Tortilla Chips
Tortilla Chips appears in 89 indexed US food products. No FDA SAFFA status or CSPI rating is attached in this snapshot, so this page reports prevalence rather than a safety verdict.
What the data can answer
Tortilla Chips appears in 89 catalogued products, but this snapshot has no FDA SAFFA status or CSPI Chemical Cuisine rating attached to it. This page therefore cannot answer whether the ingredient is safe from those sources. It can show how often it occurs, where it tends to sit on labels, and which kinds of products contain it.
- 89
- catalogued products
- #3,412
- usage rank of 247,206
- 41
- named brands represented
- 39%
- average depth down ingredient lists
Catalog prevalence comes from Open Food Facts ingredient lists. FDA SAFFA and CSPI Chemical Cuisine labels are shown only when the source record contains them.
Reading this ingredient record
Separate this ingredient from its product neighborhood
This is a mixed product neighborhood: 25 of 89 records have some flagged component, while the rest do not. Compare Amazonas rainforest product, salvatorian red beans; Anette's Chocolates, Tequila Tortilla Brittle, Chili Lime; Bistro Santa Fe Style to see how surrounding formulations change; do not assign their 0–100 score range to Tortilla Chips itself. The ingredient most often sits in the upper half of the list, and Meals supplies the most useful like-for-like starting point for a label review.
25 of 89 linked records have some flagged component
All 87 NOVA-classified records cluster most heavily in Group 4, while the first-category labels split across several shelves. That makes the 0–100 score spread more informative than the average alone: investigate the low end, identify the actual flagged row, and compare it with a similar unflagged formulation before drawing a conclusion.
Next check: pair one flagged product with a similar unflagged product from the same shelf category.
High-volume listing for Tortilla Chips - usage rank #3,412
- Usage rank
- #3,412
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 15 others that also appear in exactly 89 products, listed in more products than 98.6% of them.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 39%
- Of the way down the captured list, averaged across the 89 products listing it (mean slot 15.5). Tortilla Chips usually falls in the upper half of the list; this position does not measure its amount because source formatting, compound ingredients and labeling exceptions vary.
Computed from parsed product ingredient lists (Open Food Facts). The ranking covers 247,206 ingredients that appear at least once. Neither usage rank nor label depth is a safety clearance.
What else is usually in the same product as Tortilla Chips
Across the 89 products on this site that list Tortilla Chips, these flagged additives appear alongside it most often. The comparison column is how often each one appears across every product with a parsed ingredient list, so the two figures are measured over the same set. Red 40 shows up about 2.3x more often with Tortilla Chips than in the catalogue at large.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Tortilla Chips products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red 40 | 11 | 12.4% | 5.4% |
| Caramel Coloring | 11 | 12.4% | 5.7% |
| Carrageenan | 9 | 10.1% | 4.5% |
| Blue 1 | 9 | 10.1% | 4.2% |
| Yellow 5 | 8 | 9% | 4.8% |
Co-occurrence describes what manufacturers formulate together. It is not a claim that these additives interact, and it carries no regulatory meaning. Counted over products with parsed ingredient lists; Open Food Facts, 2026-09-01.
How do the sampled products compare?
Each point is one of the 16 sampled products listed below: its overall safety score against how many separately flagged ingredients its label carries. Bubble size is the number of ingredient rows the label actually resolved to.
Safety score vs. flagged-ingredient count for products containing Tortilla Chips
Products Containing Tortilla Chips
A sample of 16 high-volume listings among the 89 indexed products containing Tortilla Chips:
Peer ingredients with comparable catalog mass (near “As An Emulsifier”)
Top-decile company for Tortilla Chips: 89 listings averaging 88/100. Nearest count peers include “As An Emulsifier”, “Balsamic Vinegar Of Modena”, “Calcium Gluconate”.
Similar product count
Nearest other ingredients by Open Food Facts product count (floored at ≥50).
Similar mean product score
Nearest other ingredients by mean product screening score (floored at ≥50 scored products), distinct from the count row.
What to do with this Tortilla Chips record
Start from Tortilla Chips's 89 catalogued appearances and the attached source fields, then open the product rows that match your use case.
- Review the sampled product records that list Tortilla Chips to see how the ingredient appears in actual labels. See listed products
- Place Tortilla Chips next to “Balsamic Vinegar Of Modena” (or another peer) using the same FDA/CSPI and prevalence fields. Browse ingredient records
- See the join rules behind screening scores before reading them as dietary advice. Read the methodology
This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.
Questions readers ask about Tortilla Chips
Does Tortilla Chips carry its own safety label in this catalog? ▼
This is a mixed neighborhood: some linked products carry a separate flag while others do not. This snapshot does not attach a standalone FDA/CSPI verdict to Tortilla Chips. Compare like-for-like products before treating the average screening score as an ingredient verdict.
Which product shelves show up most often with Tortilla Chips? ▼
Tortilla Chips ranks in the top decile by product count (#3,412 of 247,206), appearing in 89 indexed products led by Meals. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Tortilla Chips so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Tortilla Chips appears in 89 products (#3,412 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Tortilla Chips). Safety ratings: CSPI Chemical Cuisine; product presence: Open Food Facts via PlainFoodSafe (September 2026). Figures are computed from those sources, no editor-typed counts. Methodology · State regulations.