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SunChips

Garden Salsa SunChips

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

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Purine and sugar, by the numbers

Serving1 package (42.5 g)
Purine per servingabout 6 mg, at most 21 mg (5% of the 400 mg daily guide)
Purine per 100 gat most 49 mg
Purine before GoutSafe's weightingat most 28 mg per serving
Main purine sourcedried yeast
Fructose per serving2 g
Added sugar per serving3 g
Total sugar per serving4 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% 18 mg 18 mg
whole oat flour rolled oats (A) 44 mg up to 20% 4 mg 1 mg
brown rice flour uncooked white rice (A) 33 mg up to 25% 3 mg 1 mg
whole corn corn (A) 12 mg up to 100% 5 mg under 1 mg
whole wheat whole-grain wheat flour (A) 12 mg up to 33% 2 mg under 1 mg
tomato powder tomatoes (A) 7 mg up to 14% under 1 mg under 1 mg
corn corn (A) 12 mg up to 10% under 1 mg under 1 mg
cheddar cheese cheddar cheese (A) 7 mg up to 9.1% under 1 mg under 1 mg
romano cheese cheddar cheese (A) 7 mg up to 5.9% under 1 mg under 1 mg
including jalapeño pepper red and green bell peppers (A) 1 mg up to 5% 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 6 mg of purine per serving, and at most 21 mg (5% of the 400 mg daily guide), mostly from yeast (dried). Source on GoutSafe.
  • The Nutrition Facts panel lists 3 g of added sugar per serving, about half of it fructose. Source on GoutSafe.
  • 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, Tomato Powder, Salt, Natural Flavors, Maltodextrin (Made from Corn), Cheddar Cheese (Milk, Cheese Cultures, Salt, Enzymes), Dextrose, Buttermilk, Onion Powder, Whey, Yeast Extract, Romano Cheese (Part-Skim Cow's Milk, Cheese Cultures, Salt, Enzymes), Whey Protein Concentrate, Corn Oil, Spices (Including Jalapeño Pepper), Citric Acid, Paprika extracts, and Lactic Acid. CONTAINS WHEAT AND MILK INGREDIENTS.

Serving: 1 package (42.5 g). Added sugar: 3 g per serving. Label from Open Food Facts, dated 2024-10-21. UPC 028400048026. This label is over a year old and the recipe may have changed. Check the package.

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