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Pringles Mega Stack Original
Snacks, Chips & Dips
📊 NOVA 4🥛 Dairy-Free

Pringles Mega Stack Original

Pringles
6.80 oz
Available at Foodtown
150
Calories
1g
Protein
150mg
Sodium
1g
Fiber
27
Ingredients

What You Should Know

Pringles Mega Stack Original is a familiar sight in the American snack aisle: a tall, brightly labeled canister tucked between potato chips, party mixes, and popcorn. You’ll often see it on endcaps during game-day promotions or near lunchbox items for quick grab-and-go shopping. This product fits casual occasions — tailgates and game-day prep, road trips, movie-night spreads, and after-school snacks — positioned as a shareable, convenient treat. The Pringles brand leans on playful, mass-market appeal and decades of recognition; its advertising targets families, teens, and young adults who value portability, consistent flavor, and the novelty of perfectly stacked crisps. The label reads “Original,” with no organic or natural certification; marketing emphasizes taste and convenience rather than health claims. Ingredients list and packaging imply industrial processing — a reformed potato crisp made from dried potato and starches with emulsifiers and flavor carriers — presented plainly as a convenient manufactured snack. Sensory details: each crisp delivers a uniform, light-but-crispy snap and an immediately salty, slightly starchy potato flavor with minimal oiliness. The texture is thin and brittle, designed to be stackable and non-greasy. Packaging ritual is part of the experience: pop the seal, twist off the plastic lid, and riffle out a stack to share — a social cue at parties and casual gatherings. While indulgent and reliably flavored, this product is best understood as a highly processed convenience snack celebrated for portability, consistency, and crowd-pleasing familiarity rather than culinary sophistication or whole-food nutrition.

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size: 1 oz
Servings per Container: 7
Calories150
% Daily Value*
Total Fat9g12%
Saturated Fat2.5g13%
Sodium150mg7%
Total Carbohydrate16g6%
Dietary Fiber1g4%
Protein1g
* 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

Ingredients:, Dried, Potatoes,, Vegetable, Oil, (Corn,, Cottonseed,, Canola,, High, Oleic, Soybean,, And/Or, Sunflower),, Degerminated, Yellow, Corn, Flour,, Cornstarch,, Rice, Flour,, Maltodextrin,, Mono-, And, Diglycerides,, Salt,, Wheat, Starch..

Flagged Ingredients:

  • Corn - Seed oil high in omega-6 fatty acids
  • Cottonseed - Seed oil high in omega-6 fatty acids
  • Canola - Seed oil high in omega-6 fatty acids
  • High Oleic Soybean - Seed oil high in omega-6 fatty acids
  • Mono- And Diglycerides - Processed emulsifier
No Seed OilNo Emulsifier

Dietary Labels

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

Ultra-Processing Assessment

NOVA Score:4 / 4

Ultra-Processed

Why this score?

Contains reformed potato ingredients, starches, maltodextrin, and emulsifiers indicative of industrial formulation and significant processing, placing it in NOVA group 4 (ultra-processed).

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Common Questions about Pringles Mega Stack Original

The Mega Stack Original can be a fun snack option, but calling it 'healthy' really depends on your context. With 150 calories and 9g of fat per serving, it's not exactly a superfood. But hey, if you're looking for something to munch on during a movie night, it fits the bill just fine!

Perfect For

game-day-prep
road-trip
movie-night
back-to-school

Vibe:

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