3D Crunch Nacho Cheese
3D Crunch Nacho Cheese by Doritos has 6 tracked ingredients, with an overall safety score of 4 out of 5, in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products, and 1 of its ingredient carries a low safety rating.
- Safety score in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
- NOVA processing classification: group 4
How This Score Is Built
This 1-5 scale is an editorially-derived index, not an official government rating -- it synthesizes FDA status, EU regulatory status, US state actions, and published research. For 3D Crunch Nacho Cheese, 6 of its 6 tracked ingredients carry a scored rating so far, current as of 2026-09-07.
Data draws on Open Food Facts, FDA, and EU regulatory records -- cross-check with the FDA → directly, or read how we score it.
Where 3D Crunch Nacho Cheese sits nationally
Average ingredient safety score vs. 58,710 other scored products in PlainIngredients
4 Top 80% higher than 20% of 58,710 scored products
Average ingredient safety score (1 = highest risk, 5 = safest), bucketed by value
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Source PlainIngredients ingredient safety index · 2026-09-07
- Monosodium Glutamate - Safety score: 2/5
Ingredient Safety Breakdown
Processing Level
Ultra-processed products are formulations made mostly or entirely from substances derived from foods and additives. They typically contain ingredients not commonly used in home cooking.
Full Ingredients List
corn flour, vegetable oil (canola, corn, and/or sunflower oil), corn starch, salt, cheddar cheese (milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), maltodextrin (made from corn), whey, monosodium glutamate, buttermilk, romano cheese (cow's milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), natural and artificial flavors, whey protein concentrate, potassium salt, onion powder, garlic powder, spices, dextrose, lactose, citric acid, baking soda, sugar, skim milk, lactic acid, artificial color (yellow 6, yellow 5, red 40), disodium inosinate, and disodium guanylate contains milk ingredients. * frito-lay, inc. plano, tx 75024-4099 ⓒ2022 frito-lay north america, inc. 2% frito lay ⓡ
Compare beyond brand
Nationwide peers by additive safety & ingredient depth
Two PlainIngredients-derived comparison paths for 3D Crunch Nacho Cheese: nearest mean mapped additive safety score and nearest mapped ingredient count among indexable products with at least 3 scored additives, excluding same-brand siblings. Scores describe regulatory and research signals on additives, not dietary advice.
Similar mean additive safety
Nearest products by average mapped safety score. This record: 4/5.
Similar mapped ingredient depth
Nearest products by count of scored mapped additives. This record: 6.
Product Details
- Brand
- Doritos
- Barcode
- 0028400705967
- NOVA Group
- 4 — Ultra-processed foods
- Available In
- United States
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Frequently asked questions
How does 3D Crunch Nacho Cheese's safety score compare to other products?
3D Crunch Nacho Cheese scores 4 out of 5 for average ingredient safety, in the bottom 80% of the 58,710 products in PlainIngredients with a scored ingredient list, in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.
What does a 4/5 ingredient safety score mean?
The 1-5 scale (5 safest) comes from FDA and EU regulatory status per ingredient. 3D Crunch Nacho Cheese's mapped ingredients average out to 4/5, which is the Low Risk tier.
Every figure on PlainIngredients is rendered directly from FDA, EU, EFSA and U.S. state regulatory records, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.