mexican street food
mexican street food by Fritolay has 2 tracked ingredients, with an overall safety score of 3 out of 5, 1.12 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 1.12 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
- NOVA processing classification: group 4
Plant-based foods and beverages / Plant-based foods / Snacks / Cereals and potatoes / Cereals and their products / Flours / Cereal flours / Cornmeal / Chip
How This Score Is Built
mexican street food draws on FDA status, EU regulatory status, US state actions, and published research, combined into a single editorially-derived 1-5 scale (never an official government rating). 2 of its 2 tracked ingredients are scored so far; data as of 2026-09-07.
Open Food Facts, FDA, and EU regulatory records feed this score. The FDA site → has the primary record; our methodology page explains the scoring.
Where mexican street food sits nationally
Average ingredient safety score vs. 58,710 other scored products in PlainIngredients
3 Top 98% higher than 2% 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
enriched corn meal (corn meal, ferrous sulfate, niacin, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), vegetable oil (corn, canola, and/or sunflower oil), maltodextrin (made from corn), salt, natural flavors, whey, spices, monosodium glutamate, garlic powder, onion powder, sour cream (cultured cream, skim milk), cream, parmesan cheese (milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), romano cheese (pasteurized cow's milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), yeast extract, artificial color (yellow 5 lake), sugar, cheddar cheese (milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), butter (cream, salt), swiss cheese (milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), and turmeric extracts. contains milk ingredients. frito-lay, inc. plano, tx 75024-4099 © 2021 frito-lay north america, inc. fritolay smartlabel
Product Details
- Brand
- Fritolay
- Barcode
- 0028400655323
- Nutri-Score
- Grade E
- NOVA Group
- 4 — Ultra-processed foods
- Available In
- United States
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Frequently asked questions
How does mexican street food's safety score compare to other products?
mexican street food scores 3 out of 5 for average ingredient safety, in the bottom 98% of the 58,710 products in PlainIngredients with a scored ingredient list, 1.12 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.
How should mexican street food's 3/5 score be read?
Each ingredient gets a 1-5 score (1 highest risk, 5 safest) built from FDA and EU regulatory status; mexican street food's 3/5 is the average across every mapped ingredient it lists, landing it in 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.