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Lay's Potato Chips (Imitation fried crab flavor)
Lay'sPlant Based Foods And Beverages · 6924743923515

Lay's Potato Chips (Imitation fried crab flavor)

Greenveil's read: consider avoiding. Food health critical · 2 additives of concern (worst: Monosodium glutamate (MSG)).

Food health
Critical
Chemical concern
Not assessed

Allergens

  • Gluten
  • Soy

Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 15 Sep 2025

Why it's rated this way

2 additives on this label are on our additives-of-concern list.

  1. Monosodium glutamate (MSG)Moderate concernFlavour enhancer; self-reported intolerance ('MSG symptom complex'); EFSA flagged exposure above the group ADI.
    What it is
    Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
    Why it's flagged
    Flavour enhancer; self-reported intolerance ('MSG symptom complex'); EFSA flagged exposure above the group ADI.
    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.
  2. AspartameModerate concernSweetener; classified as possibly carcinogenic, though the evidence is contested and intake-dependent.
    What it is
    Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
    Why it's flagged
    Sweetener; classified as possibly carcinogenic, though the evidence is contested and intake-dependent.
    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

  • Potato flour55%No flag›
  • Vegetable oil22.5%No flag›
  • Serving size pregelatinized starch11.3%No flag
  • Seasonings | amount per serving5.6%No flag
  • Sugar2.8%No flag›
  • Glucose1.4%No flag›
  • Salt0.7%No flag›
  • Msg · E6210.4%Moderate

    Flavour enhancer; self-reported intolerance ('MSG symptom complex'); EFSA flagged exposure above the group ADI.

  • Coating0.2%No flag›
  • Maltodextri<0.1%No flag
  • Total fat 23 a flavoring<0.1%No flag
  • Silicon dioxide · E551<0.1%No flag
  • Citric acid · E330<0.1%No flag
  • D-malic acidNo flag›
  • Aspartame · E951Moderate

    Sweetener; classified as possibly carcinogenic, though the evidence is contested and intake-dependent.

  • 5'-taste disodium nucleotideNo flag
  • Cholesterol 0 mg sugar2.8%No flag
  • Food additives1.4%No flag
  • Mono- sodium 417‚7 mg0.7%No flag
  • And dioil0.4%No flag
  • Fatty acid esters0.2%No flag›
  • Phospholipids<0.1%No flag›
  • B-carotene<0.1%No flag
  • Salit dietary fibre 18 shelf life0.7%No flag
  • 9 months mfg0.7%No flag
  • See package0.4%No flag
  • Yimmidd0.4%No flag
  • Calories 38 % daily value saturated fat 11.6% trans fat 0 g 25% 45% %16% total carbohydrate 39g 12% total sugars 6.5% includes 0 g added sugars 0% %2 away allergens0.2%No flag
  • Wheat0.2%No flag›
  • Soya0.2%No flag›
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potato flour, vegetable oil, serving size pregelatinized starch, seasonings | amount per serving (sugar, glucose, salt, msg, seasoning powder, maltodextri, total fat 23 a flavoring, silicon dioxide, citric acid, d-malic acid, aspartame, 5'-taste disodium nucleotide), cholesterol 0 mg sugar, food additives(mono sodium 417,7 mg - and di-oil, fatty acid esters, phospholipids, b-carotene), salit dietary fibre 18 shelf life: 9 months mfg: see package((yimmidd) calories 38 % daily value saturated fat 11,6 g trans fat 0 g 25% 45% %16% total carbohydrate 39g 12% total sugars 6,5 g includes 0 g added sugars 0% %2 away allergens: wheat, soy,

Alerts

Declared allergens

This product declares Gluten, Soy.

Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 15 Sep 2025

Food health

Nutrition profile and additives of concern

Contains additive of concern
  • Monosodium glutamate (MSG)Flavour enhancer; self-reported intolerance ('MSG symptom complex'); EFSA flagged exposure above the group ADI.
  • AspartameSweetener; classified as possibly carcinogenic, though the evidence is contested and intake-dependent.

Per-ingredient concern · chemical identity, not food safety

Chemical identity has not been assessed for these 3 ingredients yet.

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