Potato chips
Cape Cod Sea Salt & Cracked Pepper Kettle Cooked Potato Chips
7.5 oz
Score
- Ultra-processed
- High in salt
- Contains added sugars
- Contains seed oils
Why it scores 25
Cape Cod Sea Salt & Cracked Pepper Kettle Cooked Potato Chips scores 25 out of 100 (Poor) under GoodSwap’s published rules. What moved the score most:
- minus 20 points Corn syrup solids: An added sugar. Strong
- minus 20 points Sugar: An added sugar. Strong
- minus 18 points Ultra-processed (NOVA 4): Classified NOVA 4: made with industrial ingredients and additives. Strong
Every line of the math is on The Receipt below, with its evidence tier and sources.
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The same kind of product, at least 10 points higher, sold in the US. Never paid placements.
The Receipt
Sea Salt & Cracked Pepper Kettle Cooked Potato Chips
Ingredients
- Corn syrup solids minus 20 points
- Sugar minus 20 points
- Vegetable oil (unspecified) minus 2.5 points
- Canola oil minus 1.5 points
- Sunflower oil minus 1.5 points
- Safflower oil minus 1.5 points
- Soybean oil minus 0.5 points
- Maltodextrin minus 0.5 points
- Natural flavors minus 0.5 points
- Yeast extract minus 0.5 points
Processing
- Ultra-processed (NOVA 4) minus 18 points
- 3 kinds of ultra-processing markers minus 3 points
Nutrition per 100 g
- Saturated fat 1.8 g / 100 g minus 1 points
- Salt 1.7 g / 100 g minus 5 points
- Energy 500 kcal / 100 g minus 3 points
- Fiber 7.1 g / 100 g plus 4 points
100 − 75 = 25
Can’t score above 79. Contains corn syrup solids, an ingredient of high concern. [1][2][3]
Can’t score above 79. High in fat and salt (above the front-of-pack "high" level). [12]
Nutrition per 100 g
| Energy | 500 kcal |
|---|---|
| Fat | 25 g |
| Saturated fat | 1.8 g |
| Trans fat | 0 g |
| Carbohydrates | 60.7 g |
| Sugars | 3.6 g |
| Added sugars | 0 g |
| Fiber | 7.1 g |
| Protein | 7.1 g |
| Salt | 1.7 g |
Serving: 18 chips (28 g)
Ingredients
- POTATOES
- VEGETABLE OIL (CANOLA, SUNFLOWER, SAFFLOWER, SOYBEAN)
- CORN SYRUP SOLIDS (high concern)
- WHEY
- SALT
- BUTTERMILK
- SPICES
- CRACKED BLACK PEPPER
- DRY VINEGAR (MALTODEXTRIN, VINEGAR SOLIDS)
- SUGAR (high concern)
- SEA SALT
- CITRIC ACID
- NATURAL FLAVOR
- GARLIC POWDER
- ONION POWDER
- CORNSTARCH
- TORULA YEAST
Label text, as published
INGREDIENTS: POTATOES, VEGETABLE OIL (CANOLA, SUNFLOWER, SAFFLOWER, AND/OR SOYBEAN), CORN SYRUP SOLIDS, WHEY, SALT, BUTTERMILK, SPICES, CRACKED BLACK PEPPER, DRY VINEGAR (MALTODEXTRIN, VINEGAR SOLIDS), SUGAR, SEA SALT, CITRIC ACID, NATURAL FLAVOR, GARLIC POWDER, ONION POWDER, CORNSTARCH, TORULA YEAST. CONTAINS: MILK.
Allergens and diets
Contains: Milk
- Not vegan
- Palm-oil-free
Always check the package: recipes change.
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More from Cape Cod
Sources
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Guideline: sugars intake for adults and children
“In both adults and children, WHO recommends reducing the intake of free sugars to less than 10% of total energy intake”
who.int
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Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2025–2030
“Limit foods and beverages that include artificial flavors, petroleum-based dyes, artificial preservatives, and low-calorie non-nutritive sweeteners.”
cdn.realfood.gov
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Added and free sugars should be as low as possible
“Sugar consumption is a known cause of dental caries.”
efsa.europa.eu
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“replacement of saturated fat in the diet with linoleic acid effectively lowers serum cholesterol but does not support the hypothesis that this translates to a lower risk of death from coronary heart disease or all causes.”
doi.org
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“These data provide support for current recommendations to replace saturated fat with polyunsaturated fat for primary prevention of CHD.”
doi.org
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21 CFR 101.22 Foods; labeling of spices, flavorings, colorings and chemical preservatives
“whose significant function in food is flavoring rather than nutritional.”
ecfr.gov
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Saturated fatty acid and trans-fatty acid intake for adults and children: WHO guideline
“WHO recommends that adults and children reduce saturated fatty acid intake to 10% of total energy intake (strong recommendation).”
who.int
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“For adults, WHO recommends less than 2000 mg/day of sodium (equivalent to less than 5 g/day salt), or just under a teaspoon.”
who.int
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“Table 3: Criteria for drinks (per 100ml)”
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk
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“Greater exposure to ultra-processed food was associated with a higher risk of adverse health outcomes, especially cardiometabolic, common mental disorder, and mortality outcomes.”
doi.org