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Pringles, potato crisps, buffalo ranch, buffalo ranch

by Pringles

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0038000848193 · Pringles · Snacks. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0038000848193 · Serving size 1 ONZ (28 g)

The verdict

Pringles, potato crisps, buffalo ranch, buffalo ranch by Pringles scores 100/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 39 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 39-component record, beginning with Potatoes, Vegetable Oil, 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.

100/100
Safe safety score
0
None 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

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.

00848193 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Pringles, potato crisps, buffalo ranch, buffalo ranch label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 100/100 FLAG-CLEAN 0 flagged LEN-DENSE 39 ing. REG-PART 36% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-E Nutri-E RANK-SHORT Len top 11% LEAD-RARE Torula yeast PHOTO-FINISH Nesquik imp · ±0 BOOK-OFF …848193 · July 2026

14 of 39 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Torula yeast). Source sheet 00848193 · 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: Nesquik imp · Nearest score peer is Nesquik imp 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. Pringles, potato crisps, buffalo ranch, buffalo ranch: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Pringles, potato crisps, …100/1002. Nesquik imp: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Nesquik imp100/1003. Cheddar Cheese: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Cheddar Cheese100/1004. 100% Apple Juice from Concentrate: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. 100% Apple Juice from Con…100/1005. Nips, rich & creamy hard candy, butter rum: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Nips, rich & creamy hard …100/100
High-band neighbours for Pringles, potato crisps, buffalo ranch, buffalo ranch (100/100) outside Pringles.
Chart values as text

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

Pringles, potato crisps, buffalo ranch, buffalo ranch
100/100
Nesquik imp
100/100
Cheddar Cheese
100/100
100% Apple Juice from Concentrate
100/100
Nips, rich & creamy hard candy, butter rum
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. Pringles, potato crisps, buffalo ranch, buffalo ranch 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

Pringles, potato crisps, buffalo ranch, buffalo ranch 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

1
Potatoes
2
Vegetable Oil
3
Corn Oil
4
Cottonseed Oil
5
Soybean Oil
6
Sunflower Oil
7
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
8
Degerminated Yellow Corn Flour
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
Or Less Of Garlic Powder
14
Whey Solids
15
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
16
Msg
17
Tomato Powder
18
Sodium Diacetate
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
Safe GRAS
19
Onion Powder
20
Yeast Extract
21
Buttermilk
22
Cayenne Pepper Sauce
23
Aged Red Peppers
24
Dried Vinegar
25
Garlic
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
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
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
28
Coconut Oil
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT, TEXTURIZER
Listed
29
Natural And Artificial Flavors
30
Lactic Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, CURING OR PICKLING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
Safe GRAS
31
Disodium Inosinate
FLAVOR ENHANCER, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
Approved
32
Disodium Guanylate
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
Approved
33
Torula yeast
Flavoring
Safe
34
Whey Protein
35
Paprika Extract
36
Color
37
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
38
Spice
39
Wheat Dextrose

Full Ingredient List

Dried potatoes, vegetable oil (contains one or more of the following: corn oil, cottonseed oil, soybean oil, and/or sunflower oil), cornstarch, degerminated yellow corn flour, rice flour, maltodextrin, mono - and diglycerides, salt, contains 2% or less of garlic powder, whey solids, dextrose, monosodium glutamate, tomato powder, sodium diacetate, onion powder, yeast extract, buttermilk, cayenne pepper sauce (aged red peppers, vinegar, salt, garlic), citric acid, sodium caseinate, coconut oil, natural and artificial flavors, lactic acid, disodium inosinate, disodium guanylate, torula yeast, whey protein, paprika extract (color), sugar, vinegar, spice, wheat dextrose.

Other products containing Or Less Of Garlic Powder

Or Less Of Garlic Powder is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 8 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.

Categories

Snacks

High-score cross-brand comparables for Pringles, potato crisps, buffalo ranch, buffalo ranch

Neighbours outside Pringles with screening scores in the same high band as Pringles, potato crisps, buffalo ranch, buffalo ranch (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

Pringles, potato crisps, buffalo ranch, buffalo ranch has a longer ingredient list than 89% 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 0038000848193: 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.