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Chester's Puffcorn Butter Puffered Corn Snacks Plastic Bag: Longevity analysis

Updated 2026-10-17 · Chester's

Quick answer

Special Occasion Choice

Chester's puffcorn butter puffered corn snacks plastic bag received a Longevity Score of 38 out of 100 (special occasion choice). Refined corn-based snack with seed oils, artificial flavor, and low fiber; limited whole-food content for a Longevity-focused pattern. Strengths include simple, short ingredient list, low added sugar per serving, and low protein and fiber limit satiety value, while main considerations include refined enriched corn meal as the base, seed oils and artificial flavor present, and sodium around 300 mg per serving.

Longevity Score 38/100

What helped the score?

  • Simple, short ingredient list
  • Low added sugar per serving
  • Low protein and fiber limit satiety value

What held the score back?

  • Refined enriched corn meal as the base
  • Seed oils and artificial flavor present
  • Sodium around 300 mg per serving

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Source data, GTIN, and Healthy Food Guide analysis details

Product facts

Product
Chester's Puffcorn Butter Puffered Corn Snacks Plastic Bag
Category
Snacks
GTIN / UPC
00028400003131
Serving size
28 g (about 46 pieces (28g))
Source data — ingredients
Ingredient list from product label data (see Sources)
Healthy Food Guide analysis
Independent Longevity and Food Integrity scorecards. See methodology under Sources.
Data last verified

Chester's

Puffcorn Butter Puffered Corn Snacks Plastic Bag

Special Occasion Choice

KarbCoach Recommendation

Special Occasion Choice

Refined corn-based snack with seed oils, artificial flavor, and low fiber; limited whole-food content for a Longevity-focused pattern.

What Stands Out

Low Fiber

1g fiber

4% DV

Refined Grains

Puffed refined corn meal base

Contains Seed Oils

Corn, canola, and/or sunflower…

DV = Percent of Daily Value based on a 2,000 calorie diet

Key Positives

  • Simple, short ingredient list
  • Low added sugar per serving
  • Low protein and fiber limit satiety value

Key Concerns

  • Refined enriched corn meal as the base
  • Seed oils and artificial flavor present
  • Sodium around 300 mg per serving
  • Ultra-processed snack profile

Ingredient Signals

Processing signals

Puffed refined corn meal baseMaltodextrin and modified corn starchEnriched corn meal

Additives

Artificial flavorTocopherol (preservative)Ferrous sulfate and vitamin enrichment

Seed oils

Corn, canola, and/or sunflower oil

Ingredients

Ingredient list

Enriched Corn Meal (Corn Meal, Ferrous Sulfate, Niacin, Thiamin Mononitrate, Riboflavin, and Folic Acid), Vegetable Oil (Corn, Canola and/or Sunflower Oil), Salt, Maltodextrin (Made From Corn), Modified Corn Starch, Medium Chain Triglycerides, Artificial Flavor, and Tocopherol.

Formulations can vary — check the package label for the final word.

Macronutrients

Calories

160

8% DV

Total Carbs

13g

5% DV

Protein

1g

2% DV

Saturated Fat

1.5g

8% DV

Fiber

1g

4% DV

Net Carbs

12g

4% DV

Sugar

0g

Added Sugar

0g

0% DV

Total Fat

11g

14% DV

Sodium

300mg

13% DV

Cholesterol

0mg

0% DV

Unsaturated Fat

9.5g

DV = Percent of Daily Value based on a 2,000 calorie diet

Nutrition at a Glance

Nutrition at a Glance
NutrientAmount% Daily Value
Calories1608% DV
Total Carbs13g5% DV
Protein1g2% DV
Saturated Fat1.5g8% DV
Fiber1g4% DV
Net Carbs12g4% DV
Sugar0g—
Added Sugar0g0% DV
Total Fat11g14% DV
Sodium300mg13% DV
Cholesterol0mg0% DV
Unsaturated Fat9.5g—

DV = Percent of Daily Value based on a 2,000 calorie diet

Amounts are per labeled serving from source data. Check the package for the final values.

Longevity scores estimate how this product’s nutrition and ingredient profile fit longer-term eating patterns. Formulations can vary — check the package label. Not medical advice. Some nutrient values may be estimated when the label is incomplete.

How this product may fit different goals

The same food can look different depending on what matters most to you. Here is a general preview of how this product may align with several common goals.

  • Low-Spike Stability

    Mixed

    Metabolic Health

    For someone prioritizing Low-Spike Stability, the same nutrition and ingredient data show both supportive signals and tradeoffs.

    A tradeoff: Low fiber (1g)

    This product has 2 additional signals for this goal.

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  • GLP-1 Eating Support

    Watch-outs

    Metabolic Health

    For someone prioritizing GLP-1 Eating Support, the analysis identifies considerations that may matter more than the general product score alone.

    A consideration: Lower protein (1g)

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  • Low Sugar Lifestyle

    Supportive

    Metabolic Health

    For someone prioritizing Low Sugar Lifestyle, the available data suggest this product may align in helpful ways.

