Mexican Style Dip, 4 Cheese Queso
Mexican Style Dip, 4 Cheese Queso by Tostitos has 4 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 C.
- Safety score in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
- NOVA processing classification: group 4
Dairies / Fermented foods / Fermented milk products / Cheeses
How This Score Is Built
Mexican Style Dip, 4 Cheese Queso 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). 4 of its 4 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 Style Dip, 4 Cheese Queso 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
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
Water, Jalapeno Peppers, Diced Tomatoes In Tomato Juice, Modified Corn Starch, Sunflower Oil And/Or Canola Oil, Maltodextrin (Made From Corn And Potato), Monterey Jack Cheese (Pasteurized Milk, Cheese Cultures, Salt, Enzymes), White Cheddar Cheese (Pasteurized Milk, Cheese Cultures, Salt, Enzymes), Red Bell Peppers, Queso Quesadilla Cheese (Pasteurized Milk, Cheese Cultures, Salt, Enzymes, Artificial Color), And Less Than 2% Of The Following: Queso Asadero Cheese (Pasteurized Milk, Cheese Cultures, Salt, Enzymes), Natural Flavors, Whey, Skim Milk, Whey Protein Concentrate, Yeast Extract, Salt, Milk Protein Concentrate, Onion, Sodium Hexametaphosphate, Datem, Garlic Powder, Sodium Phosphate, And Artificial Color (Yellow 5, Yellow 6).
Compare beyond brand
Nationwide peers by additive safety & ingredient depth
Two PlainIngredients-derived comparison paths for Mexican Style Dip, 4 Cheese Queso: 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: 4.
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Product Details
- Brand
- Tostitos
- Barcode
- 0028400278362
- Nutri-Score
- Grade C
- NOVA Group
- 4 — Ultra-processed foods
- Available In
- United States
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Frequently asked questions
Where does Mexican Style Dip, 4 Cheese Queso rank on ingredient safety?
Among the 58,710 PlainIngredients products with a scored ingredient list, Mexican Style Dip, 4 Cheese Queso's 4/5 average puts it in the lower 80%, in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.
How should Mexican Style Dip, 4 Cheese Queso's 4/5 score be read?
The 1-5 scale (5 safest) comes from FDA and EU regulatory status per ingredient. Mexican Style Dip, 4 Cheese Queso'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.