USDA ingredient referenceUpdated

Snacks, potato sticks in 3 Feast-indexed USDA foods

Within Feast’s 3,850-record USDA FNDDS reference corpus, “Snacks, potato sticks” appears as a formulation input in 3 finished-food records. Their calories and nutrients describe those complete foods, not the input label by itself. Use the catalog to choose the closest finished food and open its exact FoodData Central citation.

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Exact nutrition reference, complete food catalog and source methodology

This page helps you find complete foods that include Snacks, potato sticks in USDA’s nutrition data. Choose the record that most closely matches what you ate; Feast does not turn a collection average into a standalone ingredient estimate.

What the code means

One exact source label across 3 complete records.

Every occurrence collected here uses ingredient code 19415 and the source description “Snacks, potato sticks.” The code is preserved exactly as it appears in the FNDDS input-food rows. It is not a FoodData Central FDC ID, so this page does not invent a standalone ingredient-record URL.

The strongest concentrations of linked records are currently Potato chips (3). These are category counts within Feast’s selected 3,850-record corpus. They do not estimate how often the ingredient is eaten, how common it is in recipes generally, or its prevalence across every FNDDS release.

Collection-level interpretation

Grounded ways to understand this source label

These summaries describe the linked FNDDS records in this exact corpus. They do not estimate consumer frequency, market share, or the composition of a meal. This is a very small set of 3 records: each observation can move the percentages, buckets, and interpolated quartiles substantially, so read the complete catalog rather than treating the summaries as stable population estimates.

Typical listed-weight range

99%–99.5%

The middle half of linked records spans 0.5 percentage points from the 25th to the 75th percentile. This is more resistant to a single extreme record than the full minimum-to-maximum range.

Largest linked category

Potato chips

3 of 3 linked records (100%) sit in this USDA category. The remainder span 0 other categories.

Most populated share band

60% to 100%

3 records (100%) fall in this band after repeated rows for code 19415 are combined within each food.

Most frequent eligible co-input

Salt, table

It appears alongside code 19415 in 2 linked records (67%). Co-occurrence describes database structure, not a required recipe.

Where USDA uses this input

Linked records by source-food category

Each record is counted once even if ingredient code 19415 appears on more than one input row inside that formulation. The category grouping describes the complete linked foods, not a culinary rule about the ingredient.

USDA survey-food categories

Important nutrition boundary

This collection does not support a verified standalone nutrition answer for “Snacks, potato sticks.”

No unique exact food-code match or reviewed sole-source bridge qualifies for a direct consumer answer. Feast therefore does not treat the collection median, minimum, maximum, or an arbitrary similar record as the nutrition of this input.

The table below describes the complete linked foods per 100 grams. Use it to find a closer finished-food record, not to infer what this formulation input supplies on its own.

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Nutrient span across the linked foods

Every value in this table describes an entire USDA survey-food record per 100 grams. The values are not the nutrient content of ingredient code 19415, and differences cannot be attributed to this one input.

Nutrient span across complete food records linked to this source ingredient code
Whole-record nutrientObserved minimumMiddle 50%MedianObserved maximumLinked records
Caloriesper 100 g of the complete food517 kcal517–520 kcal517 kcal522 kcal3
Proteinper 100 g of the complete food6.6 g6.6–6.7 g6.6 g6.7 g3
Carbohydrateper 100 g of the complete food52.8 g52.8–53.1 g52.8 g53.3 g3
Total fatper 100 g of the complete food34.1 g34.1–34.3 g34.1 g34.4 g3
Dietary fiberper 100 g of the complete food3.4 g3.4–3.4 g3.4 g3.4 g3
Sodiumper 100 g of the complete food633 mg822–1,010 mg1,010 mg1,010 mg3

The minimum and maximum preserve the complete observed span. The median is the middle linked-record value, not a prediction for a meal and not an ingredient-specific nutrient estimate.

Complete linked catalog

All 3 Feast-indexed food records that list code 19415

This is the complete qualifying-corpus catalog, not a hand-picked sample. Search by food name or USDA category, then open a profile for household portions, Feast’s 21-nutrient panel, formulation details, and its exact FDC citation.

