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Snack Chips Roundup

We analyzed 1121 products to help you choose the healthiest & safest options.

Finding the perfect Snack Chips shouldn't feel like a guessing game. At CakeID, we take food transparency seriously. We have analyzed over 1121 products in this category, breaking down every ingredient list to uncover hidden additives, excessive sugar levels, and potential allergens.

Whether you are searching for strictly Vegan options, Gluten-Free snacks, or simply want to avoid high-processed foods, our algorithm ranks products based on a comprehensive Health Score. Below is our definitive ranking of the safest and healthiest Snack Chips you can buy in 2026, sorted by their ingredient purity.

Editor's Quick Picks

Detailed Reviews

Calories
0
Sugar
1g
doritos frito-lay

Poppin' Jalapeno Doritos

Ingredients: Corn, Vegetable Oil (Sunflower, Corn, and/or Canola oil), Whey, Salt, Maltodextrin (Made From Corn), Monosodium Glutamate, Buttermilk, Romano Cheese (Cow‘s Milk. Cheese Cultures, Salt, Enzymes). Cheddar Cheese (Milk Cheese Cultures, Salt, Enzymes. Onion Powder, Sugar, Corn Starch, Natural and Artificial Flavor, Spices, Lactose, Jalapeno Pepper. Garlic Powder. Modified Corn Starch, Dextrose. Sodium Caseinate, Skim Milk, Lactic Acid, Citric Acid, Malic Acid, Artificial Color “Blue 1, Red 40). Disodium Inosinate, Disodium Guanylate.

The Good

  • Low Sugar

The Bad

  • Contains Red 40 (Allura Red)
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Calories
140
Sugar
1g
Doritos

Spicy sweet chili

Ingredients: corn, vegetable oil (corn oil, canola oil, sunflower oil), salt, sugar, monosodium glutamate, fructose, sodium diacetate, soy sauce (soybean, wheat, salt), onion powder, maltodextrin, hydrolyzed soy protein, hydrolyzed corn protein, garlic powder, torula yeast, malic acid, extractives of paprika, spices, caramel color, disodium inosinate, disodium guanylate, dextrose, natural flavor,

The Good

  • Low Sugar

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
536
Sugar
4g
Ruffles

Potato chips

Ingredients: Poamss, Vegetabe Cal Made from Com), Sall, Sugar. Wem CONTAINS MILK INGREDIENTS

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Low Sugar
  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
0
Sugar
0g
Doritos

Doritos Spicy Sweet Chili

Ingredients: corn, vegetable oil (corn, canola, and/or sunflower oil), salt, sugar, monosodium glutamate, fructose, sodium diacetate, soy sauce ( soybean , wheat , salti, onion powder, maltodextrin (made from corn), hydrolyzed soy protein, hydrolyzed corn protein, garlic ponder, torula yeast, malic acid, extractives of paprika, spices, caramel color, disodium inosinate, disodium guanylate, dextrose, and natural flavor, contains soy and wheat ingredients,

The Good

  • Sugar Free

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
500
Sugar
4g
Lay's

Lay's - Barbecue Flavored

Ingredients: Potatoes, Vegetable Oil (Sunflower, Corn, and/or Canola Oil), Barbecue Seasoning (Sugar, Dextrose, Salt, Maltodextrin [Made From Corn], Molasses, Torula Yeast, Onion Powder, Spices, Tomato Powder, Paprika, Natural Flavors, Corn Starch, Caramel Color, Yeast Extract, Paprika Extract, Garlic Powder, and Mustard Seed Oil).

The Good

  • Low Sugar

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
571
Sugar
4g
Frito Lays

Lay's Classic Potato Chips 13 3/4 Ounce Party Size Bag

Ingredients: Potatoes, Vegetable Oil (Sunflower, Corn, and/or Canola Oil), and Salt.

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Low Sugar
  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
571
Sugar
4g
Lay's,Fritolay

Lay's Wavy Original Potato Chips 10 Ounce Bag

Ingredients: Potatoes, Vegetable Oil (Sunflower, Corn, and/or Canola Oil), and Salt.

