Lay's Classic Potato Chips

Name: Lay's Classic Potato Chips
Brand: Lay's

25Avoid

Contaminants · 4

2 at/over limit

Measured by an independent lab and compared against published safety limits.

Cadmium165 ppbof 5 ppb

Over the limit — 33×FDA bottled-water Standard of Quality, 21 CFR 165.110(b) — 0.005 mg/L

Lead12 ppbof 5 ppb

Over the limit — 2.4×FDA bottled-water Standard of Quality, 21 CFR 165.110(b) — 0.005 mg/L

Arsenic6 ppbof 10 ppb

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

MercuryNDof 2 ppb

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

Ingredients · 4

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Common questions

Is Lay's Classic Potato Chips healthy?

Lay's Classic Potato Chips scores 25/100 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. 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 Lay's Classic Potato Chips?

Lay's Classic Potato Chips lists 4 ingredients, starting with Potatoes, Sunflower Oil, Corn and/Or Canola Oil and Salt. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

Does Lay's Classic Potato Chips contain seed oils?

Yes. Lay's Classic Potato Chips lists Sunflower Oil and Corn and/Or Canola Oil in its ingredients.

How processed is Lay's Classic Potato Chips?

We don’t have a NOVA classification on file for Lay's Classic Potato Chips yet, so the processing axis scores it neutrally.

How does Lay's Classic Potato Chips compare to other chips & crisps?

At 25/100 Lay's Classic Potato Chips scores worse than most chips & crisps we have scored. A higher-scoring option in chips & crisps is VANDY Classic Potato Chips at 95/100.

Is Lay's Classic Potato Chips organic?

Lay's Classic Potato Chips is not certified organic in our data.

Has Lay's Classic Potato Chips been lab tested?

Yes. 4 substances in Lay's Classic Potato Chips have an independent laboratory result on file — see the Contaminants section above for each reading and the limit it was measured against.

Full methodology: how we score products.