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CHEESE MIX

by Munchies

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0028400025287 · Munchies. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0028400025287 · Serving size 1 package (100 g)

The verdict

CHEESE MIX by Munchies scores 25/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 58 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 3 ingredients are flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 58-component record, beginning with Doritos Nacho Cheese Flavored Tortilla Chips Corn, Vegetable Oil, Organic Sunflower. 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.

25/100
Avoid safety score
3
Few flagged · of 58 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
0028400025287
Barcode (UPC/EAN)

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

20/100

Grade F

Ingredient Safety

25/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

N/A

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.

00025287 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

CHEESE MIX label screening desk

SCORE-AVOID 25/100 FLAG-FEW 3 flagged LEN-DENSE 58 ing. REG-SPARSE 26% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-UNK Nutri n/a RANK-SHORT Len top 2% LEAD-FLAG Yellow 6 PHOTO-FINISH 11.00Oz Cra Cool · ±0 BOOK-OFF …025287 · July 2026

15 of 58 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Yellow 6). Source sheet 00025287 · 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: 11.00Oz Cra Cool Ranch · Nearest score peer is 11.00Oz Cra Cool Ranch 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.

No Nutri-Score grade is present for this record in the OpenFoodFacts snapshot this page is built from. The nutritional dimension is absent rather than assessed and withheld: the grade depends on a complete declared nutrition panel, and community-contributed records vary in how much of that panel they carry. Nothing about the missing grade implies anything either way about the panel itself. The screen below covers additive ratings only and does not depend on the nutrition figures.

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

1. CHEESE MIX: 25/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. CHEESE MIX25/1002. 11.00Oz Cra Cool Ranch: 25/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. 11.00Oz Cra Cool Ranch25/1003. Sweet Southern Heat Bbq Fried Pork Skins, Sweet Southern Heat Bbq: 25/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Sweet Southern Heat Bbq F…25/1004. Doritos Tortilla Chips, Cool Ranch: 25/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Doritos Tortilla Chips, C…25/1005. Cheetos Flamin' Hot Lime Crunchy: 25/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Cheetos Flamin' Hot Lime …25/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for CHEESE MIX (25/100 on 58 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

Unit: PlainFoodSafe screening score out of 100. Data current as of July 2026.

CHEESE MIX
25/100
11.00Oz Cra Cool Ranch
25/100
Sweet Southern Heat Bbq Fried Pork Skins, Sweet Southern Heat Bbq
25/100
Doritos Tortilla Chips, Cool Ranch
25/100
Cheetos Flamin' Hot Lime Crunchy
25/100

Ingredient-list length vs every product we publish

CHEESE MIX lists 58 ingredients on its label

58 98th percentile a longer ingredient list than 98% of the 359,392 products we track

0–2: 6,050 products (2%). Below this entry. 2–4: 24,522 products (7%). Below this entry. 4–6: 31,054 products (9%). Below this entry. 6–8: 30,981 products (9%). Below this entry. 8–10: 31,618 products (9%). Below this entry. 10–12: 29,943 products (8%). Below this entry. 12–14: 28,403 products (8%). Below this entry. 14–16: 27,417 products (8%). Below this entry. 16–18: 24,508 products (7%). Below this entry. 18–20: 19,062 products (5%). Below this entry. 20–22: 14,679 products (4%). Below this entry. 22–24: 12,238 products (3%). Below this entry. 24–26: 10,830 products (3%). Below this entry. 26–28: 9,344 products (3%). Below this entry. 28–30: 7,955 products (2%). Below this entry. 30–32: 6,753 products (2%). Below this entry. 32–34: 5,918 products (2%). Below this entry. 34–36: 5,282 products (1%). Below this entry. 36–38: 4,531 products (1%). Below this entry. 38–40: 4,063 products (1%). Below this entry. 40–42: 24,241 products (7%). This entry sits in this band. This product 0 42 every published product, bucketed by value

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Distribution as text

359,392 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 58 (98th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
6,050 products (2%)
2–4
24,522 products (7%)
4–6
31,054 products (9%)
6–8
30,981 products (9%)
8–10
31,618 products (9%)
10–12
29,943 products (8%)
12–14
28,403 products (8%)
14–16
27,417 products (8%)
16–18
24,508 products (7%)
18–20
19,062 products (5%)
20–22
14,679 products (4%)
22–24
12,238 products (3%)
24–26
10,830 products (3%)
26–28
9,344 products (3%)
28–30
7,955 products (2%)
30–32
6,753 products (2%)
32–34
5,918 products (2%)
34–36
5,282 products (1%)
36–38
4,531 products (1%)
38–40
4,063 products (1%)
40 and above
24,241 products (7%)

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. No category with enough published products was available for this record, so the comparison runs against the whole published catalogue.

