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Sun Chips

Harvest Cheddar

CModerate GoutMarket grade · Moderate · #31 of 32 corn and tortilla chips we grade

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Purine and sugar, by the numbers

Servingabout 15 chips (28 g)
Purine per servingabout 4 mg, at most 14 mg (3% of the 400 mg daily guide)
Purine per 100 gat most 49 mg
Purine before GoutSafe's weightingat most 18 mg per serving
Main purine sourcedried yeast
Fructose per serving1 g
Added sugar per servingnot on the label
Total sugar per serving2 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
whole oat flour rolled oats (A) 44 mg up to 20% 2 mg under 1 mg
brown rice flour uncooked white rice (A) 33 mg up to 25% 2 mg under 1 mg
whole corn corn (A) 12 mg up to 100% 3 mg under 1 mg
whole wheat whole-grain wheat flour (A) 12 mg up to 33% 1 mg under 1 mg
corn corn (A) 12 mg up to 14% under 1 mg under 1 mg
cheddar cheese cheddar cheese (A) 7 mg up to 11% under 1 mg under 1 mg
romano cheese cheddar cheese (A) 7 mg up to 7.1% under 1 mg under 1 mg
parmesan cheese parmesan cheese (A) 13 mg up to 4.8% 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 14 mg (3% of the 400 mg daily guide), mostly from yeast (dried). Source on GoutSafe.
  • The panel lists 2 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: Whole Corn, Sunflower And/Or Canola Oil, Whole Wheat, Brown Rice Flour, Whole Oat Flour, Sugar, Maltodextrin (Made From Corn), Salt, Cheddar Cheese (Milk, Cheese Cultures, Salt, Enzymes), Natural Flavors, Whey, Whey Protein Concentrate, Onion Powder, Romano Cheese (Cow'S Milk, Cheese Cultures, Salt, Enzymes), Buttermilk, Yeast Extract, Citric Acid, Paprika Extracts, Lactic Acid, Garlic Powder, Parmesan Cheese (Milk, Cheese Cultures, Salt, Enzymes), And Skim Milk. CONTAINS WHEAT AND MILK INGREDIENTS.

Serving: about 15 chips (28 g). Label from USDA FoodData Central (record 1457904), dated 2021-03-19. UPC 028400147392. This label is over a year old and the recipe may have changed. Check the package.

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