Potato Crisps Sea Salt & Vinegar

Name: Potato Crisps Sea Salt & Vinegar
Brand: The Good Crisp Company

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Breakdown

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

Includes lab results from its product family: Good Crisp stacked potato crisps

100

Lab-measured contaminants

Measured against published safety limits

−72

cadmium−51

lead−21

Ingredients

−66

palm oil−51

natural flavors−11

citric acid−4

Processing

−10

NOVA 4: ultra-processed−10

Adjustments

What it takes to land on the final number

+48

Minimum score+48

Final score0

Contaminants · 4

2 at/over limit

From lab tests of this product’s family

Good Crisp stacked potato crisps

This product wasn’t tested · results may differ

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

Cadmium53 ppbof 5 ppb

Over the limit — 11×FDA bottled-water Standard of Quality, 21 CFR 165.110(b) — 0.005 mg/L

Measured in: Classic Original Potato Crisps, 5.6 oz

Lead29 ppbof 5 ppb

Over the limit — 5.8×FDA bottled-water Standard of Quality, 21 CFR 165.110(b) — 0.005 mg/L

Measured in: Classic Original Potato Crisps, 5.6 oz

ArsenicNDof 10 ppb

Not detectedFDA bottled-water Standard of Quality, 21 CFR 165.110(b) — 0.010 mg/L (= EPA MCL)

Measured in: Classic Original Potato Crisps, 5.6 oz

MercuryNDof 2 ppb

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

Measured in: Classic Original Potato Crisps, 5.6 oz

Ingredients · 11

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Common questions

Is The Good Crisp Company Potato Crisps Sea Salt & Vinegar healthy?

The Good Crisp Company Potato Crisps Sea Salt & Vinegar 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, Good Crisp stacked potato crisps. 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 The Good Crisp Company Potato Crisps Sea Salt & Vinegar?

The Good Crisp Company Potato Crisps Sea Salt & Vinegar lists 11 ingredients, starting with Dried Potato Flakes, Palm Oil, Tapioca Starch, Vinegar Powder and Sea Salt. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

Does The Good Crisp Company Potato Crisps Sea Salt & Vinegar contain seed oils?

No. Nothing in The Good Crisp Company Potato Crisps Sea Salt & Vinegar’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 The Good Crisp Company Potato Crisps Sea Salt & Vinegar?

The Good Crisp Company Potato Crisps Sea Salt & Vinegar is NOVA group 4: ultra-processed. That is the top of the scale and the classification the score penalises most heavily.

How does The Good Crisp Company Potato Crisps Sea Salt & Vinegar compare to other chips & crisps?

At 0/100 The Good Crisp Company Potato Crisps Sea Salt & Vinegar scores worse than most chips & crisps we have scored. A higher-scoring option in chips & crisps is Mac's Golden Pork Cracklins Butcher's Cut at 100/100.

Is The Good Crisp Company Potato Crisps Sea Salt & Vinegar organic?

The Good Crisp Company Potato Crisps Sea Salt & Vinegar is not certified organic in our data.

Has The Good Crisp Company Potato Crisps Sea Salt & Vinegar been lab tested?

Not this product itself. It shares a base recipe (Dried potato flakes, palm oil, tapioca starch; no cocoa, rice, cinnamon or nut) with the other products in its family, Good Crisp stacked potato crisps, 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 The Good Crisp Company Potato Crisps Sea Salt & Vinegar contain heavy metals?

The Good Crisp Company Potato Crisps Sea Salt & Vinegar itself has not been tested for heavy metals, but other products in its family, which share its base recipe, have: a lab detected cadmium at 53 ppb against a 5 ppb limit in Classic Original Potato Crisps, 5.6 oz and lead at 29 ppb against a 5 ppb limit in Classic Original Potato Crisps, 5.6 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.