Ingredient Safety Analysis

How the 25/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (3 flagged of 58 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Doritos Nacho Cheese Flavored Tortilla Chips Corn
2
Vegetable Oil
3
Organic Sunflower
4
Canola
5
Corn O Maltodextrin
6
Made From Corn
7
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
8
Cheddar Cheese
9
Milk
10
Cheese Cultures
11
Sa Enzymes
12
Whey
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FORMULATION AID, MALTING OR FERMENTING AID, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PROCESSING AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
13
Msg
14
Buttermilk
15
Rom Cheese
16
Part-skim Cow's Milk
17
Enzyme Modified Romano Cheese
18
Cow's Milk
19
Enzymes Protein Concentrate
20
Onion Powder
21
Corn Flour
22
Natujr Artificial Flavors
23
Dextrose
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, HUMECTANT, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
Cut Back GRAS
24
Tomato Powder
25
Lactose Sp Artificial Color
26
Yellow 6
Avoid Approved (certified color)
27
Yellow 5
Avoid Approved (certified color)
28
Red 40
Avoid Approved (certified color)
29
Lactic Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, CURING OR PICKLING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
Safe GRAS
30
Ctrica Sugar
31
Garlic Powder
32
Skim Milk
33
Red And Green Bell Per Powder
34
Disodium Inosinate
FLAVOR ENHANCER, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
Approved
35
Disodium Guanylate
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
Approved
36
Potassiun Chloride
37
And Sodium Caseinate. Cheetos Crunchy Cheese Flavored Snacks Enriched Corn Meal
38
Corn Meal
39
Ferrous Sulfate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PROCESSING AID, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
40
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
41
Thiamn Mononitrate
42
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
43
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
44
Corn
45
Sunflower Oil
46
Cheese Seasoning
47
Cheddar Cheese Imilk
48
Enzymes
49
Canola Oil
50
Maltodextrin Made From Corn
51
Natural And Arti̇ficial Flavors
52
Whey Protein Concentrate
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
53
Citrig Acid. Artificial Color
54
And Salt. Rold Gold Tiny Twists Pretzels Salt
55
Potassium Chlurile Homano Cheese
56
Yes Extract
57
Lactose
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, MALTING OR FERMENTING AID, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, OXIDIZING OR REDUCING AGENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT
Certain People Should Avoid GRAS
58
Paprika Extracts Sod Wixs

Full Ingredient List

doritos nacho cheese flavored tortilla chips corn, vegetable oil (sunflower, canola, and/or corn o maltodextrin (made from corn), and less than 2% of th following: salt, cheddar cheese (milk, cheese cultures, sa enzymes), whey, monosodium glutamate, buttermilk, rom cheese (part-skim cow's milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzyme romano cheese (cow's milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes protein concentrate, onion powder, corn flour, natujr artificial flavors, dextrose, tomato powder, lactose sp artificial color (yellow 6, yellow 5, red 40), lactic acid, ctrica sugar, garlic powder, skim milk, red and green bell per powder, disodium inosinate, disodium guanylate, potassiun chloride, and sodium caseinate. cheetos crunchy cheese flavored snacks enriched corn meal (corn meal, ferrous sulfate, niacin, thiamn mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), vegetable oil (corn, canola and/or sunflower oil), cheese seasoning (whey, cheddar cheese imilk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes], canola oil, maltodextrin made from corn), natural and arti̇ficial flavors, salt, whey protein concentrate, monosodium glutamate, lactic acid, citrig acid. artificial color [yellow 6), and salt. rold gold tiny twists pretzels salt, enzymes), onion powder, buttermilk, potassium chlurile homano cheese (cow's milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), yes extract, lactose, paprika extracts sod wixs

Other products containing Cheddar Cheese Imilk

Cheddar Cheese Imilk is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 3 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.

Lower-score cross-brand comparables for CHEESE MIX

Neighbours outside Munchies in the same lower screening band as CHEESE MIX (25/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Munchies; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Yellow 6 is the first flagged ingredient selected from CHEESE MIX's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 58-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Yellow 6. Open Yellow 6
  • Compare CHEESE MIX's 3 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 0028400025287: 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.