Breaded Cheese Snacks, Nacho Cheese
Breaded Cheese Snacks, Nacho Cheese by Doritos has 7 tracked ingredients, with an overall safety score of 4.1 out of 5, in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products. Its Nutri-Score is D, 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
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How This Score Is Built
Breaded Cheese Snacks, Nacho Cheese draws on FDA status, EU regulatory status, US state actions, and published research, combined into a single editorially-derived 1-5 scale (never an official government rating). 7 of its 7 tracked ingredients are scored so far; data as of 2026-09-07.
Open Food Facts, FDA, and EU regulatory records feed this score. The FDA site → has the primary record; our methodology page explains the scoring.
Where Breaded Cheese Snacks, Nacho Cheese sits nationally
Average ingredient safety score vs. 58,710 other scored products in PlainIngredients
4.1 Top 42% higher than 58% 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
American Cheese (Milk, Cheese Cultures, Salt, Enzymes), Bleached Wheat Flour, Water, Soybean Oil, Yellow Corn Meal, Modified Corn Starch, Yellow Corn Flour, Less Than 2% Of The Following: Cheddar Cheese (Milk, Cheese Cultures, Salt, Enzymes), Cheddar Cheese (Pasteurized Milk, Cheese Cultures, Salt, Enzymes), Semi-Soft Cheese (Pasteurized Milk, Cheese Cultures, Salt, Enzymes), Romano Cheese (Part-Skim Milk, Cheese Cultures, Salt, Enzymes), Maltodextrin (Made From Corn), Monosodium Glutamate, Red And Green Bell Pepper Powder, Cream, Onion Powder, Salt, Skim Milk, Whey, Butter (Cream, Salt), Corn Oil, Garlic Powder, Spices, Natural And Artificial Flavor, Dextrose, Corn Germ, Sugar, Yeast, Artificial Color (Yellow 5, Yellow 6, Yellow 5 Lake, Yellow 6 Lake), Sodium Phosphate, Modified Potato Starch, Rice Flour, Dextrin, Sodium Hexametaphosphate, Medium Chain Triglycerides, Sorbic Acid (Preservative), Citric Acid, Lactic Acid, Modified Cellulose, Cellulose Gum, Powdered Cellulose, Xantham Gu
Compare beyond brand
Nationwide peers by additive safety & ingredient depth
Two PlainIngredients-derived comparison paths for Breaded Cheese Snacks, 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: 4.1/5.
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Product Details
- Brand
- Doritos
- Barcode
- 0028400577816
- Nutri-Score
- Grade D
- NOVA Group
- 4 — Ultra-processed foods
- Available In
- United States
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Frequently asked questions
Is Breaded Cheese Snacks, Nacho Cheese above or below average on ingredient safety?
Breaded Cheese Snacks, Nacho Cheese scores 4.1 out of 5 for average ingredient safety, safer than 58% 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's behind the 4.1/5 rating on Breaded Cheese Snacks, Nacho Cheese?
Each ingredient gets a 1-5 score (1 highest risk, 5 safest) built from FDA and EU regulatory status; Breaded Cheese Snacks, Nacho Cheese's 4.1/5 is the average across every mapped ingredient it lists, landing it in 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.