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EWG Overall Score Breakdown
The product score is based on weighted scores for nutrition, ingredient and processing concerns. Generally, nutrition counts most, ingredient concerns next and degree of processing least. The weighted scores are added together to determine the final score. Read more about scores here.
EWG scored on three factors: nutrition, ingredient concerns, and the degree of processing. Read the full scoring methodology.
Considers calories, saturated fat, trans fat, sugar, sodium, protein, fiber and fruit, vegetable and nut content to differentiate between healthful and less healthful foods. For more information on nutrition concerns, read our full methodology.
Contains ingredients that may contribute small amounts of unhealthy artificial trans fats: Canola Oil and Corn Oil [read more]
Per gram, high in protein [read more]
This product contains added sugar ingredients: Corn Syrup Solids, Sugars, and Dextrose [read more]
Considers food additives, pesticides, hormones, antibiotics and contaminants like mercury and BPA, which can affect human health and the environment. For more information on ingredient concerns, read methodology.
This product is not certified organic [read more]
Contains 5 of EWG's top food additives of concern: RED 40 LAKE, BLUE 2 LAKE, YELLOW 5, YELLOW 6, and YELLOW 6 LAKE
Ingredient(s) likely derived from antibiotic-treated animals [read more]
Ingredient(s) derived from animals that may have been treated with hormones and/or growth promoters [read more]
This product has 13 ingredients with concerns:
Estimates how much the food has been processed. Considers many factors, chief among them, modification of individual ingredients from whole foods and number of artificial ingredients. For more information on processing concerns, read our full methodology.
Product has been classified as having high processing concerns
Products with moderate and high processing concerns generally have more artificial ingredients, more ingredients that have been significantly modified from whole foods, and more ingredients overall.
This product is not certified organic [read more]
Contains food additives of moderate concern
Contains 5 of EWG's top food additives of concern: RED 40 LAKE, BLUE 2 LAKE, YELLOW 5, YELLOW 6, and YELLOW 6 LAKE
Ingredient(s) likely derived from antibiotic-treated animals [read more]
Ingredient(s) derived from animals that may have been treated with hormones and/or growth promoters [read more]
Contains ingredients that may contribute small amounts of unhealthy artificial trans fats: Canola Oil and Corn Oil [read more]
Contains the non-specific ingredient "flavor" [read more]
Per gram, high in protein [read more]
This product contains added sugar ingredients: Corn Syrup Solids, Sugars, and Dextrose [read more]
Product has been classified as having high processing concerns
Natural vs. Artificial Flavors
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CHEETOS PUFFS FLAMIN' HOT FLAVORED CHEESE FLAVORED SNACKS INGREDIENTS: ENRICHED CORN MEAL (CORN MEAL, FERROUS SULFATE, NIACIN, THIAMIN MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), VEGETABLE OIL (CORN, CANOLA AND/OR SUNFLOWER OIL), FLAMIN' HOT SEASONING (MALTODEXTRIN [MADE FROM CORN], SALT, SUGAR, ARTIFICIAL COLOR [RED 40 LAKE, YELLOW 6 LAKE, YELLOW 6, YELLOW 5], MONOSODIUM GLUTAMATE, YEAST EXTRACT, CITRIC ACID, SUNFLOWER OIL, CHEDDAR CHEESE [MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES], HYDROLYZED CORN PROTEIN, ONION POWDER, WHEY, NATURAL FLAVOR, GARLIC POWDER, WHEY PROTEIN CONCENTRATE, BUTTERMILK, CORN SYRUP SOLIDS, SODIUM DIACETATE, DISODIUM INOSINATE, DISODIUM GUANYLATE, SODIUM CASEINATE, SKIM MILK). CONTAINS MILK INGREDIENTS. DORITOS DINAMITA CHILE LIMON FLAVORED WITH OTHER NATURAL FLAVORS ROLLED TORTILLA CHIPS INGREDIENTS: CORN, VEGETABLE OIL (CORN, CANOLA, SOYBEAN, AND/OR SUNFLOWER OIL), AND LESS THAN 2% OF SALT, MALTODEXTRIN (MADE FROM CORN), CITRIC ACID, SUGAR, MONOSODIUM GLUTAMATE, ARTIFICIAL COLOR (RED 40 LAKE, YELLOW 6 LAKE), HYDROLYZED CORN PROTEIN, POTASSIUM SALT, YEAST EXTRACT, SODIUM DIACETATE, CHEDDAR CHEESE (MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES), NATURAL FLAVORS, ONION POWDER, CORN SYRUP SOLIDS, WHEY, ROMANO CHEESE (COWS MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES), GARLIC POWDER, BUTTERMILK, WHEY PROTEIN CONCENTRATE, DISODIUM INOSINATE, AND DISODIIJM GUANYLATE. CONTAINS MILK INGREDIENTS. RUFFLES SABRITAS QUESO CHEESE NATURALLY AND ARTIFICIALLY FLAVORED POTATO CHIPS INGREDIENTS: POTATOES, VEGETABLE OIL (CANOLA, CORN, 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. LAY'S LIMON FLAVORED POTATO CHIPS INGREDIENTS: POTATOES, VEGETABLE OIL (CANOLA, CORN, SOYBEAN, AND/OR SUNFLOWER OIL), MALTODEXTRIN (MADE FROM CORN), SALT, CITRIC ACID, SUGAR, AND NATURAL FLAVORS. DORITOS TAPATIO FLAVORED TORTILLA CHIPS INGREDIENTS: CORN, VEGETABLE OIL (CORN, CANOLA, AND/OR SUNFLOWER OIL), TAPATIO SEASONING (SPICES, MALTODEXTRIN [MADE FROM CORN], CHEDDAR CHEESE [MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES], SALT, WHEY, MONOSODIUM GLUTAMATE, NATURAL FLAVOR, BUTTERMILK, ROMANO CHEESE [PART SKIM COWS MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES], WHEY PROTEIN CONCENTRATE, ONION POWDER, SODIUM DIACETATE, CORN OIL, CITRIC ACID, DEXTROSE, ARTIFICIAL COLOR [RED 40 LAKE, YELLOW 6, YELLOW 6 LAKE, YELLOW 5, BLUE 2 LAKE], GARLIC POWDER, SUGAR, LACTIC ACID, SKIM MILK, DISODIUM INOSINATE, DISODIUM GUANYLATE, AND SUNFLOWER OIL). CONTAINS MILK INGREDIENTS.
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This product contains the following ingredient(s) that may be genetically engineered or derived from GE crops: Corn Syrup Solids, Canola Oil, Sugars, Dextrose, Vegetable Oil, Corn Oil, Corn, Lactic Acid, Maltodextrin (Corn), and Citric Acid [read more]
Contains ingredients derived from milk - these are considered major food allergens according to the FDA [read more]
30.0 servings per container
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