    A supportive signal: Low sugar (0g)

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  • Workout Recovery

    Watch-outs

    Athletic Performance

    For someone prioritizing Workout Recovery, the analysis identifies considerations that may matter more than the general product score alone.

    A consideration: Lower protein (1g)

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  • Strength & Protein Focus

    Watch-outs

    Athletic Performance

    For someone prioritizing Strength & Protein Focus, the analysis identifies considerations that may matter more than the general product score alone.

    A consideration: Lower protein (1g)

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  • Low-Carb Lifestyle

    Watch-outs

    Dietary Patterns

    For someone prioritizing Low-Carb Lifestyle, the analysis identifies considerations that may matter more than the general product score alone.

    A consideration: Carb-dense ingredients (Mentions "maltodextrin", "corn starch". See ingredients for details.)

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Understanding the Longevity analysis

What the Longevity analysis evaluates

The Longevity analysis looks at how a food fits broader dietary patterns over time. It combines nutritional composition with processing and ingredient-quality considerations, including ideas that originated in Meal Power Points and Food Integrity. The Longevity Score summarizes that wider picture on a 0–100 scale. It is educational context for packaged foods, not medical advice and not a guarantee of health outcomes.

Nutrients, balance, processing, and ingredients

Nutritional composition matters: protein, fiber, carbohydrates, glucose-related characteristics, fats, sodium, and micronutrients all influence how a food may support or challenge different dietary goals. Processing level and ingredient quality still count, because formulation can change the practical meaning of an otherwise tidy nutrient panel. Longevity treats those dimensions together rather than as a single nutrient number.

Who may prioritize Longevity

People following low-carbohydrate, keto-style, high-protein, glucose-conscious, or longevity-focused eating patterns often start with the Longevity analysis. It is also useful when you want one place that connects macros and micros with how processed the food is and how the ingredient list reads. The Longevity Score is designed for that broader comparison across products.

How Longevity differs from Food Integrity

Food Integrity is the focused analysis of processing, ingredients, additives, purity, and transparency. Longevity is the broader analysis of nutritional composition, metabolic and dietary characteristics, processing, and ingredient quality. A strong nutritional profile may still deserve closer Food Integrity review when additives, oils, sweeteners, or processing level raise questions the nutrient panel does not answer on its own.

Why the analyses overlap—and why to review both

The overlap is intentional. Food Integrity–related characteristics contribute to Longevity, while Food Integrity remains separately useful for deeper formulation detail. The two views are meant to complement each other, not cancel each other out. Some people reasonably prioritize one analysis based on their goals; reviewing both can reveal tradeoffs that one score alone may not show.

Common questions about this product

Is Chester's Puffcorn Butter Puffered Corn Snacks Plastic Bag highly processed?

Food Integrity lists processing level as Highly processed. That reflects formulation and processing signals from the ingredient analysis — not a medical or regulatory classification.

Why are the Longevity and Food Integrity scores different?

Longevity emphasizes nutrition per serving and longer-term dietary alignment. Food Integrity emphasizes ingredients, additives, processing, and label transparency. The same product can score differently on those lenses.

How much fiber is in one serving?

Chester's Puffcorn Butter Puffered Corn Snacks Plastic Bag shows about 1.01g of fiber per labeled serving in the Longevity nutrition facts.

Does it contain added sugar?

Chester's Puffcorn Butter Puffered Corn Snacks Plastic Bag: 0g added sugar per serving. Confirm the current package Nutrition Facts and ingredient list.

What helped the Longevity Score?

Key positives called out in the analysis include: Simple, short ingredient list; Low added sugar per serving; Low protein and fiber limit satiety value.

What prevented a perfect Longevity Score?

Key concerns noted include: Refined enriched corn meal as the base; Seed oils and artificial flavor present; Sodium around 300 mg per serving.

Who might evaluate this product differently?

People prioritizing different goals (for example lower carbs, higher protein, or minimally processed eating) may weigh the same snacks differently. Use the goal preview on this page, then personalize in KarbCoach for your priorities.

Other published analyses in Snacks, selected from the same Healthy Food Guide catalog.

Source data and Healthy Food Guide analysis

  1. Public label databases (including USDA FoodData Central and Open Food Facts) — Possible sources for package ingredients and nutrition.
  2. Healthy Food Guide analysis (Longevity and Food Integrity) — Independent Longevity and Food Integrity scorecards.
  3. How the Longevity Score is calculated
  4. How the Food Integrity Score is calculated
  5. Scoring models: KarbCoach Longevity and Food Integrity.
  6. Independent analysis. No manufacturer affiliation.
  7. Formulations can vary by region, size, and packaging. Check the package label for ingredients, allergens, and nutrition. Not medical advice — do not use this site or the KarbCoach mobile app for allergy or health decisions. Full sources and safety details.
Label accuracy and safety information

Formulations can vary by region, size, and packaging. Check the package label for ingredients, allergens, and nutrition. Not medical advice — do not use this site or the KarbCoach mobile app for allergy or health decisions.

Sources, citations & safety

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