Ridge Cut Potato Chips with Sea Salt — MUNCH

Munch or Dump rates Ridge Cut Potato Chips with Sea Salt by Trader Joe's MUNCH — score 88/90.

Three ingredients: potatoes, sunflower oil, and sea salt. This is what a potato chip should be — no maltodextrin, no flavor dust, no additives, just sliced potato fried and salted. It is still a fried, calorie-dense chip, but the formula is about as clean as a chip gets.

Why this verdict

• Only three real ingredients — potato, oil, salt
• No maltodextrin, artificial flavors, colors, or preservatives
• Sunflower oil rather than a commodity seed-oil blend
• Naturally gluten-free and vegan

Ingredients (3)

• potatoes (safe) — Whole potato base - a real food.
• Sunflower Oil (moderate) — Refined seed oil; fine in the modest amounts used here.
• Sea Salt (moderate) — Sodium source; no nutritional edge over regular salt.