Concern

Pringles Las Meras Meras Habaneras

by Pringles

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0038000284472 · Pringles · Plant-based foods and beverages. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0038000284472 · Serving size 14 crisps/unidades (1 oz / 28 g)

The verdict

Pringles Las Meras Meras Habaneras by Pringles scores 50/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 30 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 2 ingredients are flagged for caution. The 30-component label is layered, beginning with Potatoes, Vegetable Oil, Corn. Start with any flagged rows, then check the nutrition grade and serving size instead of treating one roll-up score as the whole decision. This is not a recall, allergy, medical, or dietary-safety determination.

50/100
Concern safety score
2
Few flagged · of 30 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

33/100

Grade F

Ingredient Safety

50/100

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.

00284472 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Pringles Las Meras Meras Habaneras label screening desk

SCORE-CONC 50/100 FLAG-FEW 2 flagged LEN-LAYERED 30 ing. REG-PART 40% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-E Nutri-E RANK-SHORT Len top 9% LEAD-FLAG Yellow 6 PHOTO-FINISH Kelloggs frosted flakes · ±0 BOOK-OFF …284472 · July 2026

12 of 30 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Yellow 6). Source sheet 00284472 · 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: Kelloggs frosted flakes · Nearest score peer is Kelloggs frosted flakes 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.

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.

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. Pringles Las Meras Meras Habaneras: 50/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Pringles Las Meras Meras …50/1002. Kelloggs frosted flakes: 50/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Kelloggs frosted flakes50/1003. Froot Loops: 50/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Froot Loops50/1004. rice krispies: 50/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. rice krispies50/1005. Fruity snacks fruit flavored snacks: 50/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Fruity snacks fruit flavo…50/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for Pringles Las Meras Meras Habaneras (50/100 on 30 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

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

Pringles Las Meras Meras Habaneras
50/100
Kelloggs frosted flakes
50/100
Froot Loops
50/100
rice krispies
50/100
Fruity snacks fruit flavored snacks
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. Pringles Las Meras Meras Habaneras 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 Plant-based foods and beverages products

Pringles Las Meras Meras Habaneras lists 30 ingredients on its label

30 91st percentile a longer ingredient list than 91% 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%). This entry sits in this band. 32–34: 1,081 products (2%). Above this entry. 34–36: 901 products (1%). Above this entry. 36–38: 649 products (1%). Above this entry. 38–40: 534 products (1%). Above this entry. 40–42: 1,655 products (3%). Above this entry. 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: 30 (91st 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

How the 50/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (2 flagged of 30 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Potatoes
2
Vegetable Oil
3
Corn
4
Cottonseed
5
High Oleic Soybean
6
Organic Sunflower
7
Degerminated Yellow Corn Flour
8
Cornstarch
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, NON-NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
9
Rice Flour
10
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
11
Mono - And Diglycerides
12
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
13
2% Citric Acid
14
Msg
15
Malic Acid
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SYNERGIST
Safe GRAS
16
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
17
Spice
18
Onion Powder
19
Garlic Powder
20
Corn Syrup Solids
21
Yeast Extract
22
Lime Juice Concentrate
23
Sodium Diacetate
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
Safe GRAS
24
Natural And Artificial Flavor
25
Disodium Inosinate
FLAVOR ENHANCER, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
Approved
26
Disodium Guanylate
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
Approved
27
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
28
Yellow 6
Avoid Approved (certified color)
29
Wheat Starch
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
30
Yellow 5
Avoid Approved (certified color)

Full Ingredient List

DRIED POTATOES, VEGETABLE OIL (CORN, COTTONSEED, HIGH OLEIC SOYBEAN, SUNFLOWER), DEGERMINATED YELLOW CORN FLOUR, CORNSTARCH, RICE FLOUR, MALTODEXTRIN, MONO - AND DIGLYCERIDES, SALT, 2% CITRIC ACID, MONOSODIUM GLUTAMATE, MALIC ACID, SUGAR, SPICE, ONION POWDER, GARLIC POWDER, CORN SYRUP SOLIDS, YEAST EXTRACT, LIME JUICE CONCENTRATE, SODIUM DIACETATE, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, DISODIUM INOSINATE, DISODIUM GUANYLATE, WHEY, YELLOW 6 LAKE, WHEAT STARCH, YELLOW 5 LAKE.

Other products containing 2% Citric Acid

2% Citric Acid is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 4 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.

Categories

Plant-based foods and beverages Plant-based foods Snacks Cereals and potatoes Salty snacks Appetizers Chips and fries Potatoes and their products Crisps Salty snacks made from potato Potato crisps Flavoured potato crisps Potato crisps in sunflower oil Stacked extruded potato crisps

Mid-score cross-brand comparables for Pringles Las Meras Meras Habaneras

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

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Yellow 6 is the first flagged ingredient selected from Pringles Las Meras Meras Habaneras's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 30-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Yellow 6. Open Yellow 6
  • Compare Pringles Las Meras Meras Habaneras'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 0038000284472: 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.