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Herr's Potato Chips, Crisp 'n Tasty
Snacks, Chips & Dips
📊 NOVA 4🌱 Vegan🌾 Gluten-Free🥛 Dairy-Free

Herr's Potato Chips, Crisp 'n Tasty

Herr's
8 oz
Available at Foodtown
150
Calories
2g
Protein
180mg
Sodium
1g
Fiber
14
Ingredients

What You Should Know

Herr's Potato Chips, Crisp 'n Tasty (8 oz) is a classic American snack staple you’ll find in the chip aisle or snack section, stacked alongside other national and regional potato chip brands and near salsas, pretzels, and party dips. Packaged in a familiar foil-lined bag, the product leans on mid-century family-business storytelling — a “Forever good” tagline and a founder’s note that aims to evoke trust and tradition. It’s positioned for casual, everyday occasions: tailgate parties, game-day spreads, movie nights, lunchboxes, backyard barbecues and quick grocery runs for an easy shareable side. The target demographic skews broad — value-conscious families and adults seeking a dependable, salty snack with no frills — and the marketing angle emphasizes heritage, straightforward flavor, and American-made reliability. The label presents a short ingredient list (potatoes, vegetable oil, salt) and marketing language about quality, but contains no organic seal, no special “natural” certification, and no child-focused cartooning or health halos beyond implied homemade roots. From a processing perspective, these are industrially manufactured, fried and packaged potato chips: simple ingredients, but produced and shelf-stabilized through commercial frying, de-aerated packaging and distribution. Sensory details: thin, crispy, moderately oily chips with a pronounced salted finish and a loud crunch; the ritual is familiar — tearing open the bag at a gathering, sharing from the center, pairing with sandwiches or dips, or eating straight from the package on a road trip. The 8 oz bag is sized for sharing, yet portable enough for single-person snacking.

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size: 13 chips
Servings per Container: 8
Calories150
% Daily Value*
Total Fat9g12%
Saturated Fat2.5g13%
Sodium180mg8%
Total Carbohydrate15g5%
Dietary Fiber1g4%
Protein2g
* The % Daily Value (DV) tells you how much a nutrient in a serving of food contributes to a daily diet. 2,000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice.

Ingredients

Potatoes,, Vegetable, Oil, (Contains, One, or, More, of, the, Following:, Corn,, Cottonseed,, Sunflower),, Salt..

Flagged Ingredients:

  • corn - Seed oil high in omega-6 fatty acids
  • cottonseed - Seed oil high in omega-6 fatty acids
  • sunflower - Seed oil high in omega-6 fatty acids
No Seed Oil

Dietary Labels

This product is vegan, is gluten-free, and is not organic.

Ultra-Processing Assessment

NOVA Score:4 / 4

Ultra-Processed

Why this score?

Although the ingredient list is short (potatoes, oil, salt), the product is an industrially produced, ready-to-eat packaged snack (fried, packaged, shelf-stable), which aligns with NOVA group 4 for ultra-processed foods.

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Common Questions about Herr's Potato Chips, Crisp 'n Tasty

Well, 'healthy' can mean different things to different people! These chips are relatively low in sugar and don’t contain any artificial ingredients or preservatives, which is a plus. However, they do pack a fair amount of fat and sodium, so if you're watching your intake, moderation is key.

Perfect For

game-day-prep
movie-night
road-trip

Vibe:

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