Sour Crema & Onion Kettle Cooked Potato Chips

Name: Sour Crema & Onion Kettle Cooked Potato Chips
Brand: Siete

0Avoid

Breakdown

Processed · 4 contaminants flagged · 3 ingredients to watch

Includes lab results from its product family: Siete Kettle Cooked Potato Chips

100

Contaminants

Substances that do not belong in food

−111

lead−57

cadmium−25

arsenic−16

oil adulteration−13

Ingredients

−11

avocado oil−4

cultures−4

citric acid−3

Processing

−5

NOVA 3: processed−5

Packaging

−5

Packaging−5

Adjustments

What it takes to land on the final number

+32

Minimum score+32

Final score0

Contaminants · 5

3 at/over limit

From lab tests of this product’s family

Siete Kettle Cooked 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.

Lead88 ppbof 5 ppb

Over the limit — 18×FDA bottled-water Standard of Quality, 21 CFR 165.110(b) — 0.005 mg/L

Measured in: Kettle Cooked Hint of Serrano Sea Salt & Vinegar Potato Chips, 1.5 oz

Cadmium52 ppbof 5 ppb

Over the limit — 10×FDA bottled-water Standard of Quality, 21 CFR 165.110(b) — 0.005 mg/L

Measured in: Kettle Cooked Hint of Serrano Sea Salt & Vinegar Potato Chips, 1.5 oz

Arsenic24 ppbof 10 ppb

Over the limit — 2.4×FDA bottled-water Standard of Quality, 21 CFR 165.110(b) — 0.010 mg/L (= EPA MCL)

Measured in: Kettle Cooked Hint of Serrano Sea Salt & Vinegar Potato Chips, 1.5 oz

Oil Adulteration

Confirmed by lab testing

Measured in: Sea Salt Kettle Cooked Potato Chips, 5.5 oz (156 g)

MercuryNDof 2 ppb

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

Measured in: Kettle Cooked Hint of Serrano Sea Salt & Vinegar Potato Chips, 1.5 oz

Ingredients · 15

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Common questions

Is Siete Sour Crema & Onion Kettle Cooked Potato Chips healthy?

Siete Sour Crema & Onion 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, Siete Kettle Cooked 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 Siete Sour Crema & Onion Kettle Cooked Potato Chips?

Siete Sour Crema & Onion Kettle Cooked Potato Chips lists 15 ingredients, starting with Potatoes, Avocado Oil, Organic Cream, Cultures and Lactic Acid. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

Does Siete Sour Crema & Onion Kettle Cooked Potato Chips contain seed oils?

No. Nothing in Siete Sour Crema & Onion Kettle Cooked Potato Chips’s ingredient list matches a seed oil — canola, soybean, corn, cottonseed, grapeseed, sunflower, safflower, rice bran or peanut oil, or an unspecified "vegetable oil".

How processed is Siete Sour Crema & Onion Kettle Cooked Potato Chips?

Siete Sour Crema & Onion Kettle Cooked Potato Chips is NOVA group 3: processed, but not ultra-processed. NOVA runs 1 to 4, where 1 is whole food and 4 is ultra-processed.

How does Siete Sour Crema & Onion Kettle Cooked Potato Chips compare to other chips & crisps?

At 0/100 Siete Sour Crema & Onion Kettle Cooked Potato Chips scores worse than most chips & crisps we have scored. A higher-scoring option in chips & crisps is Trader Joe's Organic Corn Chip Dippers at 100/100.

Is Siete Sour Crema & Onion Kettle Cooked Potato Chips organic?

Siete Sour Crema & Onion Kettle Cooked Potato Chips is not certified organic in our data.

Has Siete Sour Crema & Onion Kettle Cooked Potato Chips been lab tested?

Not this product itself. It shares a base recipe (Potatoes cooked in avocado oil with sea salt; seasonings are flavours) with the other products in its family, Siete Kettle Cooked Potato Chips, and 2 products in its family have 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 Siete Sour Crema & Onion Kettle Cooked Potato Chips contain heavy metals?

Siete Sour Crema & Onion 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 24 ppb against a 10 ppb limit in Kettle Cooked Hint of Serrano Sea Salt & Vinegar Potato Chips, 1.5 oz, cadmium at 52 ppb against a 5 ppb limit in Kettle Cooked Hint of Serrano Sea Salt & Vinegar Potato Chips, 1.5 oz and lead at 88 ppb against a 5 ppb limit in Kettle Cooked Hint of Serrano Sea Salt & Vinegar Potato Chips, 1.5 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.