Plant
Plain popped potato chips
USDA description: Potato chips, popped, plain
How plain popped potato chips scores for gout, what moved that score, and the nutrition and portions behind it.
Food Index score
Plain popped potato chipsGood
| Starting score | 100 |
| Calorie Density | -10 |
| Sodium | -6.1 |
| Nutrient Gaps | -6 |
| Saturated Fat | -3.9 |
| Fiber | +3 |
| Magnesium | +1.1 |
| 1 smaller factor | -0.8 |
| Final score | 77 |
Plain popped potato chips scores 77 out of 100 and sits in the good band. Generally ranks well. Most people with gout find it fits into a regular eating pattern.
Penalties took 26.8 points off a starting score of 100, and protective factors added 4.1 back. Every factor is listed in full below.
Scores run 0–100, where higher means more gout-friendly on average. They reflect relative ranking across foods, not a personal risk level. The same food can suit one person and not another, so use the score as a starting point for a conversation with your clinician.
The underlying data
Nutrition and portions
Nutrition Facts
- Total Fat18.2 g
- Saturated Fat2.6 g
- Sodium536 mg
- Dietary Fiber4.8 g
- Total Sugars5.0 g
- Protein5 g
- Calcium125 mg
- Iron0.80 mg
- Magnesium43 mg
- Vitamin C0 mg
- Folate0 ug
- Water1.4 g
- Alcohol0 g
- Omega-3 EPA0 g
- Omega-3 DHA0 g
Common portions
- 1 chip1 g
- 1 small single serving bagtypical28 g
- 1 medium single serving bag57 g
- 1 large single serving bag85 g
- 1 100 calorie package18 g
- 1 cup20 g
- Quantity not specified28 g
Where the purine figure comes from
No direct purine measurement has been published for this food, so the score uses the measured median for its category (potato chips).
We rate this a good confidence estimate.
How purines affect the score →Nutrition values from the USDA FoodData Central database.
Scoring rationale
Every factor, in full
Each row shows the points a factor moved, what drove it, and the studies behind its weight.
- -10Long-term
Calorie DensityLong-term
469 kcal per 100 g, above the 80 kcal energy-density threshold.
Evidence: Aune D 2014, Eur J Nutr
- -6.1Long-term
SodiumLong-term
536 mg of sodium per 100 g, with no portion adjustment.
Evidence: FitzGerald JD 2020, Arthritis Care Res
- -6Long-term
Nutrient GapsLong-term
Provides meaningful amounts of only 2 of the 5 protective nutrient groups (vitamin C, fiber, omega-3, magnesium and folate).
Evidence: Choi HK 2009, Arch Intern Med · Juraschek SP 2016, Arthritis Rheumatol · Zhang M 2019, Arthritis Rheumatol
- -3.9Long-term
Saturated FatLong-term
2.63 g of saturated fat per 100 g, with no portion adjustment.
Evidence: Juraschek SP 2016, Arthritis Rheumatol · Yokose C 2021, Curr Opin Rheumatol
- +3Long-term
FiberLong-term
4.8 g of dietary fiber per 100 g, with no portion adjustment.
Evidence: Juraschek SP 2016, Arthritis Rheumatol
- +1.1Long-term
MagnesiumLong-term
43 mg of magnesium per 100 g, with no portion adjustment.
Evidence: Li X 2015, BMJ
- -0.8Flare risk
Purine LoadFlare risk
15 mg of purines per 100 g, weighted 0.45x as a plant source and 1.0x for the typical portion: 7 mg effective.
Evidence: Choi HK 2004, N Engl J Med · Kaneko K 2014, Biol Pharm Bull · Zhang Y 2012, Ann Rheum Dis
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Common questions
About plain popped potato chips
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Each score lists the factors that moved it, the portion it assumes, and the studies behind each factor's weight.