Food · Lay's
Lay's Sour Cream & Onion
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Low nutrition · Ultra-processed · per 100 g
Ultra-processed — built with extras a kitchen wouldn’t use. Better as a rare treat, not a Good rating.
Better than most of Snacks — 38 of 62 sit at or below this number.
A 28 g handful is about 150 calories and 0.4 g of salt — before you finish the bag.
Council note
Ultra-processed — flavours, extras, a list a kitchen would not write. A dietitian would not make this a weekday habit. Better than most of Snacks — 38 of 62 sit at or below this number.
The pack
Ultra-processed — built with extras a kitchen wouldn’t use. Better as a rare treat, not a Good rating.
How often
Rarely
Who it’s for
Anyone comparing similar products in this aisle.
Skip if
It clashes with the notes you keep in your profile — allergens, diet, or extras you asked us to flag.
- This nutrition box cannot be rated Excellent
- Ultra-processed food cannot be rated Good
- A weak-ish nutrition box
At a glance
How often
Rarely
Nutrition box
Low
How processed
Ultra-processed
Extras
1 additive
Planet
Mixed footprint · 52/100
Organic
Not organic
Built in a factory with additives, flavours, or refined extras. Cannot be rated Good — a rare treat, not a habit.
Some good signs, some industrial ones. Not the heaviest in the aisle.
No shelf price logged yet. When a shopper posts a receipt to Open Prices, it lands here.
Why this number
Ultra-processed — built with extras a kitchen wouldn’t use. Better as a rare treat, not a Good rating.
Poor · 44/100 · nutrition low
- Nutrition quality39/100
- Ingredients95/100
- How processed16/100
- Organic0/100
Ultra-processed food cannot be rated Good. A factory recipe is a treat, not a habit.
What pulled it down
This nutrition box cannot be rated Excellent
This is a treat pattern. It can only scrape into low Good if the list is clean and it is not ultra-processed.
Ultra-processed food cannot be rated Good
A factory recipe — flavours, colours, or many additives — cannot be rated Good. A sometimes treat, not a daily habit.
A weak-ish nutrition box
Sugars are modest. Salt is moderate. Fat is high. Some fibre helps. A treat pattern.
Ultra-processed
Built in a factory with additives, flavours, or refined extras. A growing pile of research ties a diet of these to poorer health — not because one biscuit is poison, but because the pattern crowds out real food.
Monosodium glutamate
-5Flavour enhancer. Safe for most; a subset reports sensitivity.
Nutrition is half the number. Ingredients a quarter. How processed a fifth. Organic is a small bonus — it cannot rescue a sugary drink or a nitrite ham. How this compares to Nutri-Score
Nutrition · per 100 g
| Energy | 2240 kJ |
|---|---|
| Sugars | 2 gLow Naturally low in sugar. |
| Saturated fat | 3.5 gMedium |
| Salt | 1.4 gMedium A moderate amount of salt. |
| Fibre | 4 g |
| Protein | 6 g |
Better neighbours
Same aisle, cleaner number. Ranked by how close the job is — not by who paid.
Ingredients
Potatoes, vegetable oil, sour cream & onion seasoning, salt, MSG.
Monosodium glutamateE621
−5Safe for most. A few people report a reaction; most do not.
Potato
No concernA keep. The oil and salt around them are the score.
Sunflower oil
No concernA reasonable everyday oil. Not as interesting as olive, calmer than palm.
Salt
No concernThe nutrition box already scores it. A pinch in cooking is not a packet of noodles.
Milk
No concernA staple for people who digest it. An allergen for people who don’t.
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