Product Insight: Munchies Flamin’ Hot
Munchies Flamin’ Hot by Munchies is tracked in PlainIngredients with 12 identified ingredients and carries an overall safety rating of 4.1 out of 5 — a Low-Risk-to-Safe tier backed by FDA and EU regulatory status. On the NOVA processing scale, this product falls into Group 4 (Ultra-processed foods), a standard framework for classifying how heavily food has been industrially modified before reaching the shelf, and no Nutri-Score label has been assigned by Open Food Facts contributors. Within the identified ingredient list, 1 ingredient is currently flagged as Caution or High Risk and warrant individual review via the linked ingredient pages, while 11 ingredients sit at the Low-Risk or Safe end of the scale.
Our composite score weighs each ingredient's U.S. FDA regulatory status (GRAS, Approved, or Banned), European Union food-additive status under Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008, any U.S. state-level restrictions, and signals drawn from peer-reviewed toxicology literature. The per-product score is the mean of the per-ingredient ratings and should be read as a structured summary rather than a clinical verdict; edge cases such as cumulative exposure, individual allergies, and dietary interactions are not captured by a single number and are better addressed by reading the individual ingredient pages linked below.
Sources: Open Food Facts (product + ingredient list, CC0 licensed) · FDA SAFFA · EU Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 · U.S. state food-safety statutes
- 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
corn, vegetable oil, corn oil, canola oil, soybean oil, sunflower oil, enriched flour, wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid, enriched corn meal, corn meal, ferrous sulfate, folic acid, whole wheat, whole oat flour, sugar, corn syrup, maltodextrin, cheddar cheese, milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes, onion powder, whey, protein concentrate, garlic powder, monosodium glutamate, buttermilk, natural and artificial flavors, tomato powder, romano cheese, cow's milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes, spices, yeast extract, sodium diacetate, corn starch, corn syrup solids, fructose, lactose, citric acid, artificial color, red 40 lake, yellow 6, yellow 5, yellow 5 lake, yellow 6 lake, blue 1, red 40, potassium salt, ammonium bicarbonate, yeast, malt extract, disodium inosinate, disodium guanylate, lactic acid, skim milk, malic acid, lime juice, sodium caseinate
Data Sources
- Open Food Facts — Product data and ingredient lists
- FDA Substances Added to Food (SAFFA) Inventory — Safety scores
- EU Food Additive Regulations (EC) No 1333/2008
Product Details
- Brand
- Munchies
- Barcode
- 0028400742368
- NOVA Group
- 4 — Ultra-processed foods
- Available In
- United States
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