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Potato chips, restructured calories per cup: 126–140 across all 5 named USDA examples

Across all 5 named USDA examples, a cup contains 126–140 calories. Each included example lists 25 g for that measure. The same household label can carry a different gram weight elsewhere in USDA data.

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Estimated for 1 1-inch stack · 28 g

152calories

Potato chips, restructured, flavored

Protein
1.3 g
Carbs
15.4 g
Fat
9.8 g

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The 5 exact records in this guide report 141–157 calories in the records' own listed source servings and 502–559 calories per 100 grams. Those are observations from named database records—not a universal range or an estimate of an unseen plate.

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For Potato chips, restructured, begin by separating “Potato chips, restructured, flavored” from “Potato chips, restructured, reduced fat, lightly salted.” Choosing a card filters this source set; it does not infer the portion or fill in ingredients the chosen description does not name.

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How potato chips, restructured records compare at 100 grams

All 5 cited records are shown at the same 100-gram weight. The source servings may differ.

  1. Potato chips, restructured, reduced fat, lightly salted 502 kcal
    502 kcal
  2. Potato chips, restructured, multigrain 505 kcal
    505 kcal
  3. Potato chips, restructured, flavored 542 kcal
    542 kcal
  4. Potato chips, restructured, plain 543 kcal
    543 kcal
  5. Potato chips, restructured, lightly salted 559 kcal
    559 kcal

Shared basis: 100 g · kilocalories

What this page compares

Named source records, not one universal meal

This guide keeps 5 named USDA records in view: 5 direct matches. All sit within “Potato chips.” The exact descriptions remain the unit of comparison; the familiar heading is only the doorway into the evidence.

Why these records appear together: The deterministic grouping rule “normalized first two description segments” placed these 5 records together under the exact grouping key “potato chips restructured.” That rule determines membership before any nutrition result is read.

For Potato chips, restructured, this page can compare 5 named records from FDC 2709433 through FDC 2709437. It cannot observe which preparation was eaten, recover unnamed additions, or supply the eaten grams.

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Editor’s decision brief

The three facts to carry into the table

Carry the denominator, exact identity, and strongest observed contrast into every number below.

Portion

A shared 28 g comparison anchor

Equal source weights make the selected Potato chips, restructured serving totals easier to compare, but the eaten portion still has to be measured or estimated.

Composition

57 kcal separates the fixed-weight endpoints

The lower endpoint is “reduced fat”; the higher is “restructured, lightly salted.” This isolates density, not ingredient causation.

Discriminator

493 mg sodium gap per 100 g

Of protein, fiber, and sodium, the strongest normalized contrast is between “restructured, lightly salted” (264 mg) and “flavored” (757 mg).

Observed source examples

Three landmarks inside this source set—not universal endpoints

These 5 records each use a 28 g serving. Their serving calories compare equal weights within this set. They do not define a calorie range for every potato chips, restructured; match the preparation and adjust to your portion.

Important: “Lower” begins with Potato chips, restructured, reduced fat, lightly salted; “higher” ends with Potato chips, restructured, lightly salted, using each record’s own source amount. Those labels order this selected set only—they are not endpoints for every potato chips, restructured meal.

Full comparison

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For Potato chips, restructured, serving columns preserve each record’s own listed amount, while calories per 100 g hold weight constant. A dash means the cited record does not supply that field; it does not mean the nutrient is absent.

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USDA records selected for the Potato chips, restructured nutrition guide
Exact source record Match Source amount Calories kcal / 100 g Protein Fiber Sodium USDA
Potato chips, restructured, flavored Direct name match 28 gUSDA reference amount 152 kcal 542 1.3 g 0.8 g 212 mg FDC 2709433 ↗
Potato chips, restructured, lightly salted Direct name match 28 gUSDA reference amount 157 kcal 559 1.9 g 1.2 g 74 mg FDC 2709440 ↗
Potato chips, restructured, multigrain Direct name match 28 gUSDA reference amount 141 kcal 505 1.5 g 0.8 g 152 mg FDC 2708214 ↗
Potato chips, restructured, plain Direct name match 28 gUSDA reference amount 152 kcal 543 1.3 g 0.8 g 180 mg FDC 2709432 ↗
Potato chips, restructured, reduced fat, lightly salted Direct name match 28 gUSDA reference amount 141 kcal 502 1.3 g 0.9 g 126 mg FDC 2709437 ↗

Portion analysis

Serving total and calorie density answer different questions

Every selected record uses a 28-gram source amount, so serving-weight differences do not explain the calorie spread inside this set. Their own source servings run from 141 calories for “reduced fat” to 157 for “restructured, lightly salted.” At a fixed 100 grams, “reduced fat” is 502 calories and “restructured, lightly salted” is 559—a fixed-weight separation of 57 calories. For Potato chips, restructured, the serving view answers “how much is in the database portion?”; the 100-gram view answers “how concentrated is the matched record?” Neither reveals how many grams were actually eaten.

The scaling rule: multiply a per-100-gram value by eaten grams ÷ 100. The arithmetic is exact; the result is only as defensible as the record match and portion estimate.

Preparation analysis

The long description carries the evidence

The published descriptions distinguish forms such as “restructured, flavored”, “restructured, lightly salted”, “restructured, multigrain”, “restructured, plain”, and “restructured, reduced fat, lightly salted”. The source formulations contain 5 distinct ingredient codes; examples that appear in only part of the set include salt, table, snack, potato chips, made from dried potatoes, plain, snacks, potato chips, lightly salted, and snacks, potato chips, made from dried potatoes (preformed), multigrain. On this Potato chips, restructured page, those rows make the records inspectable, but they are not a controlled experiment: they cannot tell us that one named input, by itself, caused a nutrient difference.

