Potato chips
The Good Crisp Company Sour Cream & Onion Potato Crisps
1.6 oz/45 g
Score
- Ultra-processed
- High in salt
- High in saturated fat
- Contains added sugars
- Contains palm oil
- Seed-oil free
Why it scores 37
The Good Crisp Company Sour Cream & Onion Potato Crisps scores 37 out of 100 (Poor) under GoodSwap’s published rules. What moved the score most:
- 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
- minus 9 points Saturated fat 11.1 g / 100 g: Very high in saturated fat. Strong
Every line of the math is on The Receipt below, with its evidence tier and sources.
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The Receipt
Sour Cream & Onion Potato Crisps
Ingredients
- Sugar minus 20 points
- Palm oil minus 2.5 points
- Silicon dioxide minus 2.5 points
- Yeast extract minus 1.5 points
Processing
- Ultra-processed (NOVA 4) minus 18 points
- 2 kinds of ultra-processing markers minus 1.5 points
Nutrition per 100 g
- Saturated fat 11.1 g / 100 g minus 9 points
- Salt 1.9 g / 100 g minus 7 points
- Energy 511 kcal / 100 g minus 3 points
- Fiber 4.4 g / 100 g plus 2 points
100 − 63 = 37
Can’t score above 79. Contains sugar, an ingredient of high concern. [1][2][3]
Can’t score above 79. High in fat, saturated fat and salt (above the front-of-pack "high" level). [9]
Nutrition per 100 g
| Energy | 511 kcal |
|---|---|
| Fat | 26.7 g |
| Saturated fat | 11.1 g |
| Trans fat | 0 g |
| Carbohydrates | 62.2 g |
| Sugars | 2.2 g |
| Added sugars | 2.2 g |
| Fiber | 4.4 g |
| Protein | 4.4 g |
| Salt | 1.9 g |
Serving: 1 canister (45 g)
Ingredients
- Dried potatoes
- palm oil (vitamin e)
- tapioca starch
- sour cream & onion flavor (milk solids, onion powder, sour cream butter, sugar, parsley, salt, malic acid, silicon dioxide as an anticaking agent)
- onion powder
- salt
- sugar (high concern)
- citric acid
- yeast extract
Label text, as published
Dried potatoes, palm oil (vitamin e), tapioca starch, sour cream & onion flavor (milk solids, onion powder, sour cream butter, sugar, parsley, salt, malic acid, silicon dioxide as an anticaking agent), onion powder, salt, sugar, citric acid, yeast extract.
Allergens and diets
Contains: Milk
- Not vegan
- Vegetarian
- Not palm-oil-free
Always check the package: recipes change.
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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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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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Process contaminants in vegetable oils and foods
“The highest levels of GE, as well as 3-MCPD and 2-MCPD (including esters) were found in palm oils and palm fats, followed by other oils and fats.”
efsa.europa.eu
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“Glycidyl fatty acid esters, expressed as glycidol”
eur-lex.europa.eu
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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