Doritos Flaming Hot
Doritos Flaming Hot by Doritos has 1 tracked ingredient, with an overall safety score of 2 out of 5, 2.12 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products, and 1 of its ingredient carries a low safety rating.
- Safety score 2.12 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
- NOVA processing classification: group 4
How This Score Is Built
This 1-5 scale is an editorially-derived index, not an official government rating -- it synthesizes FDA status, EU regulatory status, US state actions, and published research. For Doritos Flaming Hot, 1 of its 1 tracked ingredient carries a scored rating so far, current as of 2026-09-07.
Data draws on Open Food Facts, FDA, and EU regulatory records -- cross-check with the FDA → directly, or read how we score it.
Where Doritos Flaming Hot sits nationally
Average ingredient safety score vs. 58,710 other scored products in PlainIngredients
2 Top 100% in the bottom 1% 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, soybean and or sunflower oil. And less than 2% of maltodextrin made from corn, salt, whey, cheddar cheese, milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes, buttermilk, monosodium glutamate, artificial color red 40 lake, yellow six lake, yellow, six, yellow 5 natural and artificial flavors, Ramana cheese cow's milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes. Cultures, salt, enzymes. Onion powder citric acid spices dextrose tomato powder potassium salt whey protein concentrate lactose lactic acid sodium caseinate sugar garlic powder skim milk red and green bell peppers milk protein concentrate disodium inosinate and disodium guanylate.
Product Details
- Brand
- Doritos
- Barcode
- 0028400770583
- NOVA Group
- 4 — Ultra-processed foods
- Available In
- United States
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Frequently asked questions
How does Doritos Flaming Hot's safety score compare to other products?
Doritos Flaming Hot scores 2 out of 5 for average ingredient safety, in the bottom 100% of the 58,710 products in PlainIngredients with a scored ingredient list, 2.12 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.
How should Doritos Flaming Hot's 2/5 score be read?
The 1-5 scale (5 safest) comes from FDA and EU regulatory status per ingredient. Doritos Flaming Hot's mapped ingredients average out to 2/5, which is the Caution 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.