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Snacks · 0041200104730

Potato chips

Greenveil's read: consider avoiding. Food health critical · 2 additives of concern (worst: Disodium guanylate).

Food health
Critical
Chemical concern
Not assessed

Allergens

  • Dairy

Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 23 Apr 2020

Why it's rated this way

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

  1. Disodium guanylateMinor concernRibonucleotide flavour enhancer typically used together with monosodium glutamate (E621); may contribute to symptoms reported by glutamate-sensitive individuals.
    What it is
    Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
    Why it's flagged
    Ribonucleotide flavour enhancer typically used together with monosodium glutamate (E621); may contribute to symptoms reported by glutamate-sensitive individuals.
    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. Disodium inosinateMinor concernRibonucleotide flavour enhancer typically used together with monosodium glutamate (E621); may contribute to symptoms reported by glutamate-sensitive individuals.
    What it is
    Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
    Why it's flagged
    Ribonucleotide flavour enhancer typically used together with monosodium glutamate (E621); may contribute to symptoms reported by glutamate-sensitive individuals.
    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

  • Potatoes52.9%No flag›
  • Canola oil23.5%No flag›
  • Corn oil11.8%No flag›
  • Salt0.8%No flag›
  • Whey0.8%No flag›
  • Dextrose0.8%No flag›
  • Sour cream solid0.8%No flag
  • Cream0.4%No flag›
  • Skimmed milk0.2%No flag
  • Microbial culture0.2%No flag
  • Buttermilk0.8%No flag›
  • Onion0.8%No flag›
  • Sugar0.8%No flag›
  • Cultured nonfat milk0.8%No flag
  • Parsley0.8%No flag›
  • Citric acid · E3300.8%No flag
  • Natural and artificial flavouring0.8%No flag
  • Garlic0.8%No flag›
  • Disodium inosinate · E6310.8%Low

    Ribonucleotide flavour enhancer typically used together with monosodium glutamate (E621); may contribute to symptoms reported by glutamate-sensitive individuals.

  • Disodium guanylate · E6270.8%Low

    Ribonucleotide flavour enhancer typically used together with monosodium glutamate (E621); may contribute to symptoms reported by glutamate-sensitive individuals.

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Potatoes, canola oil and/or corn oil, salt, whey, dextrose, sour cream solid (cream, nonfat milk, cultures), buttermilk, onion powder, sugar, cultured nonfat milk, dehydrated parsley, citric acid, natural and artificial flavors, garlic powder, disodium inosinate and disodium guanylate.

Alerts

Declared allergens

This product declares Dairy.

Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 23 Apr 2020

Food health

Nutrition profile and additives of concern

Contains additive of concern
  • Disodium guanylateRibonucleotide flavour enhancer typically used together with monosodium glutamate (E621); may contribute to symptoms reported by glutamate-sensitive individuals.
  • Disodium inosinateRibonucleotide flavour enhancer typically used together with monosodium glutamate (E621); may contribute to symptoms reported by glutamate-sensitive individuals.

Per-ingredient concern · chemical identity, not food safety

What drives this

7 low · 4 not assessed

4 of 11 ingredients not yet assessed · Show all

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