Chips
Clancy's Ranch Veggie Straws
Score
- Ultra-processed
- High in salt
- Contains added sugars
- Contains seed oils
Why it scores 21
Clancy's Ranch Veggie Straws scores 21 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
Ranch Veggie Straws
Ingredients
- Sugar minus 20 points
- Dextrose minus 20 points
- Vegetable oil (unspecified) minus 2.5 points
- Sunflower oil minus 1.5 points
- Safflower oil minus 1.5 points
- Canola oil minus 1.5 points
- Maltodextrin minus 0.5 points
- Natural flavors minus 0.5 points
- Yeast extract minus 0.5 points
- Caseinate minus 0.5 points
Processing
- Ultra-processed (NOVA 4) minus 18 points
- 4 kinds of ultra-processing markers minus 4.5 points
Nutrition per 100 g
- Salt 2.2 g / 100 g minus 7 points
- Energy 500 kcal / 100 g minus 3 points
- Fiber 3.5 g / 100 g plus 2 points
100 − 79.5 = 20.5 → 21
Can’t score above 79. Contains sugar, 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). [11]
Nutrition per 100 g
| Energy | 500 kcal |
|---|---|
| Fat | 24.7 g |
| Saturated fat | 0 g |
| Trans fat | 0 g |
| Carbohydrates | 63.5 g |
| Sugars | 3.5 g |
| Added sugars | 3.6 g |
| Fiber | 3.5 g |
| Protein | 0 g |
| Salt | 2.2 g |
Serving: 1 portion (28.349 g)
Ingredients
- POTATO STARCH
- POTATO FLOUR
- VEGETABLE OIL (SUNFLOWER, SAFFLOWER, CANOLA)
- BUTTERMILK POWDER
- SALT
- COCONUT OIL
- MALTODEXTRIN
- NATURAL FLAVORS
- DEHYDRATED GARLIC
- CANE SUGAR (high concern)
- SPINACH
- TOMATO
- DEXTROSE (high concern)
- YEAST EXTRACT
- SOUR CREAM (CREAM, CULTURES, LACTIC ACID)
- BEET ROOT
- DEHYDRATED ONION
- TOMATO POWDER
- TURMERIC
- CITRIC ACID
- CREAM
- CULTURED NONFAT MILK
- BLACK PEPPER
- LACTIC ACID
- PAPRIKA
- MALIC ACID
- VINEGAR
- NONFAT MILK
- SODIUM CASEINATE
- SPICES
Label text, as published
POTATO STARCH, POTATO FLOUR, VEGETABLE OIL ( MAY CONTAIN ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING: SUNFLOWER, SAFFLOWER, CANOLA), BUTTERMILK POWDER, SALT, COCONUT OIL, MALTODEXTRIN, NATURAL FLAVORS, DEHYDRATED GARLIC, CANE SUGAR, SPINACH, TOMATO, DEXTROSE, YEAST EXTRACT, SOUR CREAM (CREAM, CULTURES, LACTIC ACID), BEET ROOT, DEHYDRATED ONION, TOMATO POWDER, TURMERIC, CITRIC ACID, CREAM, CULTURED NONFAT MILK, BLACK PEPPER, LACTIC ACID, PAPRIKA, MALIC ACID, VINEGAR, NONFAT MILK, SODIUM CASEINATE, SPICES
Allergens and diets
Contains: Milk
- Not vegan
- Palm-oil-free
Always check the package: recipes change.
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More from Clancy's
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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“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