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Pringles

Cheddar Cheese

CModerate GoutMarket grade · Moderate · #26 of 35 potato chips we grade

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Purine and sugar, by the numbers

ServingAbout 14 Crisps (28 g)
Purine per servingabout 2 mg, at most 6 mg (2% of the 400 mg daily guide)
Purine per 100 gat most 23 mg
Purine before GoutSafe's weightingat most 10 mg per serving
Main purine sourcedried yeast
Fructose per serving0.5 g
Added sugar per serving0 g
Total sugar per serving1 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

IngredientMatched GoutSafe foodPurine in that food, per 100 gShare of the productPurine at that share, per servingCounted in the worst case
autolyzed yeast extract dried yeast (D) 847 mg up to 2% 5 mg 5 mg
rice flour uncooked white rice (A) 33 mg up to 20% 2 mg under 1 mg
corn corn (A) 12 mg up to 50% 2 mg under 1 mg
soybean and/or sunflower dried soybeans (A) 33 mg up to 13% 1 mg under 1 mg
degerminated yellow corn flour corn (A) 12 mg up to 33% 1 mg under 1 mg
wheat starch bread flour (A) 26 mg up to 2% under 1 mg under 1 mg
dried potatoes potato (A) 7 mg up to 100% 2 mg under 1 mg
cheddar and blue cheese cheddar cheese (A) 7 mg up to 2% 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 2 mg of purine per serving, and at most 6 mg (2% of the 400 mg daily guide), mostly from yeast (dried). Source on GoutSafe.
  • The Nutrition Facts panel lists 0 g of added sugar per serving.
  • 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: DRIED POTATOES, VEGETABLE OIL (CORN, COTTONSEED, CANOLA, SOYBEAN AND/OR SUNFLOWER), DEGERMINATED YELLOW CORN FLOUR, CORNSTARCH, RICE FLOUR, MALTODEXTRIN, MONO- AND DIGLYCERIDES. CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF WHEY, SALT, MONOSODIUM GLUTAMATE, COCONUT OIL, SUGAR, ONION POWDER, CHEDDAR AND BLUE CHEESE (MILK, SALT, CHEESE CULTURES, ENZYMES), CITRIC ACID, NATURAL FLAVORS, PAPRIKA EXTRACT COLOR, LACTIC ACID, DISODIUM INOSINATE, DISODIUM GUANYLATE, BUTTER (CREAM, SALT), TURMERIC EXTRACT COLOR, BUTTERMILK, AUTOLYZED YEAST EXTRACT, NONFAT MILK, WHEAT STARCH.

Serving: About 14 Crisps (28 g). Added sugar: 0 g per serving. Label from USDA FoodData Central (record 2758811), dated 2026-04-23. UPC 038000138577.

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