflower. 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.

100/100
Safe safety score
0
None flagged · of 35 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

63/100

Grade C+

Ingredient Safety

100/100

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.

00244251 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Classic Beer Cheese Flavored Potato Chips, Classic Beer Cheese label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 100/100 FLAG-CLEAN 0 flagged LEN-DENSE 35 ing. REG-SPARSE 23% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-D Nutri-D RANK-SHORT Len top 14% LEAD-RARE Lactose PHOTO-FINISH Crispy Fries Potato · ±0 BOOK-OFF …244251 · July 2026

8 of 35 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Lactose). Source sheet 00244251 · 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: Crispy Fries Potato Sticks, Cheese · Nearest score peer is Crispy Fries Potato Sticks, Cheese at the same screening score.

Screening model notes

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

Within the four-tier shelf-label framework this site publishes, the composite for this product falls in the highest band. That band is defined by a threshold on the derived score alone: it is where labels land once components carrying caution-or-worse registry ratings contribute little or nothing to the deduction. The band is a summary of what the screened registries return for the components that were parsed, so it inherits their coverage gaps — a component absent from both registries neither raises nor lowers the figure. The threshold and the weighting behind it are set out on the methodology page.

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. Classic Beer Cheese Flavored Potato Chips, Classic Beer Cheese: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Classic Beer Cheese Flavo…100/1002. Crispy Fries Potato Sticks, Cheese: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Crispy Fries Potato Stick…100/1003. Mexican Restaurant Style Tortilla Chips: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Mexican Restaurant Style …100/1004. Popcorn, French Vanilla: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Popcorn, French Vanilla100/1005. Poppers, Crunch Fries: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Poppers, Crunch Fries100/100
High-band neighbours for Classic Beer Cheese Flavored Potato Chips, Classic Beer Cheese (100/100) outside Lay's.
Chart values as text

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

Classic Beer Cheese Flavored Potato Chips, Classic Beer Cheese
100/100
Crispy Fries Potato Sticks, Cheese
100/100
Mexican Restaurant Style Tortilla Chips
100/100
Popcorn, French Vanilla
100/100
Poppers, Crunch Fries
100/100

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. Classic Beer Cheese Flavored Potato Chips, Classic Beer Cheese scores 13.9 points above that category average (100/100 vs. 86.1/100), so it is a comparatively strong pick for shoppers screening within that category specifically, rather than against the product catalog as a whole.

Ingredient-list length vs other Snacks products

Classic Beer Cheese Flavored Potato Chips, Classic Beer Cheese lists 35 ingredients on its label

35 86th percentile a longer ingredient list than 86% 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%). Below this entry. 34–36: 1,572 products (2%). This entry sits in this band. 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: 35 (86th 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

1
Potatoes
2
Vegetable Oil
3
Organic Sunflower
4
Corn
5
Canola Oil
6
Beer Cheese Seasoning
7
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
8
Made From Corn
9
Cheddar Cheese
10
Milk
11
Cheese Cultures
12
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
13
Enzymes
14
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
15
Natural Flavor
16
Skim Milk
17
Yeast Extract
18
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
19
Beer Solids
20
Organic Malted Barley
21
Corn Syrup
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, HUMECTANT, LEAVENING AGENT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, TEXTURIZER
Cut Back GRAS
22
Hops
23
Yeast
24
Onion Powder
25
Spice
26
Buttermilk
27
Lactose
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, MALTING OR FERMENTING AID, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, OXIDIZING OR REDUCING AGENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT
Certain People Should Avoid GRAS
28
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
29
Salad Style Mustard
30
Vinegar Solids
31
Mustard Seed
32
Turmeric
33
Lactic Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, CURING OR PICKLING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
Safe GRAS
34
Paprika Extracts
35
Annatto Extracts

Full Ingredient List

Potatoes, Vegetable Oil (Sunflower, Corn, And/Or Canola Oil), Beer Cheese Seasoning (Maltodextrin [Made From Corn], Cheddar Cheese [Milk, Cheese Cultures, Salt, Enzymes], Salt, Whey, Natural Flavor, Skim Milk, Yeast Extract, Dextrose, Beer Solids [Malted Barley, Corn Syrup, Hops, Yeast], Onion Powder, Spice, Buttermilk, Lactose, Citric Acid, Salad Style Mustard [Vinegar Solids, Mustard Seed, Salt, Turmeric], Lactic Acid, Paprika Extracts, And Annatto Extracts).

Categories

Snacks

High-score cross-brand comparables for Classic Beer Cheese Flavored Potato Chips, Classic Beer Cheese

Neighbours outside Lay's with screening scores in the same high band as Classic Beer Cheese Flavored Potato Chips, Classic Beer Cheese (100/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Lay's; these peers cross brands.

Read the longer label in layers

Read the longer label in layers

Classic Beer Cheese Flavored Potato Chips, Classic Beer Cheese has a longer ingredient list than 86% of its Snacks category comparison set. Use the ingredient table before relying on its single screening score.

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

Barcode 0028400244251: 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.