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Low Sugar
  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
536
Sugar
4g
Lay's,Fritolay

Lay's Kettle Cooked Sea Salt & Cracked Pepper Flavored Potato chips 8.5 Ounce Plastic Bag

Ingredients: Potatoes, Vegetable Oil (Sunflower, Canola and/or Corn Oil), Sea Salt & Cracked Pepper Seasoning (Maltodextrin [Made from Corn], Black Pepper, Sea Salt, Garlic Powder, Onion Powder, Natural Flavors).

The Good

  • Low Sugar

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
500
Sugar
0g
Tostitos,Fritolay

Simply Natural Blue Corn Tortilla Chips

Ingredients: Organic Blue Corn, Expeller-Pressed Sun flower Oil, Sea salt.

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Sugar Free
  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
500
Sugar
4g
Ruffles

Ruffles Sea Salted Reduced Fat Potato Chips 8 Ounce Plastic Bag

Ingredients: potatoes, expeller-pressed sunflower oil, and sea salt,

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Low Sugar
  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
536
Sugar
0g
Frito-Lay Company,Doritos

Doritos Flames Tortilla Chips

Ingredients: Corn, vegetable oil (corn oil, canola oil, sunflower oil), maltodextrin, salt, citric acid, sugar, monosodium glutamate, artificial color (red 40 lake, yellow 6 lake), hydrolyzed corn protein, yeast extract, sodium diacetate, cheddar cheese

The Good

  • Sugar Free

The Bad

  • Contains Red 40 (Allura Red)
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Calories
571
Sugar
0g
Frito-Lay Company

Turbos Flamas

Ingredients: Corn, corn oil, turbos flamas seasoning (maltodextrin [made from corn], salt, citric acid, sugar, monosodium glutamate, artificial color [red 40 lake, yellow 6 lake], sunflower oil, hydrolyzed corn protein, yeast extract, sodium diacetate, cheddar cheese [milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes], natural flavors, modified corn starch, onion powder, whey, corn syrup solids, garlic powder, romano cheese [part-skim cow's milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes], buttermilk, whey protein concentrate, disodium inosinate, and disodium guanylate).

The Good

  • Sugar Free

The Bad

  • Contains Red 40 (Allura Red)
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Calories
500
Sugar
0g
Rancheritos

Rancheritos flavored tortilla chip

Ingredients: Corn, vegetable oil (corn, canola, and/or sunflower oil), maltodextrin (made from corn), salt, spices, monosodium glutamate, citric acid, paprika, skim milk, tomato powder, artificial color (including yellow 6 lake, red 40 lake, blue 2 lake, blue 1 lake), garlic powder, onion powder, natural flavors, mustard seed, hydrolyzed soy protein, and artificial flavors.

The Good

  • Sugar Free

The Bad

  • Contains Red 40 (Allura Red)
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Calories
160
Sugar
1g
Lay's

lays salt and vinegar

Ingredients: lnwedients.' Potatoes, Vegetable Oil (Sunflower, Corn, and/or Canola Oil), Salt & Vinegar Seasoning (Maltodextrin [Made From Corn], Natural FlavorsSalt, Malic Acid, and Vinegar).

The Good

  • Low Sugar

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
571
Sugar
4g
Lay's

Lays Classic Potato Chips 200gm

Ingredients: Potatoes, vegetable oil (sunflower, corn and/or canola oil), and salt.

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Low Sugar
  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
536
Sugar
0g
Bearitos, The Hain Celestial Group Inc.

Sea Salt Corn Chips

Ingredients: Yellow and white corn, expeller pressed canola and/or safflower and/or sunflower oil, sea salt.

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Sugar Free
  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
536
Sugar
4g
Snyder Of Berlin

Kettle Cooked Potato Chips, Hot & Spicy Jalapeno

Ingredients: Potatoes, vegetable oil (corn and/or sunflower oil), salt, dextrose, maltodextrin, jalapeno pepper, dehydrated onion, monosodium glutamate, torula yeast, dehydrated garlic, extractives of paprika, artificial and natural flavor.

The Good

  • Low Sugar

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
571
Sugar
14g
Food Should Taste Good

Fd shd tst gd ktl cked sweet pot chips original

Ingredients: Sweet potatoes, sunflower oil, sea salt.

The Good

  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
536
Sugar
0g
Tom's, Snyder's-Lance Inc.

Potato chips

Ingredients: Potatoes, vegetable oil (contains one or more of the following: canola oil, corn oil, cottonseed oil), salt, maltodextrin, sodium diacetate, dextrose, garlic powder, spice and herb, citric acid, onion powder, natural flavoring.

