Chile Limon Rolled Flavored Tortilla Chips, Chile Limon
Chile Limon Rolled Flavored Tortilla Chips, Chile Limon by Doritos 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. Its Nutri-Score is D, 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
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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 Chile Limon Rolled Flavored Tortilla Chips, Chile Limon 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 Chile Limon Rolled Flavored Tortilla Chips, Chile Limon 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
Corn, Vegetable Oil (Corn, Canola, And/Or Sunflower Oil), And 2% Or Less Of The Following: Maltodextrin (Made From Corn), Salt, Citric Acid, Sugar, Monosodium Glutamate, Artificial Color (Red 40 Lake, Yellow 6 Lake), Hydrolyzed Corn Gluten, Yeast Extract, Sodium Diacetate, Cheddar Cheese (Milk, Cheese Cultures, Salt, Enzymes), Modified Corn Starch, Natural Flavor, Onion Powder, Whey, Corn Syrup Solids, Garlic Powder, Romano Cheese (Part-Skim Cow'S Milk, Cheese Cultures, Salt, Enzymes), Buttermilk, Whey Protein Concentrate, Disodium Inosinate, And Disodium Guanylate.
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Nationwide peers by additive safety & ingredient depth
Two PlainIngredients-derived comparison paths for Chile Limon Rolled Flavored Tortilla Chips, Chile Limon: 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
- Doritos
- Barcode
- 0028400175548
- Nutri-Score
- Grade D
- NOVA Group
- 4 — Ultra-processed foods
- Available In
- United States
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Frequently asked questions
Is Chile Limon Rolled Flavored Tortilla Chips, Chile Limon above or below average on ingredient safety?
Chile Limon Rolled Flavored Tortilla Chips, Chile Limon scores 3.8 out of 5 for average ingredient safety, in the bottom 84% of the 58,710 products in PlainIngredients with 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?
The 1-5 scale (5 safest) comes from FDA and EU regulatory status per ingredient. Chile Limon Rolled Flavored Tortilla Chips, Chile Limon's mapped ingredients average out to 3.8/5, which is 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.