Food · Pringles
Pringles Dippers Bacon Cheddar Potato Crisps Chips, Extra Thick
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Strong 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 — 42 of 62 sit at or below this number.
A 28 g handful is about 0 calories and 0 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 — 42 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.
- Ultra-processed food cannot be rated Good
- Ultra-processed
- Monosodium glutamate
At a glance
How often
Rarely
Nutrition box
Strong
How processed
Ultra-processed
Extras
8 additives
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 · 49/100 · nutrition strong
- Nutrition quality88/100
- Ingredients60/100
- 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
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.
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.
Natural flavouring
-5Undisclosed mixture. Usually low toxicological risk, poor transparency.
Disodium inosinate
-5Flavour enhancer stacked with MSG.
Disodium guanylate
-5Flavour enhancer stacked with MSG.
Factory flavour system
-12MSG stacked with inosinate or guanylate is a lab flavour, not a kitchen one. It is how a chip tastes like cheese without much cheese.
A long list of extras
-84 additives sit on this pack. One extra is a recipe. Four is a factory pattern.
What held it up
A strong nutrition box
No meaningful sugar. This is a strong everyday box.
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 | 0 kJ |
|---|---|
| Sugars | 0 gLow No added sweetness to speak of. |
| Saturated fat | 0 gLow |
| Salt | 0 gLow Light on salt. |
| Fibre | 0 g |
| Protein | 0 g |
Better neighbours
Same aisle, cleaner number. Ranked by how close the job is — not by who paid.
Ingredients
DRIED POTATOES, VEGETABLE OIL (CORN, COTTONSEED, CANOLA, SOYBEAN AND/OR SUNFLOWER), DEGERMINATED YELLOW CORN FLOUR, CORNSTARCH, MALTODEXTRIN, RICE FLOUR, MONO - AND DIGLYCERIDES. CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF SALT, MONOSODIUM GLUTAMATE, ONION POWDER, SOUR CREAM SOLIDS (CULTURED CREAM), GARLIC POWDER, CITRIC ACID, NATURAL FLAVORS, NONFAT MILK, WHEY, ACACIA GUM, CHEDDAR CHEESE (MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES), DEXTROSE, DISODIUM INOSINATE, DISODIUM GUANYLATE, LACTIC ACID, PAPRIKA EXTRACT COLOR, SPICES, ANNATTO EXTRACT COLOR, WHEAT STARCH.
Monosodium glutamateE621
−5Safe for most. A few people report a reaction; most do not.
Natural flavouring
−5Not a toxin. A sign the recipe needed a perfume. You cannot tell what is inside from the words.
Disodium inosinateE631
−5Flavour enhancer stacked with MSG.
Disodium guanylateE627
−5Flavour enhancer stacked with MSG.
Potato
No concernA keep. The oil and salt around them are the score.
Rice
No concernStaple grain. Whole grain is the better neighbour of white rice.
Citric acidE330
No concernNo health concern at usual levels.
Milk
No concernA staple for people who digest it. An allergen for people who don’t.
Gum arabicE414
No concernGum in sweets and drinks.
Lactic acidE270
No concernThe sour in yogurt, made in tanks. Fine.
Paprika extractE160c
No concernOrange-red from peppers. A colour, not a concern.
Spice extract
No concernUsually fine. Celery extracts can matter for celery allergy.
- Also on the pack: VEGETABLE OIL (CORN, COTTONSEED, CANOLA, SOYBEAN AND/OR SUNFLOWER), DEGERMINATED YELLOW CORN FLOUR, CORNSTARCH, MALTODEXTRIN, MONO - AND DIGLYCERIDES. CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF SALT, ONION POWDER, SOUR CREAM SOLIDS (CULTURED CREAM), GARLIC POWDER
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