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Lightly salted reduced fat restructured potato chips
USDA description: Potato chips, restructured, reduced fat, lightly salted
How lightly salted reduced fat restructured potato chips scores for gout, what moved that score, and the nutrition and portions behind it.
Food Index score
Lightly salted reduced fat restructured potato chipsGood
| Starting score | 100 |
| Saturated Fat | -10.1 |
| Calorie Density | -10 |
| Sodium | -5.1 |
| Fiber | +2 |
| Vitamin C | +1.2 |
| Magnesium | +1.1 |
| 3 smaller factors | -0.3 |
| Final score | 79 |
Lightly salted reduced fat restructured potato chips scores 79 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 points off a starting score of 100, and protective factors added 4.8 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 Fat26.1 g
- Saturated Fat6.8 g
- Sodium450 mg
- Dietary Fiber3.2 g
- Total Sugars0.63 g
- Protein4.6 g
- Calcium29 mg
- Iron1.1 mg
- Magnesium45 mg
- Vitamin C12 mg
- Folate27 ug
- Water2.2 g
- Alcohol0 g
- Omega-3 EPA0.02 g
- Omega-3 DHA0 g
Common portions
- 1 chip2 g
- 1 1-inch stacktypical28 g
- 1 snack size tub/can20 g
- 1 small can60 g
- 1 regular can185 g
- 1 100 calorie package18 g
- 1 cup25 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.
- -10.1Long-term
Saturated FatLong-term
6.76 g of saturated fat per 100 g, with no portion adjustment.
Evidence: Juraschek SP 2016, Arthritis Rheumatol · Yokose C 2021, Curr Opin Rheumatol
- -10Long-term
Calorie DensityLong-term
502 kcal per 100 g, above the 80 kcal energy-density threshold.
Evidence: Aune D 2014, Eur J Nutr
- -5.1Long-term
SodiumLong-term
450 mg of sodium per 100 g, with no portion adjustment.
Evidence: FitzGerald JD 2020, Arthritis Care Res
- +2Long-term
FiberLong-term
3.2 g of dietary fiber per 100 g, with no portion adjustment.
Evidence: Juraschek SP 2016, Arthritis Rheumatol
- +1.2Long-term
Vitamin CLong-term
12 mg of vitamin C per 100 g, with no portion adjustment. Vitamin C helps the kidneys excrete urate.
Evidence: Choi HK 2009, Arch Intern Med · Juraschek SP 2011, Arthritis Care Res
- +1.1Long-term
MagnesiumLong-term
45 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
- +0.3Long-term
FolateLong-term
27 µg of folate per 100 g, with no portion adjustment.
Evidence: Lyu LC 2017, Am J Clin Nutr
- +0.2Flare risk
Omega-3 (EPA+DHA)Flare risk
0.020 g of EPA and DHA omega-3 per 100 g, with no portion adjustment. Omega-3 is linked to fewer recurrent flares.
Evidence: Zhang M 2019, Arthritis Rheumatol
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