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Zesty Cool Ranch Flavored Doritos

Zesty Cool Ranch Flavored Doritos: 4.7/5 ingredient safety

Zesty Cool Ranch Flavored Doritos by Simply has 3 tracked ingredients, with an overall safety score of 4.7 out of 5, 0.58 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.

  • Safety score 0.58 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
  • NOVA processing classification: group 4

How This Score Is Built

Zesty Cool Ranch Flavored Doritos 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). 3 of its 3 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 Zesty Cool Ranch Flavored Doritos sits nationally

Average ingredient safety score vs. 58,710 other scored products in PlainIngredients

4.7 Top 18% higher than 82% 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

4.7
Generally Safe
Average ingredient safety: 4.7 out of 5
Based on 3 tracked ingredients
3
Tracked Ingredients
0
Concerning
3
Low Risk / Safe
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Nutri-Score

Ingredient Safety Breakdown

Processing Level

4
NOVA Group 4
Ultra-processed foods

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

whole corn, corn, sunflower oil, corn maltodextrin, salt, skim milk, buttermilk, sugar, tomato powder, onion powder, cream, yeast extract, natural flavors, garlic powder, spices (including parsley and black pepper), potassium salt, lactic acid, citric acid

Compare beyond brand

Nationwide peers by additive safety & ingredient depth

Two PlainIngredients-derived comparison paths for Zesty Cool Ranch Flavored Doritos: 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.

Product Details

Brand
Simply
Barcode
0028400800143
NOVA Group
4 — Ultra-processed foods
Available In
United States

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Frequently asked questions

How does Zesty Cool Ranch Flavored Doritos's safety score compare to other products?

With an average ingredient safety score of 4.7/5, Zesty Cool Ranch Flavored Doritos sits ahead of 82% of the 58,710 PlainIngredients products carrying a scored ingredient list, 0.58 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.

What's behind the 4.7/5 rating on Zesty Cool Ranch Flavored Doritos?

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 4.7/5 average places Zesty Cool Ranch Flavored Doritos in the Generally Safe 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.