The Good

  • Sugar Free

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
536
Sugar
7g
Tom's, Snyder's-Lance Inc.

Potato chips

Ingredients: Potatoes, vegetable oil (contains one or more of the following: canola oil, corn oil, cottonseed oil), salt, dextrose, sugar, barley malt flour, tomato powder, torula yeast, onion powder, paprika, brown sugar, monosodium glutamate, natural flavor, citric acid,garlic powder, spice.

The Good

  • Convenient Snack

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
150
Sugar
0g
Tom's, Snyder's-Lance Inc.

Vinegar & Salt Potato chips

Ingredients: Potatoes, vegetable oil (contains one or more of the following: canola oil, corn oil, cottonseed oil), salt, maltodextrin, dry vinegar flavor (contains sodium diacetate, citric acid, lactose, tartaric acid), malic acid, sugar, sodium citrate, citric acid.

The Good

  • Sugar Free

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
536
Sugar
0g
Tom's

Orginal potato chips

Ingredients: Potatoes, vegetable oil (contains one or more of the following: canola oil, corn oil, cottonseed oil), salt.

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Sugar Free
  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
518
Sugar
0g
Cape Cod

Kettle Cooked Potato Chips

Ingredients: Potatoes, canola oil, maltodextrin, sea salt, vinegar powder, malic acid, citric acid, salt, dextrose, acetic acid, sugar, apple cider vinegar powder.

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Sugar Free

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
429
Sugar
0g
Carmen's Chips Inc.

Tortilla Chips

Ingredients: Masa (corn, 1% lime), water, safflower and/or soybean oil, corn oil, salt

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Sugar Free
  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
500
Sugar
13g
Rivertrail,Rivertrail Foods

Banana Chips

Ingredients: Bananas, Coconut Oil, Sugar.

The Good

  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
500
Sugar
0g
Garden Of Eatin'

White Chips Corn Tortilla Chips

Ingredients: Organic corn, expeller pressed canola oil and/or safflower oil and/or sunflower oil, sea salt.

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Sugar Free
  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
500
Sugar
0g
Hawaiian

Original Kettle Style Potato Chips

Ingredients: POTATOES, VEGETABLE OIL (_PEANUT_ OIL, CORN OIL, OR SUNFLOWER OIL), SALT

The Good

  • Sugar Free
  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • Contains Peanut
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Calories
500
Sugar
4g
Hawaiian

Potato chips

Ingredients: Potatoes, vegetable oil (sunflower oil or corn oil), sugar, salt, torula yeast, spice, paprika, onion powder, garlic powder, natural flavors (includes smoke), wheat flour, citric acid and extractives of paprika.

The Good

  • Low Sugar

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
500
Sugar
0g
Tim's

Tims cascade tims chips jalapeno

Ingredients: Potatoes, vegetable oil (corn oil or sunflower oil), seasoning: salt, maltodextrin, dextrose, jalapeno pepper, onion powder, torula yeast, monosodium glutamate, cottonseed oil, garlic powder, natural and artificial flavor, modified corn starch and extractives of paprika.

The Good

  • Sugar Free

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
500
Sugar
4g
Pinnacle Foods Group Llc

Crispy & Crunchy Potato Chips

Ingredients: Potatoes, vegetable oil (corn oil and/or sunflower oil), seasoning (dextrose, salt, sugar, maltodextrin, onion powder, torula yeast, yeast extract, garlic powder, jalapeno, parsley, spice extractive, extractives of paprika, natural flavor).

The Good

  • Low Sugar

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Frequently Asked Questions

Are products in the Snack Chips category always vegan?+
Not necessarily. We analyzed over 1121 products in the Snack Chips category on CakeID. While some are plant-based, many contain hidden animal ingredients like milk powder, whey, or gelatin. Always check the "Is Vegan" status on our product pages.
How does CakeID rank the best Snack Chips?+
We rank Snack Chips based on their nutritional value, ingredient cleanliness (fewer additives), and vegan compatibility. Products with lower sugar and simpler ingredients rank higher.
Can I find low-calorie Snack Chips here?+
Yes! Our list highlights the nutritional details of each product. Look for the "Calories" badge on the product cards above to find low-calorie options.
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