Cheddar Jalapeño Crunchy
Cheddar Jalapeño Crunchy by Cheetos has 5 tracked ingredients, with an overall safety score of 4 out of 5, in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products. Its Nutri-Score is E, 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
Snacks / Salty snacks / Appetizers / Chips and fries / Crisps / Corn chips
How This Score Is Built
Cheddar Jalapeño Crunchy 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). 5 of its 5 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 Cheddar Jalapeño Crunchy 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
Ngredients: Enriched Corn Meal Corn Meal, Ferrous Sulaie nacin Thiamin Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid, Vegetabled corn Canola And/or Sunflower Oil, Cheddar Jalapen seasning Salt, Whey, Maltodextrin Made From Corni, Canula oil Butermilk, Romano Cheese Cow S Milk, Cheese Cultured salit, Enzmes, Monosodium Glutamate, Cheddar Cheese M ueese Cultures, Salt, Enzymes, Potassium Chloride powder, Corn Starch. Natural And Artificial Flavurnate lactose Jalapeño Pepper, Garlic Powder, Sodum Mlk artiacial Color Iyrlow 6, Yellow 5, Blue 1, Red 40sodum lagii D, Citric Acid, Malic Acid, Sunflower Ui nosinate Mnd Disodium Guanylaie. comntnns M Increoientsion
Compare beyond brand
Nationwide peers by additive safety & ingredient depth
Two PlainIngredients-derived comparison paths for Cheddar Jalapeño Crunchy: 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: 5.
Product Details
- Brand
- Cheetos
- Barcode
- 0028400065528
- Nutri-Score
- Grade E
- NOVA Group
- 4 — Ultra-processed foods
- Available In
- United States
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Frequently asked questions
Where does Cheddar Jalapeño Crunchy rank on ingredient safety?
With an average ingredient safety score of 4/5, Cheddar Jalapeño Crunchy sits behind 80% of the 58,710 PlainIngredients products carrying a scored ingredient list, in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.
What's behind the 4/5 rating on Cheddar Jalapeño Crunchy?
Each ingredient gets a 1-5 score (1 highest risk, 5 safest) built from FDA and EU regulatory status; Cheddar Jalapeño Crunchy's 4/5 is the average across every mapped ingredient it lists, landing it in the Low Risk tier.
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