Bag of bones flamin' hot cheese flavored snacks
Bag of bones flamin' hot cheese flavored snacks by Cheetos has 1 tracked ingredient, with an overall safety score of 4 out of 5, in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.
- 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 Bag of bones flamin' hot cheese flavored snacks, 1 of its 1 tracked ingredient carries 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 Bag of bones flamin' hot cheese flavored snacks 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
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
in calories a day In Sulfate, Niacin, Thiamin Mononitrate, Rihoflavin, Folic Acid), Vegetable Oil (Corn, Canola, and/Sunflower Oil), FLAMIN' HOT Seasoning (Maltod xtrin [Made From Corn], Salt, Sugar, Artificial Color Red 40 Lake Yellow 6 Lake, Yellow 6, Yellow 5], Monosodium Glutamate, Yeast Extract, Citric Acid, Sunflower Oil, Cheddar Cheese [Milk, Cheese Cultures, Salt Enzymes], Hydrolyzed Corn Protein, Onion Powder Whey, Natural Flavor, Garlic Powder, Whey Protein Diacetate, Disodium Inosinate, Disodium Guanylate Sodium Caseinate, and Skim Milk). CONTAINS MILK INGREDIENTS.
Product Details
- Brand
- Cheetos
- Barcode
- 0028400624213
- NOVA Group
- 4 — Ultra-processed foods
- Available In
- United States
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Frequently asked questions
How does Bag of bones flamin' hot cheese flavored snacks's safety score compare to other products?
Among the 58,710 PlainIngredients products with a scored ingredient list, Bag of bones flamin' hot cheese flavored snacks's 4/5 average puts it in the lower 80%, 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. Bag of bones flamin' hot cheese flavored snacks'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.