How we scored this
PureScore is the stored composite of ingredient safety (40%), formulation quality (30%), contaminant risk (20%) and label transparency (10%). This label matched 21 of 21 listed ingredients. Unmatched names never wear an Excellent stamp. Methodology
Harris teeter, potato chips, sour cream & onion
Top 10 Snacks & chips — published list for this aisle
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Flagged concerns
Choice potatoes cooked in vegetable oil
Generic refined seed-oil blend (often soybean/canola); high omega-6; heavily processed.
partially hydrogenated vegetable oil as processing aids
Generic refined seed-oil blend (often soybean/canola); high omega-6; heavily processed.
corn syrup solids
Pure glucose; spikes blood sugar; contributes to metabolic disorders.
artificial flavor
Catch-all for synthetic flavor chemicals; regulatory threshold does not address cumulative exposure
dextrose
Isolated glucose from corn or wheat starch; high glycemic; rapid insulin spike
monosodium glutamate
Flavor enhancer; free glutamate; sensitivity reactions reported in some individuals.
sugar
High glycemic index; promotes inflammation and metabolic disease.
Full ingredient list
Choice potatoes cooked in vegetable oil (contains one or more of the following: corn, cottonseed, soybean), salt, seasoning: whey, dextrose, wheat flour, nonfat dry milk, buttermilk solids, salt, corn syrup solids, butter solids (cream, salt), dehydrated onion, sugar, sour cream solids (cream, nonfat milk, cultures), monosodium glutamate, parsley, citric acid, artificial flavor, malic acid, sodium diacetate, and lactose. not more than 2% silicon dioxide, partially hydrogenated vegetable oil (soybean/cottonseed) as processing aids.
Ingredient analysis
Cleaner alternatives
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