Mac 'n Cheese Cheesy Jalapeño
by Cheetos
Open Food Facts label for barcode 0015300014992 · Cheetos · Meals. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.
The verdict
Mac 'n Cheese Cheesy Jalapeño by Cheetos scores 0/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 50 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 5 ingredients are flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 50-component record, beginning with Wheat Flour, Corn Starch, Salt. That density can include amounts and label fragments, so verify the physical label before relying on ingredient order or completeness. This is not a recall, allergy, medical, or dietary-safety determination.
- 0/100
- Avoid safety score
- 5
- Many flagged · of 50 analyzed
- Group 4
- Ultra-processed
- E
- Nutri-Score nutrition grade
Computed directly from OpenFoodFacts ingredient data cross-referenced with FDA SAFFA and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings. See our methodology for the scoring formula.
Composite profile score
One verdict from three independent sources
8/100
Grade F
Ingredient Safety
0/100
FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening
Processing Level
NOVA 4
Ultra-processed foods
Nutrition Grade
E
Nutri-Score front-of-pack nutrition grade
Weighted 50% ingredient safety / 25% processing level / 25% nutrition grade. A dimension with no data for this product (common: source coverage is partial) is dropped and its weight redistributes across the remaining dimensions, so missing data never silently lowers the score. See the full benchmark table.
00014992 · Open Food Facts · July 2026
Mac 'n Cheese Cheesy Jalapeño label screening desk
20 of 50 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Yellow 6). Source sheet 00014992 · Open Food Facts · July 2026. The screening score and flag counts are in the verdict band above. This desk is the provenance stamp, not a second scorecard. Methodology · Read with nearest score peer: Racine danish kringles, kringle, cranberry-nut · Nearest score peer is Racine danish kringles, kringle, cranberry-nut at the same screening score.
Screening model notes
How Nutri-Score, NOVA, and list length read this record
The composite for this product falls in the lowest of the four bands. That is where labels land when registry-rated components drive the greater part of the deduction from the index. The band name is drawn from the framework's own scale and is distinct from the ratings the registries themselves assign to individual substances, which are shown per component below. A single heavily rated component and several lightly rated ones can produce the same band, so the component table is the more precise reading of the two.
Nutri-Score assigned its lowest band to this label. The algorithm reserves that grade for nutrition panels where the values it penalises sit well above the components it credits. The two systems on this page measure genuinely different things: a product can hold this grade while carrying no additive flagged by the registries screened below, and a product graded well can carry several. Neither reading substitutes for the other, and the per-component table is where the additive picture is set out.
The declared list is among the longer ones in this catalogue. A component set this wide means the screen returns many individual ratings, and the composite accumulates a large number of small contributions instead of turning on a handful of entries. At this length the per-component table below is substantially more informative than the single figure, because the figure compresses a great deal of variation into one number.
Cross-brand screening score neighbourhood
How It Compares to Its Category
Among the 15,626 products we've scored in the Meals category, the average safety score is 93.6/100. Mac 'n Cheese Cheesy Jalapeño scores 93.6 points below that category average (0/100 vs. 93.6/100), so it is a comparatively weaker pick for shoppers screening within that category specifically, rather than against the product catalog as a whole.
Ingredient-list length vs other Meals products
Mac 'n Cheese Cheesy Jalapeño lists 50 ingredients on its label
50 84th percentile a longer ingredient list than 84% of the 11,283 products we track
Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more products. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Distribution as text
- 0–2
- 12 products (0%)
- 2–4
- 83 products (1%)
- 4–6
- 127 products (1%)
- 6–8
- 209 products (2%)
- 8–10
- 312 products (3%)
- 10–12
- 315 products (3%)
- 12–14
- 412 products (4%)
- 14–16
- 477 products (4%)
- 16–18
- 542 products (5%)
- 18–20
- 552 products (5%)
- 20–22
- 545 products (5%)
- 22–24
- 550 products (5%)
- 24–26
- 552 products (5%)
- 26–28
- 552 products (5%)
- 28–30
- 574 products (5%)
- 30–32
- 517 products (5%)
- 32–34
- 466 products (4%)
- 34–36
- 451 products (4%)
- 36–38
- 443 products (4%)
- 38–40
- 388 products (3%)
- 40 and above
- 3,204 products (28%)
Source Open Food Facts, product label ingredient lists · July 2026
Ingredient-list length is a descriptive property of the label, not a safety rating. A longer list is not automatically worse and a shorter one is not automatically better; the count is shown so the label can be placed against a comparable population. The comparison here runs against the 11,283 Meals products we publish with a parsed label, not against the whole catalogue, because list length varies far more between categories than within one.
Ingredient Safety Analysis
How the 0/100 score is built
Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (5 flagged of 50 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.
Full Ingredient List
Wheat flour, corn starch, salt, cheddar, monterey jack, romano, parmesan, blue cheeses (milk, cultures, salt, enzymes), corn maltodextrin, whey, disodium phosphate, reduced lactose whey, natural and artificial flavor, canola oil, potassium salt, buttermilk, monosodium glutamate, onion powder, spices, lactose, jalapeno pepper, garlic powder, whey protein concentrate, palm oil, lactic acid, autolyzed yeast extract, disodium guanylate, disodium inosinate, malic acid, citric acid, nonfat dry milk, guar gum, yellow 6, xanthan gum, yellow 5, caramel color, turmeric extract (color), niacinamide, iron, blue 1, gum arabic, red 40, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid, soy lecithin.
Other products containing Blue Cheeses
Blue Cheeses is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 5 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.
Categories
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Lower-score cross-brand comparables for Mac 'n Cheese Cheesy Jalapeño
Neighbours outside Cheetos in the same lower screening band as Mac 'n Cheese Cheesy Jalapeño (0/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Cheetos; these peers cross brands.
Nearest screening score
Nearest cross-brand products by screening score (5 flagged of 50 on 0015300014992).
Long-label peers (21+ ingredients)
Nearest cross-brand labels by linked ingredient count (50 on 0015300014992).
Follow the flagged-label evidence
Follow the flagged-label evidence
Yellow 6 is the first flagged ingredient selected from Mac 'n Cheese Cheesy Jalapeño's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 50-ingredient record.
- Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Yellow 6. Open Yellow 6
- Compare Mac 'n Cheese Cheesy Jalapeño's 5 flagged ingredients with a product from the same score neighbourhood. Compare labels
- Check how caution flags contribute to the derived screening score before drawing a dietary conclusion. Read the method
This page describes published ingredient-list and source coverage. It is not dietary or medical advice.
Barcode 0015300014992: product data from Open Food Facts (July 2026). Screening from FDA SAFFA and CSPI Chemical Cuisine where attached. Figures are computed from those sources, not editor-typed. Methodology. Reference only, not dietary or medical advice.