Avoid

Ranch Habanero Potato Chips

by Herr's

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0072600032224 · Herr's · Plant-based foods and beverages. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0072600032224 · Serving size 1 BAG, ABOUT 13 CHIPS (28 g)

The verdict

Ranch Habanero Potato Chips by Herr's scores 35/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 40 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 3 ingredients are flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 40-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.

35/100
Avoid safety score
3
Few flagged · of 40 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

25/100

Grade F

Ingredient Safety

35/100

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.

00032224 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Ranch Habanero Potato Chips label screening desk

SCORE-AVOID 35/100 FLAG-FEW 3 flagged LEN-DENSE 40 ing. REG-SPARSE 23% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-E Nutri-E RANK-SHORT Len top 3% LEAD-FLAG Titanium Dioxide PHOTO-FINISH Instant Pudding & · ±0 BOOK-OFF …032224 · July 2026

9 of 40 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Titanium Dioxide). Source sheet 00032224 · 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: Instant Pudding & Pie Filling · Nearest score peer is Instant Pudding & Pie Filling 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. Ranch Habanero Potato Chips: 35/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Ranch Habanero Potato Chi…35/1002. Instant Pudding & Pie Filling: 35/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Instant Pudding & Pie Fil…35/1003. Salted Caramel Marshmallow Hot Cocoa Toppers, Salted Caramel: 35/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Salted Caramel Marshmallo…35/1004. Sour neon gummy worms: 35/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Sour neon gummy worms35/1005. Spearmint Starlight, Mints: 35/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Spearmint Starlight, Mints35/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for Ranch Habanero Potato Chips (35/100 on 40 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

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

Ranch Habanero Potato Chips
35/100
Instant Pudding & Pie Filling
35/100
Salted Caramel Marshmallow Hot Cocoa Toppers, Salted Caramel
35/100
Sour neon gummy worms
35/100
Spearmint Starlight, Mints
35/100

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. Ranch Habanero Potato Chips scores 51.1 points below that category average (35/100 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

Ranch Habanero Potato Chips lists 40 ingredients on its label

40 97th percentile a longer ingredient list than 97% 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: 40 (97th 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 35/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (3 flagged of 40 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Potatoes
2
Vegetable Oil
3
Corn
4
Cottonseed Soybean
5
Organic Sunflower
6
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
7
Buttermilk
8
Spices
9
Habanero Chili
10
Msg
11
Partially Hydrogenated Soybean Oil
12
Sour Cream
13
Cream
14
Nonfat Milk
15
Cultures
16
Garlic Powder
17
Onion Powder
18
Sodium Diacetate
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
Safe GRAS
19
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
20
Natural And Artificial Flavors Corn Syrup Solids
21
Dehydrated Bell Pepper
22
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
23
Corn Starch
24
Tomato Powder Citric Acid
25
Cultured Nonfat Milk
26
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
27
Modified Food Starch
28
Dextrose Sodium Caseinate
29
Paprika
30
Mono & Diglycerides
31
Dried Vinegar
32
Malic Acid
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SYNERGIST
Safe GRAS
33
Disodium Inosinate And Disodium Guanylate
34
Extractives Of Annatto
35
Extractives Of Turmeric Gum Arabic
36
Glycerine
37
Turmeric
38
Titanium Dioxide
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, HUMECTANT, PROCESSING AID, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT, TRACER
Avoid Prior Sanctioned
39
Blue 1
Caution Approved (certified color)
40
Red 40
Avoid Approved (certified color)

Full Ingredient List

Potatoes, vegetable oil, (contains one or more of the following: corn, cottonseed soybean, sunflower), salt, buttermilk, spices (including habanero chili), monosodium glutamate, partially hydrogenated soybean oil, sour cream (cream, nonfat milk, cultures, garlic powder, onion powder, sodium diacetate, sugar, natural and artificial flavors corn syrup solids, dehydrated bell pepper, lactose, corn starch, tomato powder citric acid, cultured nonfat milk, maltodextrin, modified food starch, dextrose sodium caseinate, paprika, mono & diglycerides, vinegar, malic acid, disodium inosinate and disodium guanylate, extractives of annatto, extractives of turmeric gum arabic, glycerine, turmeric, titanium dioxide, blue 1, and red 40.

Categories

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

Lower-score cross-brand comparables for Ranch Habanero Potato Chips

Neighbours outside Herr's in the same lower screening band as Ranch Habanero Potato Chips (35/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Herr's; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Titanium Dioxide is the first flagged ingredient selected from Ranch Habanero Potato Chips's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 40-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Titanium Dioxide. Open Titanium Dioxide
  • Compare Ranch Habanero Potato Chips's 3 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 0072600032224: 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.