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Barbecue Flavored Potato Chips
Lay'sPlant Based Foods And Beverages · 0028400632423

Barbecue Flavored Potato Chips

Greenveil's read: consider avoiding. Food health critical · 1 additive of concern (Ammonia caramel).

Food health
Critical
Chemical concern
Not assessed

Allergens

  • Soy

Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 20 Dec 2025

Why it's rated this way

1 additive on this label is on our additives-of-concern list.

  1. Ammonia caramelModerate concernCaramel colour class III; may contain 4-methylimidazole (4-MEI), an animal carcinogen.
    What it is
    Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
    Why it's flagged
    Caramel colour class III; may contain 4-methylimidazole (4-MEI), an animal carcinogen.
    Regulatory basis
    Greenveil's curated additives-of-concern list, which cites the authority behind each entry.
    How sure we are
    High confidence. Matched by the additive code declared on the label.

A food's rating also reflects nutrition (Nutri-Score) and processing (NOVA); the additives above are the ingredient-level part of it.

Ingredients

  • Potatoes60.3%No flag›
  • Vegetable oil19.9%No flag›
  • Canola9.9%No flag›
  • Corn5%No flag›
  • Soya bean2.5%No flag›
  • And sunflower oil2.5%No flag›
  • Sugar3.6%No flag›
  • And less than 2% of dextrose3.6%No flag
  • Maltodextrin3.6%No flag›
  • Made from corn3.6%No flag
  • Salt0.3%No flag›
  • Potassium salt · E5080.3%No flag
  • Natural flavouring0.3%No flag
  • Molasses0.3%No flag›
  • Torula yeast0.3%No flag›
  • Tomato0.3%No flag›
  • Onion0.3%No flag›
  • Spice0.3%No flag›
  • Paprika0.3%No flag›
  • Corn starch0.3%No flag›
  • Yeast extract0.3%No flag›
  • Citric acid · E3300.3%No flag
  • Garlic0.3%No flag›
  • Caramel color · E150a0.3%No flag
  • And paprika extracts · E160c5.4%No flag
  • Ammonia caramel (E150C)Moderate

    Caramel colour class III; may contain 4-methylimidazole (4-MEI), an animal carcinogen.

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Potatoes, Vegetable oil (Canola, Corn, Soybean, And/or sunflower oil), Sugar, And less than 2% of dextrose, Maltodextrin (Made from corn), Salt, Potassium salt, Natural flavors, Molasses, Torula yeast, Tomato powder, Onion powder, Spices, Paprika, Corn starch, Yeast extract, Citric acid, Garlic powder, Caramel color, And paprika extracts.

Alerts

Declared allergens

This product declares Soy.

Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 20 Dec 2025

Food health

Nutrition profile and additives of concern

Contains additive of concern
  • Ammonia caramelCaramel colour class III; may contain 4-methylimidazole (4-MEI), an animal carcinogen.

Per-ingredient concern · chemical identity, not food safety

What drives this

3 moderate · 4 low · 7 not assessed

7 of 14 ingredients not yet assessed · Show all

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