Safe

Chips

by Pringles

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0038000276477 · Pringles · Plant-based foods and beverages. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0038000276477

The verdict

Chips by Pringles scores 100/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 55 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 55-component record, beginning with Potatoes, Vegetable Oil, Corn. 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 55 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

58/100

Grade C

Ingredient Safety

100/100

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.

00276477 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Chips label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 100/100 FLAG-CLEAN 0 flagged LEN-DENSE 55 ing. REG-SPARSE 9% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-E Nutri-E RANK-SHORT Len top 1% LEAD-RARE Disodium Guanylate PHOTO-FINISH Belgian-Style Street Waffles · ±0 BOOK-OFF …276477 · July 2026

5 of 55 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Disodium Guanylate). Source sheet 00276477 · 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: Belgian-Style Street Waffles Buttery Maple Flavor · Nearest score peer is Belgian-Style Street Waffles Buttery Maple Flavor 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.

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. Chips: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Chips100/1002. Belgian-Style Street Waffles Buttery Maple Flavor: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Belgian-Style Street Waff…100/1003. Eggo Liege-Style Waffles: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Eggo Liege-Style Waffles100/1004. Pastry Crisps: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Pastry Crisps100/1005. Frosted flakes strawberry milkshake: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Frosted flakes strawberry…100/100
High-band neighbours for Chips (100/100) outside Pringles.
Chart values as text

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

Chips
100/100
Belgian-Style Street Waffles Buttery Maple Flavor
100/100
Eggo Liege-Style Waffles
100/100
Pastry Crisps
100/100
Frosted flakes strawberry milkshake
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. Chips 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 Plant-based foods and beverages products

Chips lists 55 ingredients on its label

55 99th percentile a longer ingredient list than 99% of the 63,434 products we track

0–2: 3,907 products (6%). Below this entry. 2–4: 7,921 products (12%). Below this entry. 4–6: 8,845 products (14%). Below this entry. 6–8: 7,032 products (11%). Below this entry. 8–10: 6,320 products (10%). Below this entry. 10–12: 4,190 products (7%). Below this entry. 12–14: 3,449 products (5%). Below this entry. 14–16: 3,051 products (5%). Below this entry. 16–18: 2,493 products (4%). Below this entry. 18–20: 2,053 products (3%). Below this entry. 20–22: 1,808 products (3%). Below this entry. 22–24: 1,758 products (3%). Below this entry. 24–26: 1,623 products (3%). Below this entry. 26–28: 1,606 products (3%). Below this entry. 28–30: 1,360 products (2%). Below this entry. 30–32: 1,198 products (2%). Below this entry. 32–34: 1,081 products (2%). Below this entry. 34–36: 901 products (1%). Below this entry. 36–38: 649 products (1%). Below this entry. 38–40: 534 products (1%). Below this entry. 40–42: 1,655 products (3%). This entry sits in this band. This product 0 42 every published Plant-based foods and beverages 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

63,434 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 55 (99th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
3,907 products (6%)
2–4
7,921 products (12%)
4–6
8,845 products (14%)
6–8
7,032 products (11%)
8–10
6,320 products (10%)
10–12
4,190 products (7%)
12–14
3,449 products (5%)
14–16
3,051 products (5%)
16–18
2,493 products (4%)
18–20
2,053 products (3%)
20–22
1,808 products (3%)
22–24
1,758 products (3%)
24–26
1,623 products (3%)
26–28
1,606 products (3%)
28–30
1,360 products (2%)
30–32
1,198 products (2%)
32–34
1,081 products (2%)
34–36
901 products (1%)
36–38
649 products (1%)
38–40
534 products (1%)
40 and above
1,655 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 63,434 Plant-based foods and beverages 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
Corn
4
Cottonseed
5
High Olec Soybean
6
Organic Sunflower
7
Degerminated Yellow Corn Flour
8
Cornstarc Rice Flour
9
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
10
Mono - And Diglycerides
11
Or Less Of Salt
12
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
13
Onion Powder
14
Natural And Articl Flavor
15
Msg
16
Garlic Powder
17
Yeast
18
Cheddar Chere Milk
19
Cheese Cultures
20
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
21
Enzymes
22
Spice
23
Onion Juice Concentrate
24
Whe Disodium Inosinate
25
Disodium Guanylate
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
Approved
26
Paprika Extract Color
27
Buttermil Annatto Color
28
Turmeric Color
29
Wheat Starch
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
30
Pringles 072 2% Arroz
31
Maltodextrina
32
Papas Secas
33
Aceite Vegetal
34
Maíz
35
Semilla De Algodón
36
Sova Aut Oleico
37
Y/o Girasol
38
Harina De Maíz Amarillo Desgerminado
39
Maicena
40
Hare Glutamato Monosódico
41
Ajo En Polvo
42
Levadura En Polvo
43
Queso Cheddar Lede Contiene 2% O Menos De Sal
44
Azúcar
45
Cebolla En Polvo
46
Sabor Natural Y Artiric Cultivos De Queso
47
Sal
48
Enzimas
49
Especia
50
Concentrado De Jugo De Cebolla Ser Nosinato Disódico
51
Guanilato Disódico
52
Extracto De Pimenton Para Color S De Mantequilla
53
Color Achiote
54
Color Curcuma
55
Almidón De Trigo Contiene Ingredientes De Leche Y Trigo

Full Ingredient List

dried potatoes, vegetable oil (corn, cottonseed, high olec soybean, and/or sunflower), degerminated yellow corn flour, cornstarc rice flour, maltodextrin, mono - and diglycerides. contains 2% or less of salt, sugar, onion powder, natural and articl flavor, monosodium glutamate, garlic powder, dried yeast, cheddar chere milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), spice, onion juice concentrate, whe disodium inosinate, disodium guanylate, paprika extract color, buttermil annatto color, turmeric color, wheat starch. contains milk and wheat ingredients. r:pringles 072 2% arroz, maltodextrina, mono y diglicéridos. ingredientes: papas secas, aceite vegetal (maíz, semilla de algodón, sova aut oleico, y/o girasol), harina de maíz amarillo desgerminado, maicena, hare glutamato monosódico, ajo en polvo, levadura en polvo, queso cheddar lede contiene 2% o menos de sal, azúcar, cebolla en polvo, sabor natural y artiric cultivos de queso, sal, enzimas), especia, concentrado de jugo de cebolla ser nosinato disódico, guanilato disódico, extracto de pimenton para color s de mantequilla, color achiote, color curcuma, almidón de trigo contiene ingredientes de leche y trigo.

Categories

Plant-based foods and beverages Plant-based foods Snacks Cereals and potatoes Salty snacks Appetizers Chips and fries Crisps Potato crisps

High-score cross-brand comparables for Chips

Neighbours outside Pringles with screening scores in the same high band as Chips (100/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Pringles; these peers cross brands.

Read the longer label in layers

Read the longer label in layers

Chips has a longer ingredient list than 99% of its Plant-based foods and beverages 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 0038000276477: 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.