Lay's

How it scored 45 / 100

Nutrition snapshot

Ingredients 24 listed

• 1 Potato
  Edible tuber of the Solanum tuberosum plant.
  Safe
• 2 Vegetable Oil
  Generic term covering edible oils extracted from plant sources (soybean, canola, corn, sunflower, palm, etc.).
  Low
• 3 Sugar
  Sucrose, a disaccharide of glucose and fructose, refined from sugarcane or sugar beets.
  Moderate
• 4 Salt
  Sodium chloride (NaCl), a crystalline mineral compound composed of roughly 40% sodium and 60% chloride by mass.
  Low
• 5 Dextrose
  D-glucose, a simple sugar (monosaccharide). Produced commercially by complete enzymatic or acid hydrolysis of corn starch.
  Moderate
• 6 Maltodextrin
  A short-chain glucose polymer (3–20 glucose units, DE 3–20) produced by partial enzymatic or acid hydrolysis of corn, potato, rice, or wheat…
  Moderate
• 7 Molasses
  Thick, dark syrup byproduct of sugar refining from cane or sugar beet.
  Low
• 8 Torula Yeast
  Dried, inactive yeast (Cyberlindnera jadinii / Candida utilis) used for flavoring.
  Low
• 9 Natural Flavouring
  A regulatory umbrella term (21 CFR 101.22) for flavor extracts derived from spices, fruit, vegetable, herb, bark, root, leaf, meat, seafood,…
  Low
• 10 Onion
  The edible bulb of Allium cepa L., a widely cultivated vegetable in the Allium family that also includes garlic, shallots, and leeks.
  Safe
• 11 Spice
  A regulatory category (21 CFR 101.22) for aromatic vegetable substances used primarily for seasoning. Excludes onion, garlic, and celery, wh…
  Moderate
• 12 Tomato
  Fruit of the Solanum lycopersicum plant.
  Safe
• 13 Paprika
  Ground spice from dried Capsicum annuum peppers.
  Safe
• 14 Corn Starch
  Starch isolated from the endosperm of corn kernels. Composed of amylose and amylopectin (glucose polymers).
  Low
• 15 Paprika Extract
  Paprika extract (E160c, capsanthin/capsorubin) is a natural orange-red colorant from red peppers.
  Low
• 16 Caramel
  Caramel: a dark colorant made by controlled heat treatment of food-grade carbohydrates; four classes (E150a-d) differ by manufacturing react…
  Moderate
• 17 Yeast Extract
  Concentrate of soluble compounds from autolyzed Saccharomyces yeast cells; contains naturally occurring glutamates and nucleotides.
  Low
• 18 Garlic
  Allium sativum, a bulbous plant whose cloves are rich in organosulfur compounds — most notably allicin (formed when garlic is crushed) — plu…
  Safe
• 19 Mustard Oil
  Oil pressed from mustard seeds (Brassica spp.), high in monounsaturated fats and naturally containing erucic acid.
  Moderate
• 20 Canola Oil
  Edible oil pressed from low-erucic-acid varieties of Brassica napus or B. campestris (rapeseed). Refined, bleached, deodorized, and standard…
  Low
• 21 Corn Oil
  Vegetable oil pressed/extracted from the germ of corn (Zea mays).
  Low
• 22 Soya Oil
  Vegetable oil extracted from soybeans (Glycine max), typically refined, bleached, and deodorized. High in polyunsaturated fats, particularly…
  Low
• 23 Sunflower Oil
  Edible vegetable oil pressed from the seeds of Helianthus annuus, typically high in linoleic acid (omega-6) or, in high-oleic varieties, ole…
  Low
• 24 Corn Maltodextrin
  A short-chain carbohydrate (DE 3-20) produced by partial hydrolysis of corn starch.
  Low