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CAUTIONLay's Sour Cream & Onion Flavored Potato Chips is rated CAUTION by BannedPantry: its label lists 1 ingredient that is banned or restricted outside the US — Monosodium Glutamate (EU (not permitted in infant/young-child foods)). All of them are still legal to sell in the US.
Banned or restricted in: EU (not permitted in infant/young-child foods)
Glutamates (E620-625) are not permitted in EU foods for infants and young children except where Annex II of Regulation (EC) 1333/2008 specifically provides. EFSA's 2017 re-evaluation set a group ADI. Permitted in general foods in the US and EU.
Same category, none of the flagged ingredients.
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Potatoes, vegetable oil (sunflower, corn, and/or canola oil), sour cream & onion seasoning (whey, onion powder, cheddar cheese [milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes], salt, sour cream [cream, nonfat milk], natural and artificial flavor, citric acid, monosodium glutamate, disodium inosinate, disodium guanylate).
No — every ingredient in Lay's Sour Cream & Onion Flavored Potato Chips is currently legal to sell in the US. However, Monosodium Glutamate is banned or restricted in other regions: Monosodium Glutamate (EU (not permitted in infant/young-child foods)).
Monosodium Glutamate: Glutamates (E620-625) are not permitted in EU foods for infants and young children except where Annex II of Regulation (EC) 1333/2008 specifically provides. EFSA's 2017 re-evaluation set a group ADI. Permitted in general foods in the US and EU.
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