Late July
Sea Salt Thin & Crispy Restaurant Style Tortilla Chips
Made from one food: corn
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Crunchy
CModerate GoutMarket grade · Moderate · #19 of 32 corn and tortilla chips we grade
- Ultra-processedGoutSafe ↗
- Purine: very lowGoutSafe ↗
- No added sugar
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Purine and sugar, by the numbers
| Serving | 1 package (28.3 g) |
|---|---|
| Purine per serving | usually under 1 mg, at most 1 mg (0% of the 400 mg daily guide) |
| Purine per 100 g | at most 4 mg |
| Purine before GoutSafe's weighting | at most 3 mg per serving |
| Main purine source | corn |
| Fructose per serving | 0.5 g |
| Added sugar per serving | 0 g |
| Total sugar per serving | 1 g |
The weighted figure is lower than the one before weighting because GoutSafe counts purine from plants at a fraction of the same amount from meat or fish. The grade uses the weighted figure.
Where the purine comes from
| Ingredient | Matched GoutSafe food | Purine in that food, per 100 g | Share of the product | Purine at that share, per serving | Counted in the worst case |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| enriched corn meal | corn (A) | 12 mg | up to 100% | 3 mg | 1 mg |
| cheddar cheese | cheddar cheese (A) | 7 mg | up to 25% | under 1 mg | under 1 mg |
Purine values come from each matched food's page on GoutSafe. Shares come from label order: US labels list ingredients by weight, so the second ingredient is at most half the product, and anything after "2% or less" is at most 2%. The worst case fills the most purine-dense ingredients to their full share first, until the shares reach the whole product, then applies GoutSafe's weighting by source, which counts plant purines at 0.3, dairy at 0 and organ meat at 1.3 because they raise uric acid by different amounts. The grade uses that worst case. How we rate.
Why it's rated C
- Open Food Facts classes it as ultra-processed (NOVA 4), and GoutSafe's rule keeps ultra-processed foods at Moderate (C) or below. Source on GoutSafe.
- Up to 1 mg of purine per serving, under 2% of the 400 mg daily guide. Source on GoutSafe.
- The Nutrition Facts panel lists 0 g of added sugar per serving.
Estimated from the ingredient label. Labels list ingredients by weight but rarely give amounts, so we grade on the most purine the label allows, which can read stricter than the real recipe and never safer. Sugar comes from the Nutrition Facts panel. How we rate.
What's on the label
Ingredients: ENRICHED CORN MEAL (CORN MEAL, FERROUS SULFATE, NIACIN, THIAMIN MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), VEGETABLE OIL (CORN OIL, CANOLA OIL, SUNFLOWER OIL), WHEY, CHEDDAR CHEESE (MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES), SALT, CORN MALTODEXTRIN, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVORS, WHEY PROTEIN CONCENTRATE, MONOSODIUM GLUTAMATE, LACTIC ACID, CITRIC ACID, ARTIFICIAL COLOR (YELLOW 6).
Serving: 1 package (28.3 g). Added sugar: 0 g per serving. Label from Open Food Facts, dated 2024-10-20. UPC 028400040112. This label is over a year old and the recipe may have changed. Check the package.
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