Database precision is not meal certainty. Retain the exact description beside the number so later corrections remain possible.

What changes the comparison

Four drivers worth checking before choosing a record

The family label “Potato chips, restructured” cannot resolve the differences between Potato chips, restructured, flavored and Potato chips, restructured, reduced fat, lightly salted. The four checks below identify the record wording, source weight, and formulation evidence that can.

  1. 01

    A shared source weight

    Every selected record uses 28 grams. Inside this set, serving-calorie differences therefore reflect the published composition rather than a change in source weight.

  2. 02

    The words that split the family

    Representative record-level distinctions include “restructured, flavored”, “restructured, lightly salted”, “restructured, multigrain”, “restructured, plain”, and “restructured, reduced fat, lightly salted”. Those phrases are evidence for choosing a record, not decorative subtitle text.

  3. 03

    Formulation evidence, with limits

    5 source-input codes appear across the selected records. Their presence and listed weights describe USDA formulations, not finished plated proportions.

  4. 04

    The unresolved plate

    Even “Potato chips, restructured, flavored” leaves the eaten grams and unnamed oils, sauces, toppings, substitutions, or leftovers unresolved. Preserve those Potato chips, restructured unknowns for correction instead of converting them into false precision.

Record matching

Match identity first; scale quantity second

Read the source name as a sequence of decisions. First confirm that potato chips, restructured is the right meal family. Then resolve the phrases that actually separate this set—“restructured, flavored”, “restructured, lightly salted”, “restructured, plain”, and “restructured, reduced fat, lightly salted”—before comparing gram weight. If a package, menu, or known recipe provides a closer first-party description, prefer it and keep this USDA record as a transparent fallback.

A practical matching checklist

  1. Read the complete Potato chips, restructured source description, including preparation and additions.
  2. Compare the listed source weight with the amount actually eaten.
  3. Prefer a current package or restaurant source when a specific branded item is known.
  4. Record toppings, sauces, cooking fat, sides, and substitutions that the selected description does not name.

Decision support from the exact records on this page

Turn source data into a better next decision

These conclusions and reading paths are computed from 5 exact records behind Potato chips, restructured source-record guide. Links are chosen by record identity, controlled contrast, formulation input, nutrient spread, or serving context—not by loose keyword similarity.

Equal-weight result

Potato chips, restructured, multigrain is higher in total sugars per 100 g

Potato chips, restructured, multigrain reports 4.1 g versus 0.3 g for Potato chips, restructured, lightly salted: a 3.7 g difference when both are normalized to 100 g.

Inspect the underlying evidence

These listed servings have equal weights

5 listed servings each weigh 28 g

The 5 records with a listed serving weight on this page each use 28 g. Their serving totals therefore compare equal weights, even if the household labels differ. Match the preparation and adjust the weight to the amount you eat.

Choose the record before reading the number

Potato chips, restructured, flavored and Potato chips, restructured, reduced fat, lightly salted are not interchangeable

The page keeps both records at the same 100 g denominator and makes Sodium wording (No matching controlled term in the source name versus salted) the explicit record-description contrast. It does not show that the wording difference caused a nutrient difference. Pick the description that matches the food in front of you rather than averaging away the distinction.

Inspect the underlying evidence

Contextual knowledge graph

Follow the relationship that matches your question

For Potato chips, restructured source-record guide, each path states why the destination belongs here, so you can distinguish a true evidentiary connection from a merely similar label.

Compare two records on this page Potato chips, restructured, flavored vs Potato chips, restructured, reduced fat, lightly salted

Both records appear in this page’s evidence set. The explicit record-description contrast is Sodium wording: No matching controlled term in the source name versus salted; it is a selection cue, not evidence of cause.

Follow this evidence path Compare two records on this page Potato chips, restructured, plain vs Potato chips, restructured, reduced fat, lightly salted

Both records appear in this page’s evidence set. The explicit record-description contrast is Sodium wording: No matching controlled term in the source name versus salted; it is a selection cue, not evidence of cause.

Follow this evidence path 5 context records in this source topic Potato chips

Potato chips, restructured, flavored and Potato chips, restructured, lightly salted belong to this USDA source-category collection. Its displayed ranges and complete exact-record catalog provide the peer set for a manual comparison; the destination does not preselect this page’s record.

Follow this evidence path A formulation detail that separates records Salt, table

USDA input 2047 appears in 3 of 5 context records; its summed listed input weight spans 0.2–0.6 g across those source formulations. These are source-formulation input weights, not plated or serving weights. Follow the code to inspect every represented occurrence.

Follow this evidence path Put the observed spread in corpus context Potassium: density and serving context

In this page’s records, potassium runs from 330 mg in Potato chips, restructured, multigrain to 1,300 mg in Potato chips, restructured, lightly salted, all per 100 g.

Follow this evidence path Put the observed spread in corpus context Sodium: density and serving context

In this page’s records, sodium runs from 264 mg in Potato chips, restructured, lightly salted to 757 mg in Potato chips, restructured, flavored, all per 100 g.

Follow this evidence path Inspect an exact record Potato chips, restructured, flavored

Open the full nutrient table, household measures, formulation inputs, and FoodData Central 2709433 citation for this exact record—not a name-level average.

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