Product Insight: Cheesy & Tangy Mix
Cheesy & Tangy Mix by FritoLay is tracked in PlainIngredients with 9 identified ingredients and carries an overall safety rating of 4 out of 5 — a Low-Risk-to-Safe tier backed by FDA and EU regulatory status. On the NOVA processing scale, this product falls into Group 4 (Ultra-processed foods), a standard framework for classifying how heavily food has been industrially modified before reaching the shelf, and no Nutri-Score label has been assigned by Open Food Facts contributors. Within the identified ingredient list, 1 ingredient is currently flagged as Caution or High Risk and warrant individual review via the linked ingredient pages, while 7 ingredients sit at the Low-Risk or Safe end of the scale.
Our composite score weighs each ingredient's U.S. FDA regulatory status (GRAS, Approved, or Banned), European Union food-additive status under Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008, any U.S. state-level restrictions, and signals drawn from peer-reviewed toxicology literature. The per-product score is the mean of the per-ingredient ratings and should be read as a structured summary rather than a clinical verdict; edge cases such as cumulative exposure, individual allergies, and dietary interactions are not captured by a single number and are better addressed by reading the individual ingredient pages linked below.
Sources: Open Food Facts (product + ingredient list, CC0 licensed) · FDA SAFFA · EU Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 · U.S. state food-safety statutes
- 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
Data Sources
- Open Food Facts — Product data and ingredient lists
- FDA Substances Added to Food (SAFFA) Inventory — Safety scores
- EU Food Additive Regulations (EC) No 1333/2008
Product Details
- Brand
- FritoLay
- Barcode
- 0028400708746
- NOVA Group
- 4 — Ultra-processed foods
- Available In
- United States
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