Chips
Ruffles Baked Cheddar & Sour Cream Flavored Potato Crisps
31.8 g
Score
- Ultra-processed
- Contains added sugars
- Seed-oil free
- No synthetic dyes
Why it scores 28
Ruffles Baked Cheddar & Sour Cream Flavored Potato Crisps scores 28 out of 100 (Poor) under GoodSwap’s published rules. What moved the score most:
- minus 20 points Sugar: An added sugar. Strong
- minus 20 points Dextrose: 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 Receipt
Baked Cheddar & Sour Cream Flavored Potato Crisps
Ingredients
- Sugar minus 20 points
- Dextrose minus 20 points
- Whey protein concentrate / isolate minus 2.5 points
- Natural flavors minus 1.5 points
- Caseinate minus 1.5 points
- Yeast extract minus 1.5 points
Processing
- Ultra-processed (NOVA 4) minus 18 points
- 5 kinds of ultra-processing markers minus 6 points
Nutrition per 100 g
- Salt 0.4 g / 100 g minus 1 points
100 − 72 = 28
Can’t score above 79. Contains sugar, an ingredient of high concern. [1][2][3]
Nutrition per 100 g
| Fat | 5 g |
|---|---|
| Saturated fat | 1 g |
| Carbohydrates | 22 g |
| Sugars | 2 g |
| Fiber | 1 g |
| Protein | 2 g |
| Salt | 0.4 g |
Serving: 1 package (31.8 g)
Ingredients
- DRIED POTATOES
- OLIVE OIL
- CORN STARCH
- SUGAR (high concern)
- LESS CHEESE (MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES)
- CREAM
- POTASSIUM SALT
- WHEY PROTEIN CONCENTRATE
- ONION POWDER
- SKIM MILK
- SOUR CREAM (CULTURED CREAM, SKIM MILK)
- BUTTERMILK
- NATURAL FLAVORS
- SODIUM CASEINATE
- DEXTROSE (high concern)
- CITRIC ACID
- BUTTER (CREAM, SALT)
- LACTIC ACID
- YEAST EXTRACT
- GARLIC POWDER
- BLUE CHEESE (MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES)
- PAPRIKA EXTRACT (COLOR)
- TURMERIC EXTRACT (COLOR)
- ANNATTO EXTRACT (COLOR)
Label text, as published
DRIED POTATOES, OLIVE OIL, CORN STARCH, SUGAR, AND LESS CHEESE (MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES), CREAM, POTASSIUM SALT, WHEY PROTEIN CONCENTRATE, ONION POWDER, SKIM MILK, SOUR CREAM (CULTURED CREAM, SKIM MILK), BUTTERMILK, NATURAL FLAVORS, SODIUM CASEINATE, DEXTROSE, CITRIC ACID, BUTTER (CREAM, SALT), LACTIC ACID, YEAST EXTRACT, GARLIC POWDER, BLUE CHEESE (MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES), PAPRIKA EXTRACT (COLOR), TURMERIC EXTRACT (COLOR), AND ANNATTO EXTRACT (COLOR). CONTAINS MILK AND SOY INGREDIENTS. FRITO-LAY, INC. PLANO, TX 75024-4099 2025 FRITO-LAY NORTH AMERICA, INC. smartlabel® 回找回
Allergens and diets
Contains: Milk, Soy
- Not vegan
- Palm-oil-free
Always check the package: recipes change.
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More from Ruffles
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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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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“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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“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