Flavored Snack Mix, Cool Ranch
Flavored Snack Mix, Cool Ranch 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 E, 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
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 Flavored Snack Mix, Cool Ranch, 6 of its 6 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 Flavored Snack Mix, Cool Ranch 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
Peanuts, Corn, Wheat Flour, Soybean Oil, Corn Masa Flour, Corn Flour, Enriched Corn Meal (Corn Meal, Ferrous Sulfate, Niacin, Thiamin Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid), Vegetable Oil (Sunflower, Corn, And/Or Canola Oil), Modified Corn Starch, Soluble Corn Fiber, And Less Than 2% Of The Following: Maltodextrin (Made From Corn), Salt, Potato Flour, Cheddar Cheese (Milk, Cheese Cultures, Salt, Enzymes), Corn Starch, Corn Syrup Solids, Dextrose, Garlic Powder, Lactose, Malic Acid, Monosodium Glutamate, Onion Powder, Skim Milk, Sugar, Tomato Powder, Whey, Malt Syrup, Honey, Enriched Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Niacin, Reduced Iron, Thiamin Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid), Vegetable Fiber (Bamboo), Yeast, Cellulose Gum, Artificial Color (Yellow 5 Lake, Yellow 6 Lake, Red 40, Blue 1, Yellow 5, Yellow 6), Buttermilk, Disodium Guanylate, Disodium Inosinate, Natural And Artificial Flavors, Sodium Acetate, Sodium Caseinate, Spices, And Malt Powder.
Compare beyond brand
Nationwide peers by additive safety & ingredient depth
Two PlainIngredients-derived comparison paths for Flavored Snack Mix, Cool Ranch: 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
- 0028400670579
- Nutri-Score
- Grade E
- NOVA Group
- 4 — Ultra-processed foods
- Available In
- United States
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Frequently asked questions
Is Flavored Snack Mix, Cool Ranch above or below average on ingredient safety?
Among the 58,710 PlainIngredients products with a scored ingredient list, Flavored Snack Mix, Cool Ranch's 3.8/5 average puts it in the lower 84%, 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. Flavored Snack Mix, Cool Ranch'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.