Nacho Cheese Flavored Tortilla Chips
Nacho Cheese Flavored Tortilla Chips by Heb has 7 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 E, 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
Snacks / Salty snacks / Appetizers / Chips and fries / Crisps / Corn chips
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 Nacho Cheese Flavored Tortilla Chips, 7 of its 7 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 Nacho Cheese Flavored Tortilla Chips 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
- 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 (CONTAINS ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING: CORN OIL, COTTONSEED OIL, AND/OR SUNFLOWER OIL, WHEY, SALT, CHEDDAR CHEESE [CULTURED PASTEURIZED MILK, SALT, ENZYMES), TOMATO POWDER, WHEY PROTEIN CONCENTRATE, DRY BUTTERMILK, ONION POWDER, MONOSODIUM GLUTAMATE, SOYBEAN OIL, GARLIC POWDER, NATURAL FLAVOR, ROMANO CHEESE [CULTURED PASTEURIZED PART-SKIM MILK, SALT, ENZYMES), PARMESAN CHEESE (CULTURED PART-SKIM MILK, SALT, ENZYMES), CITRIC ACID, DEXTROSE, DISODIUM PHOSPHATE, SPICE, COLORS (TURMERIC EXTRACT, ANNATTO EXTRACT, YELLOW 6 LAKE, TITANIUM DIOXIDE, RED 40, YELLOW 5, BLUE 1), LACTIC ACID, DISODIUM INOSINATE, DISODIUM GUANYLATE, CORNSTARCH, GUM ARABIC.
Compare beyond brand
Nationwide peers by additive safety & ingredient depth
Two PlainIngredients-derived comparison paths for Nacho Cheese Flavored Tortilla Chips: 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: 7.
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Product Details
- Brand
- Heb
- Barcode
- 0041220208968
- Nutri-Score
- Grade E
- NOVA Group
- 4 — Ultra-processed foods
- Available In
- United States
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Frequently asked questions
Is Nacho Cheese Flavored Tortilla Chips above or below average on ingredient safety?
Nacho Cheese Flavored Tortilla Chips scores 4 out of 5 for average ingredient safety, in the bottom 80% of the 58,710 products in PlainIngredients with a scored ingredient list, in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.
What's behind the 4/5 rating on Nacho Cheese Flavored Tortilla Chips?
Each ingredient gets a 1-5 score (1 highest risk, 5 safest) built from FDA and EU regulatory status; Nacho Cheese Flavored Tortilla Chips's 4/5 is the average across every mapped ingredient it lists, landing it in the Low Risk tier.
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