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VANDY French Onion Potato Chips, 5 oz

French Onion Potato Chips, 5 oz

21Avoid

Contaminants · 4

2 at/over limit
From lab tests of this product’s family
VANDY Tallow 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.

Cadmium97 ppbof 5 ppb
Over the limit — 19×FDA bottled-water Standard of Quality, 21 CFR 165.110(b) — 0.005 mg/L
Measured in: Vandy Classic Potato Chips Original 5 oz
Lead5 ppbof 5 ppb
At the limitFDA bottled-water Standard of Quality, 21 CFR 165.110(b) — 0.005 mg/L
Measured in: Vandy Classic Potato Chips Original 5 oz
ArsenicNDof 10 ppb
Not detectedFDA bottled-water Standard of Quality, 21 CFR 165.110(b) — 0.010 mg/L (= EPA MCL)
Measured in: Vandy Classic Potato Chips Original 5 oz
MercuryNDof 2 ppb
Not detectedFDA bottled-water Standard of Quality, 21 CFR 165.110(b) — 0.002 mg/L
Measured in: Vandy Classic Potato Chips Original 5 oz

Ingredients · 6

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Nutrition facts

NutrientPer 100gPer serving
Calories500 kcal—
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Common questions

Is VANDY French Onion Potato Chips, 5 oz healthy?

VANDY French Onion Potato Chips, 5 oz scores 21/100 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, VANDY Tallow 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 VANDY French Onion Potato Chips, 5 oz?

VANDY French Onion Potato Chips, 5 oz lists 6 ingredients, starting with Organic Potatoes, Grass-fed Beef Tallow, Organic Black Pepper, Sea Salt and Toasted Onion. 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 VANDY French Onion Potato Chips, 5 oz?

500 kcal per 100g. Calories are only part of the picture — Tallow scores VANDY French Onion Potato Chips, 5 oz on what the ingredients are, not how many calories they carry.

Does VANDY French Onion Potato Chips, 5 oz contain seed oils?

No. Nothing in VANDY French Onion Potato Chips, 5 oz’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 VANDY French Onion Potato Chips, 5 oz?

VANDY French Onion Potato Chips, 5 oz 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 VANDY French Onion Potato Chips, 5 oz compare to other chips & crisps?

At 21/100 VANDY French Onion Potato Chips, 5 oz 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 VANDY French Onion Potato Chips, 5 oz organic?

VANDY French Onion Potato Chips, 5 oz is not certified organic in our data.

Has VANDY French Onion Potato Chips, 5 oz been lab tested?

Not this product itself. It shares a base recipe (Organic potatoes fried in grass-fed beef tallow, sea salt; seasonings are flavour only) with the other products in its family, VANDY Tallow Potato Chips, 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 VANDY French Onion Potato Chips, 5 oz contain heavy metals?

VANDY French Onion Potato Chips, 5 oz 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 97 ppb against a 5 ppb limit in Vandy Classic Potato Chips Original 5 oz and lead at 5 ppb against a 5 ppb limit in Vandy Classic Potato Chips Original 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.

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