Protein Chewy Bar
Protein Chewy Bar by Cheetos has 11 tracked ingredients, with an overall safety score of 3.9 out of 5, 0.22 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products. Its Nutri-Score is B.
- Safety score 0.22 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
- NOVA processing classification: group 4
Snacks / Sweet snacks / Bars / Cereal bars
How This Score Is Built
Protein Chewy Bar 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). 11 of its 11 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 Protein Chewy Bar sits nationally
Average ingredient safety score vs. 58,710 other scored products in PlainIngredients
3.9 Top 81% higher than 19% 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
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
Cereal (whole grain oats, sugar, corn starch, honey, brown sugar syrup, salt, tripotassium phosphate, canola and/or sunflower oil, natural almond flavor), Vitamin E (mixed tocopherols), calcium carbonate, vitamin C (sodium ascorbate), iron, zinc, niacinamide, vitamin B6 (pyridoxine hydrochloride), thiamin mononitrate, vitamin A (palmitate), riboflavin, folic acid, vitamin B12, vitamin D3, soy protein isolate, corn syrup, chicory root extract, sugar, vegetable oil (canola, palm and/or palm kernel), fructose, vegetable glycerin, rice starch, cranberry fiber, whey protein concentrate, nonfat milk, soy lecithin, carrageenan, natural flavor, strawberry juice concentrate. Contains milk and soy.
Compare beyond brand
Nationwide peers by additive safety & ingredient depth
Two PlainIngredients-derived comparison paths for Protein Chewy Bar: 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: 3.9/5.
Similar mapped ingredient depth
Nearest products by count of scored mapped additives. This record: 11.
Product Details
- Brand
- Cheetos
- Barcode
- 0016000352018
- Nutri-Score
- Grade B
- NOVA Group
- 4 — Ultra-processed foods
- Available In
- United States
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Frequently asked questions
How does Protein Chewy Bar's safety score compare to other products?
With an average ingredient safety score of 3.9/5, Protein Chewy Bar sits behind 81% of the 58,710 PlainIngredients products carrying a scored ingredient list, 0.22 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.
What's behind the 3.9/5 rating on Protein Chewy Bar?
Each ingredient gets a 1-5 score (1 highest risk, 5 safest) built from FDA and EU regulatory status; Protein Chewy Bar's 3.9/5 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.