Avoid

Stax Potato Crisps, Korean Bbq

by Lay's

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0028400249744 · Lay's · Snacks. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0028400249744 · Serving size 1 ONZ (28 g)

The verdict

Stax Potato Crisps, Korean Bbq by Lay's scores 0/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 39 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 6 ingredients are flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 39-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.

0/100
Avoid safety score
6
Many flagged · of 39 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
E
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

8/100

Grade F

Ingredient Safety

0/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

E

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.

00249744 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Stax Potato Crisps, Korean Bbq label screening desk

SCORE-AVOID 0/100 FLAG-MANY 6 flagged LEN-DENSE 39 ing. REG-PART 36% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-E Nutri-E RANK-SHORT Len top 11% LEAD-FLAG Blue 2 PHOTO-FINISH Chips · ±0 BOOK-OFF …249744 · July 2026

14 of 39 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Blue 2). Source sheet 00249744 · 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: Chips · Nearest score peer is Chips at the same screening score.

Screening model notes

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

The composite for this product falls in the lowest of the four bands. That is where labels land when registry-rated components drive the greater part of the deduction from the index. The band name is drawn from the framework's own scale and is distinct from the ratings the registries themselves assign to individual substances, which are shown per component below. A single heavily rated component and several lightly rated ones can produce the same band, so the component table is the more precise reading of the two.

Nutri-Score assigned its lowest band to this label. The algorithm reserves that grade for nutrition panels where the values it penalises sit well above the components it credits. The two systems on this page measure genuinely different things: a product can hold this grade while carrying no additive flagged by the registries screened below, and a product graded well can carry several. Neither reading substitutes for the other, and the per-component table is where the additive picture is set out.

The declared list is among the longer ones in this catalogue. A component set this wide means the screen returns many individual ratings, and the composite accumulates a large number of small contributions instead of turning on a handful of entries. At this length the per-component table below is substantially more informative than the single figure, because the figure compresses a great deal of variation into one number.

Cross-brand screening score neighbourhood

1. Stax Potato Crisps, Korean Bbq: 0/100 · 0% of the leader · rank #11. Stax Potato Crisps, Korea…0/1002. Chips: 0/100 · 0% of the leader · rank #22. Chips0/1003. Corn Chips: 0/100 · 0% of the leader · rank #33. Corn Chips0/1004. Test Flavor: 855: 0/100 · 0% of the leader · rank #44. Test Flavor: 8550/1005. Tortilla Chips, 404 Bold Flavor Experiment: 0/100 · 0% of the leader · rank #55. Tortilla Chips, 404 Bold …0/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for Stax Potato Crisps, Korean Bbq (0/100 on 39 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

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

Stax Potato Crisps, Korean Bbq
0/100
Chips
0/100
Corn Chips
0/100
Test Flavor: 855
0/100
Tortilla Chips, 404 Bold Flavor Experiment
0/100

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. Stax Potato Crisps, Korean Bbq scores 86.1 points below that category average (0/100 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

Stax Potato Crisps, Korean Bbq lists 39 ingredients on its label

39 89th percentile a longer ingredient list than 89% 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%). Below this entry. 36–38: 1,417 products (2%). Below this entry. 38–40: 1,284 products (2%). This entry sits in this band. 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: 39 (89th 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 0/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (6 flagged of 39 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Potatoes
2
Vegetable Oil
3
Organic Sunflower
4
Corn
5
Cottonseed Oil
6
Unmodified Potato Starch
7
Rice Flour
8
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
9
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
10
Msg
11
Mono And Diglycerides
12
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
13
Soy Lecithin
14
Brown Sugar
15
Spices
16
Yeast Extract
17
Gum Arabic
18
Garlic Powder
19
Onion Powder
20
Corn Starch
21
Corn Syrup Solids
22
Molasses
23
Sodium Diacetate
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
Safe GRAS
24
Natural Flavor
25
Medium Chain Triglycerides
26
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
27
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
28
Made From Corn
29
Artificial Color
30
Yellow 6
Avoid Approved (certified color)
31
Blue 2
Avoid Approved (certified color)
32
Red 40
Avoid Approved (certified color)
33
Red 40
Avoid Approved (certified color)
34
Yellow 5
Avoid Approved (certified color)
35
Blue 1
Caution Approved (certified color)
36
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
37
Sodium Caseinate
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
38
Beef Fat
39
Skim Milk

Full Ingredient List

Dried Potatoes, Vegetable Oil (Sunflower, Corn, And/Or Cottonseed Oil), Unmodified Potato Starch, Rice Flour, Sugar, And Less Than 2% Of The Following: Salt, Monosodium Glutamate, Mono And Diglycerides, Dextrose, Soy Lecithin, Brown Sugar, Spices, Yeast Extract, Gum Arabic, Garlic Powder, Onion Powder, Corn Starch, Corn Syrup Solids, Molasses, Sodium Diacetate, Natural Flavor, Medium Chain Triglycerides, Citric Acid, Maltodextrin (Made From Corn), Artificial Color (Yellow 6 Lake, Blue 2 Lake, Red 40 Lake, Red 40, Yellow 5, Blue 1), Lactose, Sodium Caseinate, Beef Fat, And Skim Milk.

Categories

Snacks

Lower-score cross-brand comparables for Stax Potato Crisps, Korean Bbq

Neighbours outside Lay's in the same lower screening band as Stax Potato Crisps, Korean Bbq (0/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Lay's; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Blue 2 is the first flagged ingredient selected from Stax Potato Crisps, Korean Bbq's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 39-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Blue 2. Open Blue 2
  • Compare Stax Potato Crisps, Korean Bbq's 6 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 0028400249744: 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.