Doritos, Mix Flavored Tortilla Snacks, Cheese Explosion, Cheese Explosion
Doritos, Mix Flavored Tortilla Snacks, Cheese Explosion, Cheese Explosion by Doritos has 8 tracked ingredients, with an overall safety score of 4 out of 5, in line with 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 in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
- NOVA processing classification: group 4
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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, Mix Flavored Tortilla Snacks, Cheese Explosion, Cheese Explosion, 8 of its 8 tracked ingredients carry 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, Mix Flavored Tortilla Snacks, Cheese Explosion, Cheese Explosion 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
Doritos Brand Nacho Cheese Flavored Tortilla Chips: Corn, Vegetable Oil (Sunflower, Canola, And/Or Corn Oil), Maltodextrin (Made From Corn), Salt, Cheddar Cheese (Milk, Cheese Cultures, Salt, Enzymes), Whey, Monosodium Glutamate, Buttermilk, Romano Cheese (Part-Skim Cow'S Milk, Cheese Cultures, Salt, Enzymes), Whey Protein Concentrate, Onion Powder, Corn Flour, Natural And Artificial Flavor, Dextrose, Tomato Powder, Lactose, Spices, Artificial Color (Yellow 6, Yellow 5, Red 40), Lactic Acid, Citric Acid, Sugar, Garlic Powder, Skim Milk, Red And Green Bell Pepper Powder, Disodium Inosinate, And Disodium Guanylate. Doritos Brand Twists Four Cheese: Corn, Vegetable Oil (Sunflower, Canola, And/Or Corn Oil), Salt, Whey, Maltodextrin (Made From Corn), Natural And Artificial Flavors, Cheddar Cheese (Milk, Cheese Cultures, Salt, Enzymes), Buttermilk, Monosodium Glutamate, Onion Powder, Cream, Tomato Powder, Corn Flour, Butter (Cream, Salt), Monterey Jack Cheese (Milk, Cheese Cultures, Salt, En
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Nationwide peers by additive safety & ingredient depth
Two PlainIngredients-derived comparison paths for Doritos, Mix Flavored Tortilla Snacks, Cheese Explosion, Cheese Explosion: 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: 8.
Product Details
- Brand
- Doritos
- Barcode
- 0028400589161
- Nutri-Score
- Grade D
- NOVA Group
- 4 — Ultra-processed foods
- Available In
- United States
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Frequently asked questions
Where does Doritos, Mix Flavored Tortilla Snacks, Cheese Explosion, Cheese Explosion rank on ingredient safety?
With an average ingredient safety score of 4/5, Doritos, Mix Flavored Tortilla Snacks, Cheese Explosion, Cheese Explosion sits behind 80% of the 58,710 PlainIngredients products carrying a scored ingredient list, in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.
How should Doritos, Mix Flavored Tortilla Snacks, Cheese Explosion, Cheese Explosion's 4/5 score be read?
The 1-5 scale (5 safest) comes from FDA and EU regulatory status per ingredient. Doritos, Mix Flavored Tortilla Snacks, Cheese Explosion, Cheese Explosion's mapped ingredients average out to 4/5, 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.