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Lay's

Cheddar & sour cream Potato chips

CModerate GoutMarket grade · Moderate · #30 of 35 potato chips we grade

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Purine and sugar, by the numbers

Serving28 g
Purine per servingabout 4 mg, at most 13 mg (3% of the 400 mg daily guide)
Purine per 100 gat most 46 mg
Purine before GoutSafe's weightingat most 16 mg per serving
Main purine sourcedried yeast
Fructose per serving0.5 g
Added sugar per servingnot on the label
Total sugar per serving1 g

Where the purine comes from

IngredientMatched GoutSafe foodPurine in that food, per 100 gShare of the productPurine at that share, per servingCounted in the worst case
yeast extract dried yeast (D) 847 mg up to 5% 12 mg 12 mg
soybean and/or sunflower oil dried soybeans (A) 33 mg up to 17% 2 mg under 1 mg
corn corn (A) 12 mg up to 33% 1 mg under 1 mg
corn corn (A) 12 mg up to 25% under 1 mg under 1 mg
potatoes potato (A) 7 mg up to 100% 2 mg under 1 mg
cheddar cheese cheddar cheese (A) 7 mg up to 17% under 1 mg under 1 mg
sour cream sour cream (A) 1 mg up to 10% under 1 mg under 1 mg
blue cheese cheddar cheese (A) 7 mg up to 5.9% 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.
  • About 4 mg of purine per serving, and at most 13 mg (3% of the 400 mg daily guide), mostly from yeast (dried). Source on GoutSafe.
  • The panel lists 1 g of total sugars per serving and no added-sugar line.
  • Yeast extract is one of the most purine-dense ingredients there is, at 847 mg per 100 g dried. Source on GoutSafe.

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: POTATOES, VEGETABLE OIL (CANOLA, CORN, SOYBEAN AND/OR SUNFLOWER OIL), MALTODEXTRIN (MADE FROM CORN), WHEY, SALT, CHEDDAR CHEESE (MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES), ONION POWDER, NATURAL FLAVOR, BUTTERMILK, SOUR CREAM (CULTURED CREAM, SKIM MILK), BUTTER (CREAM, SALT), SODIUM CASEINATE, YEAST EXTRACT, LACTOSE, CITRIC ACID, SKIM MILK, BLUE CHEESE (MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES), LACTIC ACID, PAPRIKA EXTRACTS, GARLIC POWDER, WHEY PROTEIN ISOLATE, MILK PROTEIN CONCENTRATE, ANNATTO EXTRACTS

Serving: 28 g. Label from USDA FoodData Central (record 2562680), dated 2023-06-29. UPC 028400199988. This label is over a year old and the recipe may have changed. Check the package.

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