Nacho Cheese
Nacho Cheese by Doritos has 8 tracked ingredients, with an overall safety score of 4.3 out of 5, 0.18 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products. Its Nutri-Score is D, and 1 of its ingredient carries a low safety rating.
- Safety score 0.18 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
- NOVA processing classification: group 4
Frozen foods
How This Score Is Built
PlainIngredients safety scores are a transparent, editorially-derived index synthesizing FDA status, EU regulatory status, US state actions, and published research into a single 1-5 scale, not an official government rating. 8 of 8 ingredients tracked for Nacho Cheese have a scored rating so far. Data current as of 2026-09-07.
Sourced from Open Food Facts, FDA, and EU regulatory records. Verify with the FDA → See our full scoring methodology.
Where Nacho Cheese sits nationally
Average ingredient safety score vs. 58,710 other scored products in PlainIngredients
4.3 Top 38% higher than 62% 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
American Cheese (Milk, Cheese Cultures, Salt, Enzymes), Bleached Wheat Flour, Water, Soybean Oil, Yellow Corn Meal, Modified Corn Starch, Yellow Corn Flour, Less Than 2% Of The Following: Cheddar Cheese (Milk, Cheese Cultures, Salt, Enzymes), Cheddar Cheese (Pasteurized Milk, Cheese Cultures, Salt, Enzymes), Semi-Soft Cheese (Pasteurized Milk, Cheese Cultures, Salt, Enzymes), Romano Cheese (Part-Skim Milk, Cheese Cultures, Salt, Enzymes), Maltodextrin (Made From Corn), Monosodium Glutamate, Red And Green Bell Pepper Powder, Cream, Onion Powder, Salt, Skim Milk, Whey, Butter (Cream, Salt), Corn Oil, Garlic Powder, Spices, Natural And Artificial Flavor, Dextrose, Corn Germ, Sugar, Yeast, Artificial Color (Yellow 5, Yellow 6, Yellow 5 Lake, Yellow 6 Lake), Sodium Phosphate, Modified Potato Starch, Rice Flour, Dextrin, Sodium Hexametaphosphate, Medium Chain Triglycerides, Sorbic Acid (Preservative), Citric Acid, Lactic Acid, Modified Cellulose, Cellulose Gum, Powdered Cellulose, Xanthan Gu
Compare beyond brand
Nationwide peers by additive safety & ingredient depth
Two PlainIngredients-derived comparison paths for Nacho Cheese: 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: 4.3/5.
Similar mapped ingredient depth
Nearest products by count of scored mapped additives. This record: 8.
Product Details
- Brand
- Doritos
- Barcode
- 0028400637992
- Nutri-Score
- Grade D
- NOVA Group
- 4 — Ultra-processed foods
- Available In
- United States
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Frequently asked questions
Is Nacho Cheese above or below average on ingredient safety?
With an average ingredient safety score of 4.3/5, Nacho Cheese sits ahead of 62% of the 58,710 PlainIngredients products carrying a scored ingredient list, 0.18 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.
What does a 4.3/5 ingredient safety score mean?
The 1-5 scale (5 safest) comes from FDA and EU regulatory status per ingredient. Nacho Cheese's mapped ingredients average out to 4.3/5, 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.