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Lay's Kettle Cooked Original

Common questions

Is Lay's Kettle Cooked Original healthy?

Lay's Kettle Cooked Original scores 17/100 on Scout's independent analysis of ingredients, additives, and lab results — one of the lower scores in Scout's catalog. Lay's Kettle Cooked Original scores 17/100.

Does Lay's Kettle Cooked Original contain seed oils?

Yes — Scout's ingredient analysis flags seed oils in Lay's Kettle Cooked Original, and that is reflected in its score.

Has Lay's Kettle Cooked Original been lab-tested?

Yes. Lay's Kettle Cooked Original carries an independent laboratory panel from Anresco Laboratories covering 1 contaminant (including Glyphosate) — the full results are on this page.

How processed is Lay's Kettle Cooked Original?

Lay's Kettle Cooked Original is NOVA Group 3: Processed Foods.

How does Lay's Kettle Cooked Original compare to other salty snacks?

Lay's Kettle Cooked Original ranks #53 of 118 salty snacks in Scout's independent rankings. The current top score in the category is Jesse & Ben's House-Cut Fries Tallow & Sea Salt at 93/100.

Which ingredients drive Lay's Kettle Cooked Original's score?

In Scout's ingredient-by-ingredient analysis, Potatoes counts in its favor; Vegetable Oil (sunflower/corn/canola blend) is flagged as an ingredient of concern. The full breakdown, with why each one matters, is in the Key ingredients section on this page.

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Lay's Kettle Cooked Original

Lay's
Contains seed oils Lab tested
17 Poor

At a glance

Beneficial ingredients 1
Harmful ingredients 1
Owned by PepsiCo
Category Salty Snacks
Summary

Lay's Kettle Cooked Original scores 17/100. Food Democracy Now / The Detox Project 2016 testing (Anresco Laboratories) confirmed positive for glyphosate (likely from the canola component of the seed oil blend). The ingredient deck is short — potatoes, vegetable oil (sunflower/corn/canola), sea salt — but the seed oil blend is the cooking medium and brings the inflammatory load and herbicide residue to an otherwise simple chip.

Contaminants 1

Source: Anresco Laboratories

Glyphosate
Detected
High

Detected at a high level — at or above health-based exposure limits. Regular exposure at this level is a genuine health concern. Glyphosate is classified as a probable human carcinogen by IARC.

Food Democracy Now / The Detox Project 2016 testing (Anresco Laboratories, FDA-registered, LC-MS/MS) confirmed positive for glyphosate (likely from the canola portion of the vegetable oil blend).

Key ingredients 2

Vegetable Oil (sunflower/corn/canola blend)
Very Bad

Refined high-omega-6 seed oil blend used as the kettle frying medium — chip is essentially saturated in this oil.

See more about Vegetable Oil (sunflower/corn/canola blend) →
Potatoes
Good

Beneficial ingredient — whole-food or functional value in this product class.

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Processing

Group 3 · Processed

Processed Foods

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