Private Selection Sea Salt Kettle Chips — TREAT

Munch or Dump rates Private Selection Sea Salt Kettle Chips by Private Selection TREAT — score 45/90.

About as clean as a bag of chips gets: potatoes, oil and sea salt, with nothing engineered in the seasoning. That honesty is real, but so is the reality of a kettle chip fried in refined vegetable oil. It is a fat-and-salt indulgence with a short ingredient list, not an everyday food.

Why this verdict

• Three-ingredient list with no maltodextrin, dextrose, flavor enhancers or artificial additives
• Fried in refined vegetable oil, driving high fat (~32g per 100g) and high calorie density (~536 kcal per 100g)
• High sodium from the sea salt coating
• Clean formula, but nutritionally an indulgent snack rather than a balanced one

Ingredients (3)

• potatoes (safe) — Whole-food base; the entire chip is essentially sliced potato.
• Vegetable oil (corn, cottonseed, sunflower or canola) (moderate) — Refined frying oil; the source of the chip's high fat load and calorie density.
• Sea Salt (moderate) — The only seasoning; pushes sodium high for the portion size but nothing artificial.

Healthier alternatives

• Ridge Cut Potato Chips with Sea Salt
• Simple Truth Kettle Cooked Avocado Oil Sea Salt Potato Chips
• Vegan Cheese Popped Water Lily Seeds
• HIMALAYAN PINK ORGANIC POPCORN, HIMALAYAN PINK
• SkinnyPop Organic Original Popcorn