Pringles Vs. Doritos (Which is the Best?)

Pringles and Doritos are two of the most popular snacks eaten worldwide, but is one truly better than the other?

In this article, I’ll be comparing Pringles and Doritos against each other in various categories, including nutrition, ingredients, cost, and flavor.

Read on to see the complete comparison and take part in our poll to tell us which is your favorite and help future readers find out which is best for flavor.

Pringles Vs. Doritos Nutritional Comparison

To get started, we’ll review Pringles against Doritos nutrition to find out which (if any) is the better option when it comes to calories and other factors such as carbs and fat.

To keep things as accurate as possible, I’ll be comparing like-for-like serving sizes of 28g (1oz), which is the recommended serving for each snack.

I’ll also be comparing similar flavors, which are Original Pringles and Cool Ranch Doritos, to keep things as similar as possible.

Best for Calorie Content

We’ll look at calorie comparison in the first category, comparing both snack types using the same serving size.

Using nutritional information directly from the manufacturer, I can confirm that Pringles and Doritos contain the same amount of calories at 150kcal per 28g (1oz) serving.

Snack Type	Calories Per 28g Serving
Pringles	150kcal
Doritos	150kcal

Best for Carbohydrate Content

As you’d expect, both kinds of snacks are high in carbohydrates, but Doritos have slightly more carbs per serving at 18g compared to Pringles at 16g per 28g.

Snack Type	Carbohydrates Per 28g Serving
Pringles	16g
Doritos	18g

Best for Protein Content

Neither Pringles nor Doritos are a high protein snack, but if this is a consideration for you, Doritos are the best option in this category because they contain 2g of protein compared to pringles which have 1g per 28g (1oz) serving.

Snack Type	Protein Per 28g Serving
Pringles	1g
Doritos	2g

Best for Fat Content

Both types of snacks are relatively high in fat compared to some healthier choices, but Doritos are slightly lower in fat at 8g per serving compared to Pringles, which contain 8g. Doritos are also lower in saturated fat at 1g compared to Pringles at 2.5g.

It’s also worth pointing out that neither Pringles nor Doritos contain trans fat per serving.

Snack Type	Fat Per Serving	Saturated Fat Per 28g Serving
Pringles	9g	2.5g
Doritos	8g	1g

Best for Fiber Content

If you’re looking for a higher fiber snack, then neither Pringles nor Doritos are going the best option be for you. Nutritional information confirms that both have the same dietary fiber per serving at 1g per 28g (1oz).

Snack Type	Dietary Fibre Per 28g Serving
Pringles	1g
Doritos	1g

Best for Sodium/Salt Content

When it comes to sodium content, Doritos have more per serving than Pringles, with 190mg of sodium per serving compared to Pringles, which contain 150mg per 28g (1oz).

To put this into the context of how much sodium you should have per day, Pringles contain 7% of the recommended daily value compared to Doritos, which contain 8%.

Snack Type	Sodium/Salt Per 28g Serving
Pringles	150mg
Doritos	190mg

Best for Flavor/Texture

When it comes to the best flavor and texture, it isn’t easy to do without performing an impartial poll to get a true reflection of the public opinion.

Both Pringles and Doritos come in a variety of great flavors; they’re moreish and also have a great texture, so for that reason, I’m leaving it for you to decide which you like best by voting in our poll.

Choose your favorite in the poll below to reveal the votes so far (no personal information required):

Best for Price

Because Pringles and Doritos are sold in different-sized packs, I’ve worked out the price per serving instead of cost per pack to keep things fair.

This information is based on data at the time of writing (February 2022); please note that prices vary between stores, so this information is based on an average.

A 9.25oz pack of Cool Ranch Doritos costs $3.48 and contains around nine servings per pack, and a 5.2oz can of pringles costs $1.78 and contains approximately five servings.

Based on this information, Doritos cost $0.39 per serving compared to Pringles, costing $0.36, which means Pringles cost slightly less than Doritos.

Overall Winner

Based on calories, nutrition and cost, I can now announce a winner of the Pringles Vs. Doritos, it’s a very close contest, but the winner is… Pringles!

Although both snacks are the same when it comes to calories, Pringles won the title for being slightly lower in carbs, sodium and for being the best when it came to cost.

Of course, neither snack is ever going to fall into the healthy food category, so this is purely based on the data differences between the two.

It’s also worth noting that I’ve not included flavor because this is subjective, but you can find the winner of our poll in the section above.

Comparison Category	Winner (Pringles or Doritos)
Best for Calorie Content	Both the same
Best for Carbohydrate Content	Pringles
Best for Protein Content	Doritos
Best for Fat Content	Doritos
Best for Fiber Content	Both the same
Best for Sodium Content	Pringles
Best for Price	Pringles
Overall Winner	Pringles

Ingredients Comparison

The table below shows the ingredients in Original Pringles compared to the ingredients in Cool Ranch Doritos (directly from the manufacturer).

As you can see, the main difference between the two is that Pringles are a potato-based chip compared to Doritos, which are a corn-based chip.

In this comparison, Doritos contain more ingredients than Pringles because we’re comparing Original Pringles with Cool Ranch Doritos, which have more flavor-type ingredients.

Pringles Ingredients

Doritos Ingredients

Dried potatoes, vegetable oil (corn, cottonseed, high oleic soybean, and/or sunflower oil), degerminated yellow corn flour, cornstarch, rice flour, maltodextrin, mono- and diglycerides, salt, wheat starch.

Corn, Vegetable Oil (Corn, Canola, And/or Sunflower Oil), Maltodextrin (Made From Corn), Salt, Tomato Powder, Lactose, Whey, Skim Milk, Onion Powder, Sugar, Garlic Powder, Monosodium Glutamate, Maltodextrin (Made From Corn), Cheddar Cheese (Milk, Cheese Cultures, Salt, Enzymes), Dextrose, Malic Acid, Corn Syrup Solids, Buttermilk, Natural and Artificial Flavors, Sodium Acetate, Artificial Color (Red 40, Blue 1, Yellow 5), Spice, Citric Acid, Disodium Inosinate, and Disodium Guanylate.