Publix Restaurant Style Tortilla Chips — OKAY

Name: Publix Restaurant Style Tortilla Chips
Brand: Publix

Munch or Dump rates Publix Restaurant Style Tortilla Chips by Publix OKAY — score 62/90.

Three ingredients: corn, oil, salt. This is about as clean as a fried salty snack gets, with no sugar, no flavor enhancers, and nothing artificial. It is still a fried, sodium-carrying chip, so it earns OKAY rather than a clean MUNCH.

Why this verdict

Short, recognizable ingredient list of only three items
No added sugar, no artificial colors or flavors, no flavor-enhancer stack
Fried in refined seed oil, so fat is the main nutritional cost
Clean short list protection applies: an engineered shape, not engineered ingredients

Ingredients (3)

Corn (safe) — Whole ground corn, the base of the chip and a recognizable food.
Vegetable Oil (cottonseed/palm/corn/canola/soybean) (moderate) — Refined seed/palm oils used for frying; the main source of fat and calories.
Salt (moderate) — Main sodium source; keep an eye on it if you use large amounts.

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