Munchies Flamin’ Hot
Munchies Flamin’ Hot by Munchies has 12 tracked ingredients, with an overall safety score of 4.1 out of 5, in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products, and 1 of its ingredient carries a low safety rating.
- Safety score in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
- NOVA processing classification: group 4
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 Munchies Flamin’ Hot, 12 of its 12 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 Munchies Flamin’ Hot sits nationally
Average ingredient safety score vs. 58,710 other scored products in PlainIngredients
4.1 Top 42% higher than 58% 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
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
Compare beyond brand
Nationwide peers by additive safety & ingredient depth
Two PlainIngredients-derived comparison paths for Munchies Flamin’ Hot: 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: 4.1/5.
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Similar mapped ingredient depth
Nearest products by count of scored mapped additives. This record: 12.
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Product Details
- Brand
- Munchies
- Barcode
- 0028400742368
- NOVA Group
- 4 — Ultra-processed foods
- Available In
- United States
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Frequently asked questions
Where does Munchies Flamin’ Hot rank on ingredient safety?
Among the 58,710 PlainIngredients products with a scored ingredient list, Munchies Flamin’ Hot's 4.1/5 average puts it in the safer 58%, in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.
What's behind the 4.1/5 rating on Munchies Flamin’ Hot?
Each ingredient gets a 1-5 score (1 highest risk, 5 safest) built from FDA and EU regulatory status; Munchies Flamin’ Hot's 4.1/5 is the average across every mapped ingredient it lists, landing it in 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.