Cheetos mac n cheese
Cheetos mac n cheese by Cheetos has 6 tracked ingredients, with an overall safety score of 3.8 out of 5, 0.32 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products, and 1 of its ingredient carries a low safety rating.
- Safety score 0.32 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
- NOVA processing classification: group 4
How This Score Is Built
PlainIngredients safety scores are a transparent, editorially-derived index synthesizing FDA status, EU regulatory status, US state actions, and published research into a single 1-5 scale, not an official government rating. 6 of 6 ingredients tracked for Cheetos mac n cheese have a scored rating so far. Data current as of 2026-09-07.
Sourced from Open Food Facts, FDA, and EU regulatory records. Verify with the FDA → See our full scoring methodology.
Where Cheetos mac n cheese sits nationally
Average ingredient safety score vs. 58,710 other scored products in PlainIngredients
3.8 Top 84% higher than 16% 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
wheat falour, maltodextrin, whey alm oil, canola oil, cheese blend (cheddar, romano daily value* monterey jack, parmesan and blue cheeses mlk 6% cultures, salt, enzymes), salt, modified corn starch corn syrup solids, buttermilk, guar gum, silicon 8% dicode, natural and artificial flavor, monosodium glutamate, sodium caseinate, potassium chloride, onion powder, spices, lactose, jalapeno pepper", garlic 170 powder, xanthan gum, cultured nonfat milk, lactic 28% acid, autolyzed yeast extract, nonfat dry milk, annato extract (colori, sunflower oil, disodium guanylate, 15% disodium inosinate, citric acio, malic acio, blue 1, 9% caramel color, red 40, turmeric extract (color), calories 240 total fat 5g sauraled fat 1.5g sholesterol <5mg sdium 630mg re6oded sugars pmtein 7g riboflavin, folic acid, soy lecithin. "dried contains milk, soy and wheat ingredients (foood020265-l02-2)
Compare beyond brand
Nationwide peers by additive safety & ingredient depth
Two PlainIngredients-derived comparison paths for Cheetos mac n 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: 3.8/5.
Similar mapped ingredient depth
Nearest products by count of scored mapped additives. This record: 6.
Product Details
- Brand
- Cheetos
- Barcode
- 0015300014961
- NOVA Group
- 4 — Ultra-processed foods
- Available In
- United States
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Frequently asked questions
Is Cheetos mac n cheese above or below average on ingredient safety?
With an average ingredient safety score of 3.8/5, Cheetos mac n cheese sits behind 84% of the 58,710 PlainIngredients products carrying a scored ingredient list, 0.32 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.
What does a 3.8/5 ingredient safety score mean?
Each ingredient gets a 1-5 score (1 highest risk, 5 safest) built from FDA and EU regulatory status; Cheetos mac n cheese's 3.8/5 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.