Ruffles Queso
Ruffles Queso by Fritolay has 4 tracked ingredients, with an overall safety score of 4 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
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. 4 of 4 ingredients tracked for Ruffles Queso 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 Ruffles Queso 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
potatoes, vegetable oil (canola, corn, une diete diaria se utiliza 2,000 calorias al dia como recomendación general de nutrición soybean, and/or sunflower oil), and less than 2% of maltodextrin (made from corn), whey, salt, monosodium glutamate, natural flavors, cheddar cheese (milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), citric acid, potassium salt, spices, yeast extract, blue cheese (milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), onion powder, buttermilk, paprika extracts, sodium caseinate, garlic powder, skim milk, corn syrup solids, and annatto extracts. contains milk ingredients. ingredientes: papa, aceite vegetal (canola, maiz, soya y/o girasol), y menos de 2% de maltodextrina (hecha de maiz), suero de leche, sal, glutamato monosodico, saborizantes naturales, queso cheddar (leche, cultivos lacteos, sal, enzimas), acido citrico, cloruro de potasio, especias, extracto de levadura, queso azul (leche, cultivos lacteos sal, enzimas), cebolla en polvo, suero de mantequilla extracto de paprika, casei
Compare beyond brand
Nationwide peers by additive safety & ingredient depth
Two PlainIngredients-derived comparison paths for Ruffles Queso: 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: 4.
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Product Details
- Brand
- Fritolay
- Barcode
- 0028400355933
- NOVA Group
- 4 — Ultra-processed foods
- Available In
- United States
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Frequently asked questions
Is Ruffles Queso above or below average on ingredient safety?
Among the 58,710 PlainIngredients products with a scored ingredient list, Ruffles Queso's 4/5 average puts it in the lower 80%, in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.
What's behind the 4/5 rating on Ruffles Queso?
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 4/5 average places Ruffles Queso 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.