Herr's Salt & Vinegar Potato Chips - Nutrition and Ingredients
Nutrition & Ingredients Summary
One ounce of cooked Herr's Salt & Vinegar Potato Chips (28 grams) contains 140 calories and 2 grams of protein. It consists of 57% carbohydrates, 7% protein, 29% fat, and less than 1% of water. Jump to Nutrition Analysis
Herr's Salt & Vinegar Potato Chips contains 14 ingredients, which is similar to the average chips.
The recommended serving size is 1 ounce, or 28 grams, which is a smaller portion compared to the serving size of the average chips. Jump to Ingredient Analysis
In one ounce of cooked Herr's Salt & Vinegar Potato Chips:
Herr's Salt & Vinegar Potato Chips have 140 calories per ounce or 500 calories for every 100 grams. Most of its calories are from fat and carbohydrates.
50% of calories in Herr's Salt & Vinegar Potato Chips are from fat, 44% of calories are from carbohydrates and 6% of calories are from protein.
Herr's Salt & Vinegar Potato Chips has 3% less calories than the average chips.
Carbohydrates
A good portion, or 44% of the calories in cooked Herr's Salt & Vinegar Potato Chips are from carbohydrates.
The carbs are mostly in the form of dietary fiber and sugar (25% and 75%).
Sugar
One ounce of Herr's Salt & Vinegar Potato Chips has 3 grams of sugar or about 10% of daily recommended intake.
Herr's Salt & Vinegar Potato Chips has 236% more sugar than the average chips.
Fat
A substantial amount, or 50% of the calories in cooked Herr's Salt & Vinegar Potato Chips are from fat. It are high in total fat, with 8 grams or 12% of recommended daily values per ounce. Most of the fat in Herr's Salt & Vinegar Potato Chips are healthier unsaturated fats.
Herr's Salt & Vinegar Potato Chips are cholesterol free and trans-fat free.
Herr's Salt & Vinegar Potato Chips has about the same amount of total fat as the average chips.
Protein
A single ounce of Herr's Salt & Vinegar Potato Chips contains 4% of recommended daily values or 2 grams of protein.
Sodium
High in sodium, a single ounce of Herr's Salt & Vinegar Potato Chips contains 20% of recommended daily values or 299.9 milligrams of sodium.
Herr's Salt & Vinegar Potato Chips contains 75% more sodium than the average chips.
Nutrition Facts
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Nutrition calculations are from Harvard Medical's nutrient guidelines [1] and USDA's food central database (2019) [2]. We calculated values from 2000 kCal daily recommended diet.
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Nutrition Comparison to Other Chips
Here is a table of nutritional differences between Herr's Salt & Vinegar Potato Chips and the average chips.
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serving or 28 grams):
Nutrition comparison between Herr's Salt & Vinegar Potato Chips and the average chips,
1 serving (28g).
Nutrient
Herr's Salt & Vinegar Potato Chips
Difference
Average/Median Chips
Calories
140kcal
-3%
142kcal
/
145kcal
Carbohydrates
16g
-2%
16g
/
16g
Sugar
3g
+236%
1g
/
1g
Dietary Fiber
1g
-21%
1g
/
1g
Total Fat
8g
+3%
8g
/
8g
Saturated Fat
2g
+56%
2g
/
1g
Trans Fat
~
~
0g
/
~
Cholesterol
~
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1mg
/
~
Sodium
300mg
+75%
183mg
/
172mg
Protein
2g
+1%
2g
/
2g
Vitamin C
6mg
+36%
5mg
/
4mg
Calcium
~
-100%
18mg
/
9mg
Iron
0mg
-17%
1mg
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0mg
Ingredients
Herr's Salt & Vinegar Potato Chips contains 14 ingredients, which is similar to the average chips (17.4 ingredients).
Its top ingredient is choice potatoes cooked vegetable oil, unlike most chips, where the top ingredient tends to be potato.
Full Ingredients List
choice potatoes cooked in vegetable oil (contains one or more of the following: corn, cottonseed, soybean, sunflower), lactose, sodium diacetate, salt, barley flour, citric acid, natural flavor, soybean oil, and silicon dioxide (an anticaking agent).
Source: USDA
This chips contains corn, salt, citric acid and natural flavor, which are also common ingredients in many other chips.
Herr's Salt & Vinegar Potato Chips contains palm oil or palm derivatives, unlike most chips, which are palm free.
Ingredients Compared to Other Chips
The ingredients in Herr's Salt & Vinegar Potato Chips versus how frequently they appear in other chips:
How common the ingredients in Herr's Salt & Vinegar Potato Chips are compared to other chips
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Ingredient
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Very Uncommon
Uncommon
Common
Very Common
Nearly Universal
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Choice Potatoes Cooked Vegetable Oil
2
Corn
3
Cottonseed
4
Soybean
5
Sunflower
6
Lactose
7
Sodium Diacetate
8
Salt
9
Barley Flour
10
Citric Acid
11
Natural Flavor
12
Soybean Oil
13
Silicon Dioxide
14
Anticaking Agent
FAQ
How much sugar is in Herr's Salt & Vinegar Potato Chips?
One ounce of Herr's Salt & Vinegar Potato Chips has 3 grams of sugar or 10.6 grams per 100g.
Source: USDA
How many calories are in Herr's Salt & Vinegar Potato Chips?
Herr's Salt & Vinegar Potato Chips have 140 calories per ounce or 500 calories for every 100 grams.
Source: USDA
How healthy is Herr's Salt & Vinegar Potato Chips?
On the positive side, Herr's Salt & Vinegar Potato Chips has 1% more protein and 36% more vitamin c than the average chips. Unfortunately, it also has 236% more sugar, 21% less dietary fiber, 3% more total fat, 56% more saturated fat, 75% more sodium, 100% less calcium and 17% less iron than the average chips.
Source: USDA
Is Herr's Salt & Vinegar Potato Chips vegan?
Herr's Salt & Vinegar Potato Chips is not vegan in terms of its ingredients - it contains lactose. It also has natural flavor which can be non-vegan.
Does Herr's Salt & Vinegar Potato Chips contain MSG?
Herr's Salt & Vinegar Potato Chips does not contain MSG (monosodium glutamate) in the ingredient list.
Source: USDA
What is the top ingredient in Herr's Salt & Vinegar Potato Chips?
The top ingredient in Herr's Salt & Vinegar Potato Chips is choice potatoes cooked vegetable oil.
Source: USDA
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SouperSage calculates the frequency of an ingredient in a category of branded foods, in this case chips.
For each item, we count each ingredient from the ingredients list provided to us from USDA's Food Central Database. [1] Then, we create a distribution of how common an ingredient shows up for that type of food.
The buckets for each ingredient category:
Nearly Universal - shows up in over 75% of items in the category
Very Common - shows up in 50-75% of items
Common - shows up in 20-50% of items
Uncommon - shows up in 10-20% of items
Very Uncommon & Extremely Uncommon - shows up in 10% or less of items
Nutrition Distributions
SouperSage calculates average nutritional content of a category of branded foods, in this case chips.
For each nutrient, we calculate the averages, medians and distribution of that nutrient in this category of food using data from USDA's Food Central Database. [1]
The differences marked in green are generally considered to be good for that category, less sugar, less sodium and more vitamins or minerals.
The differences marked in red are generally considered to be bad for that category, more saturated fat, more cholestrol and less vitamins and minerals.