Sour Cream & Onion Potato Crisps

Name: Sour Cream & Onion Potato Crisps
Brand: The Good Crisp Company

0Avoid

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

−72

palm oil−51

yeast extract−11

malic acid−4

silicon dioxide as an anticaking agent−3

citric acid−3

Processing

−10

NOVA 4: ultra-processed−10

Adjustments

What it takes to land on the final number

+54

Minimum score+54

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 · 15

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Nutrition facts

Nutrient	Per 100g	Per serving
Calories	511.11 kcal	230 kcal
Fat	26.67 g	12 g
Saturated fat	11.11 g	5 g
Carbohydrates	62.22 g	28 g
Sugars	2.22 g	1 g
Fiber	4.44 g	2 g
Protein	4.44 g	2 g
Sodium	0.76 g	0.34 g

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Common questions

Is The Good Crisp Company Sour Cream & Onion Potato Crisps healthy?

The Good Crisp Company Sour Cream & Onion Potato Crisps 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. Per serving it carries 2g fiber, 2g protein and 1g 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.

What is in The Good Crisp Company Sour Cream & Onion Potato Crisps?

The Good Crisp Company Sour Cream & Onion Potato Crisps lists 15 ingredients, starting with Potatoes, Palm Oil, Mixed Tocopherols, Tapioca Starch and Sour Cream. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

How many calories are in The Good Crisp Company Sour Cream & Onion Potato Crisps?

230 kcal per serving, or 511 kcal per 100g. Calories are only part of the picture — Tallow scores The Good Crisp Company Sour Cream & Onion Potato Crisps on what the ingredients are, not how many calories they carry.

Does The Good Crisp Company Sour Cream & Onion Potato Crisps contain seed oils?

No. Nothing in The Good Crisp Company Sour Cream & Onion Potato Crisps’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 Sour Cream & Onion Potato Crisps?

The Good Crisp Company Sour Cream & Onion Potato Crisps 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 Sour Cream & Onion Potato Crisps compare to other chips & crisps?

At 0/100 The Good Crisp Company Sour Cream & Onion Potato Crisps scores worse than most chips & crisps we have scored. A higher-scoring option in chips & crisps is Late July Thin & Crispy Organic Blue Corn Tortilla Chips at 95/100.

Is The Good Crisp Company Sour Cream & Onion Potato Crisps organic?

The Good Crisp Company Sour Cream & Onion Potato Crisps is not certified organic in our data.

Has The Good Crisp Company Sour Cream & Onion Potato Crisps 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 Sour Cream & Onion Potato Crisps contain heavy metals?

The Good Crisp Company Sour Cream & Onion Potato Crisps 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.

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