Salt & Vinegar Chips

Breakdown

Ultra-processed · 4 ingredients to avoid

Lay's Salt & Vinegar Chips scores 5/100 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. Per serving it carries 2g fiber, 2g protein and 0g sugar. 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.

Lay's Salt & Vinegar Chips lists 12 ingredients, starting with Potatoes, Vegetable Oils, Maize and Sunflower In Varying Proportions, Flavouring of Salt and Vinegar and Flavourings. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

155 kcal per serving, or 517 kcal per 100g. Calories are only part of the picture — Tallow scores Lay's Salt & Vinegar Chips on what the ingredients are, not how many calories they carry.

At 5/100 Lay's Salt & Vinegar 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.