Caution

Medium Southwest Cheese & Corn Flavored Dip, Southwest Cheese & Corn

by Tostitos

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0028400200943 · Tostitos · Dairies. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0028400200943 · Serving size 2 Tbsp (38 g)

The verdict

Medium Southwest Cheese & Corn Flavored Dip, Southwest Cheese & Corn by Tostitos scores 75/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 24 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 1 ingredient is flagged for caution. The 24-component label is layered, beginning with Water, Dried Sweet Corn, Monterey Jack Cheese. Start with any flagged rows, then check the nutrition grade and serving size instead of treating one roll-up score as the whole decision. This is not a recall, allergy, medical, or dietary-safety determination.

75/100
Caution safety score
1
One flagged · of 24 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
D
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

50/100

Grade C-

Ingredient Safety

75/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

D

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.

00200943 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Medium Southwest Cheese & Corn Flavored Dip, Southwest Cheese & Corn label screening desk

SCORE-CAUT 75/100 FLAG-ONE 1 flagged LEN-LAYERED 24 ing. REG-SPARSE 25% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-D Nutri-D RANK-SHORT Len top 5% LEAD-FLAG Yellow 5 PHOTO-FINISH Double Cheddar Cheese · ±0 BOOK-OFF …200943 · July 2026

6 of 24 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Yellow 5). Source sheet 00200943 · 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: Double Cheddar Cheese Flavored Snacks Eggs Shaped Puffs, Double Cheddar Cheese · Nearest score peer is Double Cheddar Cheese Flavored Snacks Eggs Shaped Puffs, Double Cheddar Cheese 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 second band of the four-tier framework. That band collects labels whose registry-rated components pull the derived score down measurably without dominating it. Position inside a band is not visible from the band name, and two labels sharing it can differ in how many components were rated and how severely. This is a threshold on an index computed here from public data, not a regulatory classification of any kind; the exact cut-offs are published on the methodology page.

This label falls in the fourth Nutri-Score band. The model arrives there when its penalty terms — energy density, sugars, saturated fat, sodium — carry more weight in the calculation than the fibre, protein and produce content it credits. The band covers a wide span of the points scale, so position within it is not visible from the letter alone. The grade reflects the declared nutrition panel and is unrelated to the additive ratings listed below, which come from different bodies applying different criteria.

This label parsed into a long component list. Where many entries are screened at once, the composite tends to reflect the overall mix of registry ratings returned rather than the rating of any one entry. Longer declarations also carry more sub-listed and compound entries, where a parenthetical group is resolved into its parts, so the parsed count can exceed what a reader counts on the packaging.

Cross-brand screening score neighbourhood

1. Medium Southwest Cheese & Corn Flavored Dip, Southwest Cheese & Corn: 75/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Medium Southwest Cheese &…75/1002. Double Cheddar Cheese Flavored Snacks Eggs Shaped Puffs, Double Cheddar Cheese: 75/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Double Cheddar Cheese Fla…75/1003. Flavored Tortilla Chips: 75/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Flavored Tortilla Chips75/1004. Blaze Flavored Tortilla Chips, Blaze: 75/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Blaze Flavored Tortilla C…75/1005. Puffs baked cheese flavored snacks: 75/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Puffs baked cheese flavor…75/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for Medium Southwest Cheese & Corn Flavored Dip, Southwest Cheese & Corn (75/100 on 24 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

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

Medium Southwest Cheese & Corn Flavored Dip, Southwest Cheese & Corn
75/100
Double Cheddar Cheese Flavored Snacks Eggs Shaped Puffs, Double Cheddar Cheese
75/100
Flavored Tortilla Chips
75/100
Blaze Flavored Tortilla Chips, Blaze
75/100
Puffs baked cheese flavored snacks
75/100

How It Compares to Its Category

Among the 23,001 products we've scored in the Dairies category, the average safety score is 97.8/100. Medium Southwest Cheese & Corn Flavored Dip, Southwest Cheese & Corn scores 22.8 points below that category average (75/100 vs. 97.8/100), 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 Dairies products

Medium Southwest Cheese & Corn Flavored Dip, Southwest Cheese & Corn lists 24 ingredients on its label

24 95th percentile a longer ingredient list than 95% of the 21,438 products we track

0–2: 120 products (1%). Below this entry. 2–4: 2,805 products (13%). Below this entry. 4–6: 4,714 products (22%). Below this entry. 6–8: 2,694 products (13%). Below this entry. 8–10: 1,996 products (9%). Below this entry. 10–12: 1,884 products (9%). Below this entry. 12–14: 1,734 products (8%). Below this entry. 14–16: 1,639 products (8%). Below this entry. 16–18: 1,261 products (6%). Below this entry. 18–20: 841 products (4%). Below this entry. 20–22: 481 products (2%). Below this entry. 22–24: 303 products (1%). Below this entry. 24–26: 228 products (1%). This entry sits in this band. 26–28: 151 products (1%). Above this entry. 28–30: 122 products (1%). Above this entry. 30–32: 115 products (1%). Above this entry. 32–34: 81 products (0%). Above this entry. 34–36: 57 products (0%). Above this entry. 36–38: 45 products (0%). Above this entry. 38–40: 33 products (0%). Above this entry. 40–42: 134 products (1%). Above this entry. This product 0 42 every published Dairies product, bucketed by value

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

21,438 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 24 (95th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
120 products (1%)
2–4
2,805 products (13%)
4–6
4,714 products (22%)
6–8
2,694 products (13%)
8–10
1,996 products (9%)
10–12
1,884 products (9%)
12–14
1,734 products (8%)
14–16
1,639 products (8%)
16–18
1,261 products (6%)
18–20
841 products (4%)
20–22
481 products (2%)
22–24
303 products (1%)
24–26
228 products (1%)
26–28
151 products (1%)
28–30
122 products (1%)
30–32
115 products (1%)
32–34
81 products (0%)
34–36
57 products (0%)
36–38
45 products (0%)
38–40
33 products (0%)
40 and above
134 products (1%)

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 21,438 Dairies products we publish with a parsed label, not against the whole catalogue, because list length varies far more between categories than within one.

Full Ingredient List

Water, Sweet Corn, Monterey Jack Cheese (Milk, Cheese Cultures, Salt Enzymes), Roasted Sweet Corn, Modified Corn Starch, Butter (Cream, Natural Flavor), Maltodextrin (Made From Corn), And Less Than 2% Of The Following: Natural Flavors, Salt, Sugar, Milk Protein Concentrate, Sodium Hexametaphosphate, Spices, Garlic Powder, Lime Juice Solids, Xanthan Gum, And Artificial Color (Yellow 5).

Categories

Dairies Fermented foods Fermented milk products Cheeses

Mid-score cross-brand comparables for Medium Southwest Cheese & Corn Flavored Dip, Southwest Cheese & Corn

Neighbours outside Tostitos near Medium Southwest Cheese & Corn Flavored Dip, Southwest Cheese & Corn's mid-band score (75/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Tostitos; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Yellow 5 is the first flagged ingredient selected from Medium Southwest Cheese & Corn Flavored Dip, Southwest Cheese & Corn's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 24-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Yellow 5. Open Yellow 5
  • Compare Medium Southwest Cheese & Corn Flavored Dip, Southwest Cheese & Corn's 1 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 0028400200943: 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.