Sweet Mesquite Barbeque Kettle Cooked Potato Chips

Name: Sweet Mesquite Barbeque Kettle Cooked Potato Chips
Brand: Cape Cod

0Avoid

Breakdown

Ultra-processed · 2 contaminants flagged · 5 ingredients to avoid

Includes lab results from its product family: Cape Cod Potato Chips

100

Lab-measured contaminants

Measured against published safety limits

−53

cadmium−47

arsenic−6

Ingredients

−85

canola oil−20

sunflower oil−20

safflower oil−20

soybean oil−19

natural flavor (including smoke)−4

2 smaller deductions−2

Processing

−10

NOVA 4: ultra-processed−10

Packaging

−5

Packaging−5

Adjustments

What it takes to land on the final number

+53

Minimum score+53

Final score0

Contaminants · 4

1 at/over limit

From lab tests of this product’s family

Cape Cod Potato Chips

This product wasn’t tested · results may differ

In the family’s tests: measured by an independent lab and compared against published safety limits.

Cadmium39 ppbof 5 ppb

Over the limit — 7.8×FDA bottled-water Standard of Quality, 21 CFR 165.110(b) — 0.005 mg/L

Measured in: Original Sea Salt Kettle Cooked Potato Chips, 8 oz

Arsenic6 ppbof 10 ppb

60% of the limitFDA bottled-water Standard of Quality, 21 CFR 165.110(b) — 0.010 mg/L (= EPA MCL)

Measured in: Original Sea Salt Kettle Cooked Potato Chips, 8 oz

LeadNDof 5 ppb

Not detectedFDA bottled-water Standard of Quality, 21 CFR 165.110(b) — 0.005 mg/L

Measured in: Original Sea Salt Kettle Cooked Potato Chips, 8 oz

MercuryNDof 2 ppb

Not detectedFDA bottled-water Standard of Quality, 21 CFR 165.110(b) — 0.002 mg/L

Measured in: Original Sea Salt Kettle Cooked Potato Chips, 8 oz

Ingredients · 17

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Common questions

Is Cape Cod Sweet Mesquite Barbeque Kettle Cooked Potato Chips healthy?

Cape Cod Sweet Mesquite Barbeque Kettle Cooked Potato Chips scores 0/100 on Tallow — our avoid band. That number comes from what is on the label: the ingredients, how processed it is, and what it is packaged in, plus lab results from its product family, Cape Cod Potato Chips. It is not a verdict on your diet — Tallow does not weigh calories, portion size or how often you eat it, so a high score means the ingredients are clean, not that the food is unlimited.

What is in Cape Cod Sweet Mesquite Barbeque Kettle Cooked Potato Chips?

Cape Cod Sweet Mesquite Barbeque Kettle Cooked Potato Chips lists 17 ingredients, starting with Potatoes, Canola Oil, Sunflower Oil, Safflower Oil and Soybean Oil. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

Does Cape Cod Sweet Mesquite Barbeque Kettle Cooked Potato Chips contain seed oils?

Yes. Cape Cod Sweet Mesquite Barbeque Kettle Cooked Potato Chips lists Canola Oil, Sunflower Oil, Safflower Oil and Soybean Oil in its ingredients.

How processed is Cape Cod Sweet Mesquite Barbeque Kettle Cooked Potato Chips?

Cape Cod Sweet Mesquite Barbeque Kettle Cooked Potato Chips is NOVA group 4: ultra-processed. That is the top of the scale and the classification the score penalises most heavily.

How does Cape Cod Sweet Mesquite Barbeque Kettle Cooked Potato Chips compare to other chips & crisps?

At 0/100 Cape Cod Sweet Mesquite Barbeque Kettle Cooked Potato Chips scores worse than most chips & crisps we have scored. A higher-scoring option in chips & crisps is Crazy Fresh Crazy Fresh Watermelon Spears at 100/100.

Is Cape Cod Sweet Mesquite Barbeque Kettle Cooked Potato Chips organic?

Cape Cod Sweet Mesquite Barbeque Kettle Cooked Potato Chips is not certified organic in our data.

Has Cape Cod Sweet Mesquite Barbeque Kettle Cooked Potato Chips been lab tested?

Not this product itself. It shares a base recipe (Potatoes fried in vegetable oil with salt; flavours are seasonings only) with the other products in its family, Cape Cod Potato Chips, and 1 product in its family has been lab tested. This product is scored with the worst result for each contaminant across those tests. Those results are in the family's Contaminants section above; its own results may differ.

Does Cape Cod Sweet Mesquite Barbeque Kettle Cooked Potato Chips contain heavy metals?

Cape Cod Sweet Mesquite Barbeque Kettle Cooked Potato Chips itself has not been tested for heavy metals, but other products in its family, which share its base recipe, have: a lab detected arsenic at 6 ppb against a 10 ppb limit in Original Sea Salt Kettle Cooked Potato Chips, 8 oz and cadmium at 39 ppb against a 5 ppb limit in Original Sea Salt Kettle Cooked Potato Chips, 8 oz. This product is scored with the worst result for each contaminant across those tests. Its own results may differ.

Full methodology: how we score products.