Are Lays Potato Chips Vegan?

Lays potato chips are one of the most popular brands of chips in the world, but are they vegan? Potato chips are essentially nothing more than thinly sliced potatoes fried in vegetable oil and sprinkled with salt, however, many of Lay’s potato chips contain a lot more ingredients than that, which complicates things. Lay’s potato chips come in dozens of flavors and varieties – 46 at the time of writing this, to be exact – but only about 30 percent of them are vegan friendly. Scroll down for a full list of Lay’s vegan flavors.

Vegan Lays Potato Chips

The following flavors and varieties are the only Lays potato chips that are vegan at the time of writing this. All other flavors contain dairy and/or other animal ingredients.

Classic

Barbecue

Deli Style – Original

Dill Pickle

Lightly Salted

Limon

Salt & Vinegar

Kettle Cooked – Original

Kettle Cooked – Cracked Pepper & Sea Salt

Kettle Cooked – Lattice Cut – Sea Salt

Kettle Cooked – 40% Less Fat – Original

Wavy – Original

Wavy – Lightly Salted

Stax – Original

Stax – Hot ‘n Spicy Barbecue