Complete USDA food-record catalog linked to this source ingredient code
Linked USDA food recordUSDA categoryFormulationListed input weightWeight shareCaloriesProteinSodiumCitation
Potato sticks, flavored Potato chips 2 input rows 100 g 99% 517 kcal 6.6 g 1,010 mg FDC 2709445 ↗
Potato sticks, fry shaped Potato chips 2 input rows 100 g 99% 517 kcal 6.6 g 1,010 mg FDC 2709446 ↗
Potato sticks, plain Potato chips Sole source 100 g 100% 522 kcal 6.7 g 633 mg FDC 2709444 ↗

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 3 exact records behind Snacks, potato sticks (USDA input 19415). Links are chosen by record identity, controlled contrast, formulation input, nutrient spread, or serving context—not by loose keyword similarity.

Equal-weight result

Potato sticks, fry shaped is higher in sodium per 100 g

Potato sticks, fry shaped reports 1,010 mg versus 633 mg for Potato sticks, plain: a 377 mg difference when both are normalized to 100 g.

Inspect the underlying evidence

These listed servings have equal weights

3 listed servings each weigh 28 g

The 3 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 sticks, flavored and Potato sticks, plain are not interchangeable

The page keeps both records at the same 100 g denominator and makes the exact source description 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 Snacks, potato sticks (USDA input 19415), each path states why the destination belongs here, so you can distinguish a true evidentiary connection from a merely similar label.

Best next guide for this exact record Potato sticks

Potato sticks, flavored and Potato sticks, fry shaped are explicitly linked in this guide, which separates direct name matches from contextual variants.

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Compare two records on this page Potato sticks, flavored vs Potato sticks, plain

Both records appear in this page’s evidence set. The explicit record-description contrast is Sodium: 1,010 versus 633 mg per 100 g; it is a selection cue, not evidence of cause.

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3 context records in this source topic Potato chips

Potato sticks, flavored and Potato sticks, fry shaped 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.

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Inspect an exact record Potato sticks, flavored

Open the full nutrient table, household measures, formulation inputs, and FoodData Central 2709445 citation for this exact record—not a name-level average.

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Put the observed spread in corpus context Sodium: density and serving context

In this page’s records, sodium runs from 633 mg in Potato sticks, plain to 1,010 mg in Potato sticks, fry shaped, all per 100 g.

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Check another exact record Potato sticks, fry shaped

Open the full nutrient table, household measures, formulation inputs, and FoodData Central 2709446 citation for this exact record—not a name-level average.

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3 records share this broad food family Snacks & desserts: broader category context

Potato sticks, flavored and Potato sticks, fry shaped, plus 1 more are assigned to Feast’s Snacks & desserts editorial category. Use the category page to compare nearby foods at a broad level; keep the exact USDA descriptions on this page for record-level decisions.

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Method and provenance

How this ingredient-centered page was calculated

Feast begins with its pinned 3,850-record USDA FoodData Central Survey Foods reference corpus for FNDDS 2021–2023. Each exact food profile retains its FDC identifier, source-food description, nutrient values, household measures, and positive-weight input-food rows. This page groups those input rows by the exact ingredient code 19415; it does not merge similar-looking ingredient names or infer synonyms.

The distinct-record count deduplicates by FDC food record. When the same code is listed more than once inside one source formulation, its input weights are added before the listed-weight share is calculated. Category counts also count each food once. The 25th percentile, median, and 75th percentile use the sorted one-share-per-food values with linear interpolation between adjacent ranks when a percentile falls between two records.

USDA’s current FNDDS documentation explains that many nutrient profiles are generated with calculation recipes designed to represent multiple variants, and that their input codes are not necessarily the exact ingredients in a retail product or an ingredient declaration. It also documents moisture and nutrient-retention adjustments. Feast therefore treats these rows as transparent source-calculation evidence—not as a reverse-engineered recipe.

The complete-food nutrient table uses each linked record’s available published per-100-gram values so the denominator remains consistent; its middle-50% ranges use the same interpolated percentile method. It is presented for record selection and comparison only. No nutrient value is reassigned to the ingredient, no causal effect is inferred, and no “healthy” score is manufactured from the collection.

How to apply the evidence to a meal

Use the ingredient as a discovery clue. Compare the linked record names, food categories, preparation wording, source formulation, and portion measures. If a close record exists, its complete profile can provide a defensible reference estimate. If the meal differs materially in cooking fat, sauce, ingredient ratios, or portion size, keep looking or use recipe weights, a package label, or an editable photo estimate instead.

These pages are educational source indexes. They do not provide medical advice, personalized nutrient targets, food-safety guidance, or a recipe. If a clinician has given you individualized dietary instructions, follow that guidance and use the most specific current source available for the food you actually consumed.