Cheetos Nutri-Score E NOVA 4

Double Cheddar Cheese Flavored Snacks Eggs Shaped Puffs, Double Cheddar Cheese

Double Cheddar Cheese Flavored Snacks Eggs Shaped Puffs, Double Cheddar Cheese: 3.5/5 ingredient safety

Double Cheddar Cheese Flavored Snacks Eggs Shaped Puffs, Double Cheddar Cheese by Cheetos has 2 tracked ingredients, with an overall safety score of 3.5 out of 5, 0.62 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products. Its Nutri-Score is E, and 1 of its ingredient carries a low safety rating.

  • Safety score 0.62 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. 2 of 2 ingredients tracked for Double Cheddar Cheese Flavored Snacks Eggs Shaped Puffs, Double Cheddar 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 Double Cheddar Cheese Flavored Snacks Eggs Shaped Puffs, Double Cheddar Cheese sits nationally

Average ingredient safety score vs. 58,710 other scored products in PlainIngredients

3.5 Top 91% higher than 9% 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

3.5
Mixed Evidence
Average ingredient safety: 3.5 out of 5
Based on 2 tracked ingredients
2
Tracked Ingredients
1
Concerning
1
Low Risk / Safe
E
Nutri-Score
1 ingredient flagged for safety concerns

Ingredient Safety Breakdown

Processing Level

4
NOVA Group 4
Ultra-processed foods

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

Enriched Corn Meal (Corn Meal, Ferrous Sulfate, Niacin, Thiamin Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid), Vegetable Oil (Sunflower, Corn, And/Or Canola Oil), Double Cheddar Seasoning (Cheddar Cheese [Milk, Cheese Cultures, Salt, Enzymes], Whey, Canola Oil, Natural And Artificial Flavors, Maltodextrin [Made From Corn), Salt, Monosodium Glutamate, Citric Acid, Artificial Color [Yellow 6], Lactic Acid), And Salt.

Product Details

Brand
Cheetos
Barcode
0028400207324
Nutri-Score
Grade E
NOVA Group
4 — Ultra-processed foods
Available In
United States

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Frequently asked questions

Where does Double Cheddar Cheese Flavored Snacks Eggs Shaped Puffs, Double Cheddar Cheese rank on ingredient safety?

Double Cheddar Cheese Flavored Snacks Eggs Shaped Puffs, Double Cheddar Cheese scores 3.5 out of 5 for average ingredient safety, in the bottom 91% of the 58,710 products in PlainIngredients with a scored ingredient list, 0.62 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.

What's behind the 3.5/5 rating on Double Cheddar Cheese Flavored Snacks Eggs Shaped Puffs, Double Cheddar Cheese?

The 1-5 scale (5 safest) comes from FDA and EU regulatory status per ingredient. Double Cheddar Cheese Flavored Snacks Eggs Shaped Puffs, Double Cheddar Cheese's mapped ingredients average out to 3.5/5, which is the Mixed Evidence 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.