Frito Lay Variety pack
by Fritolay
Open Food Facts label for barcode 0028400689823 · Fritolay · Chips and fries. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.
The verdict
Frito Lay Variety pack by Fritolay scores 0/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 54 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 4 ingredients are flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 54-component record, beginning with Potatoes, Corn Starch, Corn Oil. 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
- 4
- Many flagged · of 54 analyzed
- Group 4
- Ultra-processed
- 0028400689823
- Barcode (UPC/EAN)
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
3/100
Grade F
Ingredient Safety
0/100
FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening
Processing Level
NOVA 4
Ultra-processed foods
Nutrition Grade
N/A
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.
00689823 · Open Food Facts · July 2026
Frito Lay Variety pack label screening desk
18 of 54 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Yellow 6). Source sheet 00689823 · 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: Cheetos Baked Flamin' Hot Limon · Nearest score peer is Cheetos Baked Flamin' Hot Limon 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.
No Nutri-Score grade is present for this record in the OpenFoodFacts snapshot this page is built from. The nutritional dimension is absent rather than assessed and withheld: the grade depends on a complete declared nutrition panel, and community-contributed records vary in how much of that panel they carry. Nothing about the missing grade implies anything either way about the panel itself. The screen below covers additive ratings only and does not depend on the nutrition figures.
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
How It Compares to Its Category
Among the 2,997 products we've scored in the Chips and fries category, the average safety score is 93/100. Frito Lay Variety pack scores 93 points below that category average (0/100 vs. 93/100), 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 Chips and fries products
Frito Lay Variety pack lists 54 ingredients on its label
54 98th percentile a longer ingredient list than 98% of the 63 products we track
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
- 2–4
- 4 products (6%)
- 4–6
- 6 products (10%)
- 6–8
- 5 products (8%)
- 8–10
- 4 products (6%)
- 10–12
- 7 products (11%)
- 12–14
- 3 products (5%)
- 14–16
- 8 products (13%)
- 18–20
- 5 products (8%)
- 20–22
- 3 products (5%)
- 22–24
- 1 products (2%)
- 24–26
- 5 products (8%)
- 26–28
- 2 products (3%)
- 28–30
- 3 products (5%)
- 30–32
- 2 products (3%)
- 32–34
- 1 products (2%)
- 34–36
- 2 products (3%)
- 40 and above
- 2 products (3%)
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 63 Chips and fries 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 (4 flagged of 54 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.
Full Ingredient List
Dried potatoes, corn starch, corn oil, sugar, salt, soy lecithin, onion powder, maltodextrin (from corn), tomato powder, garlic powder, yeast, soybean oil, natural flavors, sunflower oil, paprika, acacia gum, paprika extracts, annatto extracts, caramel color. Popcorn, vegetable oil (corn, canola, and/or sunflower oil), natural flavor, whey, maltodextrin (from corn), buttermilk, cheddar cheese (milk, cultures, salt, enzymes), salt. Dried potatoes, corn starch, corn oil, sugar, maltodextrin (from corn), salt, soy lecithin, dextrose, whey, whey protein concentrate, onion powder, cheddar cheese (milk, cultures, salt, enzymes), monosodium glutamate, citric acid, artificial color (yellow 6 lake, yellow 5 lake, yellow 5, yellow 6), skim milk, natural and artificial flavors, garlic powder, disodium inosinate, disodium guanylate. Dried potatoes, corn starch, corn oil, sugar, sea salt, soy lecithin, dextrose, annatto extracts. Enriched corn meal (corn meal, ferrous sulfate, niacin, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), vegetable oil (corn, canola, and/or sunflower oil), whey, cheddar cheese (milk, cultures, salt, enzymes), maltodextrin (from corn), artificial flavors, salt, whey protein concentrate, monosodium glutamate, lactic acid, citric acid, artificial color (yellow 6).
Other products containing Annatto Extracts
Annatto Extracts is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 125 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.
Categories
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Lower-score cross-brand comparables for Frito Lay Variety pack
Neighbours outside Fritolay in the same lower screening band as Frito Lay Variety pack (0/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Fritolay; these peers cross brands.
Nearest screening score
Nearest cross-brand products by screening score (4 flagged of 54 on 0028400689823).
Long-label peers (21+ ingredients)
Nearest cross-brand labels by linked ingredient count (54 on 0028400689823).
Follow the flagged-label evidence
Follow the flagged-label evidence
Yellow 6 is the first flagged ingredient selected from Frito Lay Variety pack's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 54-ingredient record.
- Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Yellow 6. Open Yellow 6
- Compare Frito Lay Variety pack's 4 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 0028400689823: 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.