Munchos, Potato Crisps, Flamin' Hot, Flamin' Hot
Munchos, Potato Crisps, Flamin' Hot, Flamin' Hot by Munchos has 4 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
Munchos, Potato Crisps, Flamin' Hot, Flamin' Hot 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 Munchos, Potato Crisps, Flamin' Hot, Flamin' Hot 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
Vegetable Oil (Corn, Canola, And/Or Sunflower Oil), Dried Potatoes, Enriched Corn Meal (Corn Meal, Ferrous Sulfate, Niacin, Thiamin Mononitrate, Riboflavin, And Folic Acid), Potato Starch, And Less Than 2% Of The Following: Maltodextrin (Made From Corn), Salt, Yeast, Spices, Cayenne Pepper Sauce (Salt, Aged Cayenne Red Peppers, Vinegar, Garlic), Monosodium Glutamate, Red And Green Bell Pepper Powder, Artificial Color (Red 40 Lake), Dextrose, Garlic Powder, Natural Flavor, Sodium Diacetate, Sugar, Onion Powder, Malic Acid, And Citric Acid.
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Nationwide peers by additive safety & ingredient depth
Two PlainIngredients-derived comparison paths for Munchos, Potato Crisps, Flamin' Hot, 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: 3.8/5.
Similar mapped ingredient depth
Nearest products by count of scored mapped additives. This record: 4.
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Product Details
- Brand
- Munchos
- Barcode
- 0028400600064
- Nutri-Score
- Grade E
- NOVA Group
- 4 — Ultra-processed foods
- Available In
- United States
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Frequently asked questions
Where does Munchos, Potato Crisps, Flamin' Hot, Flamin' Hot rank on ingredient safety?
With an average ingredient safety score of 3.8/5, Munchos, Potato Crisps, Flamin' Hot, Flamin' Hot sits behind 84% of the 58,710 PlainIngredients products carrying a scored ingredient list, 0.32 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.
What's behind the 3.8/5 rating on Munchos, Potato Crisps, Flamin' Hot, Flamin' Hot?
PlainIngredients scores each ingredient 1 (highest risk) to 5 (safest) from FDA and EU regulatory status, then averages the scores of every ingredient this product lists that we could map. A 3.8/5 average places Munchos, Potato Crisps, Flamin' Hot, Flamin' Hot 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.