Central Market Organic Blue Corn Tortilla Chips — OKAY

Name: Central Market Organic Blue Corn Tortilla Chips
Brand: Central Market

Munch or Dump rates Central Market Organic Blue Corn Tortilla Chips by Central Market OKAY — score 62/90.

About as clean as a tortilla chip gets: organic stone-ground blue corn, a single expeller-pressed oil, sea salt, water, and lime for nixtamalization. Five real ingredients, nothing artificial. It is still a fried, salted snack, so it lands at OKAY rather than higher.

Why this verdict

Five-ingredient list, all recognizable whole-food components
Organic corn nixtamalized traditionally with a trace of lime
Expeller-pressed (not chemically extracted) sunflower/safflower oil
No artificial flavors, colors, MSG, or maltodextrin
Still a fried, salted snack — fat and sodium keep it in snack territory

Ingredients (5)

Organic stone ground blue corn (safe) — Whole-grain corn, minimally milled; provides fiber and some anthocyanins.
Organic Expeller Pressed Sunflower and/or Safflower Oil (moderate) — Mechanically pressed frying oil; refined but cleaner than solvent-extracted.
Sea Salt (moderate) — The only seasoning; pushes sodium high for the portion size but nothing artificial.
Water (safe) — Packing liquid; keeps calories and fat minimal versus oil-packed.
Trace of lime (safe) — Calcium hydroxide for nixtamalization, a traditional corn treatment.

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