Cheesy & Tangy Mix
Cheesy & Tangy Mix by Fritolay has 9 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
Cheesy & Tangy Mix 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). 9 of its 9 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 Cheesy & Tangy Mix 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, vegetable oil, whey, salt, spices, maltodextrin, cheddar cheese, tomato powder, monosodium glutamate, onion powder, natural flavors, romano cheese, dextrose, sugar, buttermilk, sodium caseinate, annatto extracts, cheddar cheese, salt, citric acid, sunflower oil, calcium powder, disodium inosinate, disodium guanylate, caramel color, corn, vegetable oil, corn, canola, soybean, and/or sunflower oil, cheddar cheese, onion powder, monosodium glutamate, natural and artificial flavors, sodium caseinate, yeast extract, whey, maltodextrin, buttermilk, corn syrup solids, lactic acid, garlic powder, artificial color, yellow 6, yellow 5, red 40, blue 1, spices, citric acid, disodium inosinate, disodium guanylate, corn, vegetable oil, corn, canola, soybean, and/or sunflower oil, salt, corn starch, tomato powder, lactose, whey, skim milk, onion powder, sugar, garlic powder, monosodium glutamate, corn maltodextrin, potassium salt, cheddar cheese, dextrose, malic acid, corn syrup solids, butterm
Compare beyond brand
Nationwide peers by additive safety & ingredient depth
Two PlainIngredients-derived comparison paths for Cheesy & Tangy Mix: 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: 9.
Product Details
- Brand
- Fritolay
- Barcode
- 0028400708746
- NOVA Group
- 4 — Ultra-processed foods
- Available In
- United States
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Frequently asked questions
Is Cheesy & Tangy Mix above or below average on ingredient safety?
Among the 58,710 PlainIngredients products with a scored ingredient list, Cheesy & Tangy Mix'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?
PlainIngredients scores each ingredient 1 (highest risk) to 5 (safest) from FDA and EU regulatory status, then averages the scores of every ingredient this product lists that we could map. A 4/5 average places Cheesy & Tangy Mix 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.