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Baked Mix

by Ruffles

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0028400480642 · Ruffles. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0028400480642

The verdict

Baked Mix by Ruffles scores 25/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 62 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 62-component record, beginning with Enriched Corn Meal, Corn Meal Ferrous Sulfate, Niacin. 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 62 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
0028400480642
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.

00480642 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Baked Mix label screening desk

SCORE-AVOID 25/100 FLAG-FEW 3 flagged LEN-DENSE 62 ing. REG-SPARSE 29% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-UNK Nutri n/a RANK-SHORT Len top 1% LEAD-FLAG Fructose PHOTO-FINISH Doritos Cool Ranch · ±0 BOOK-OFF …480642 · July 2026

18 of 62 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Fructose). Source sheet 00480642 · 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: Doritos Cool Ranch Flavored Tortilla Chips · Nearest score peer is Doritos Cool Ranch Flavored Tortilla Chips 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. Baked Mix: 25/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Baked Mix25/1002. Doritos Cool Ranch Flavored Tortilla Chips: 25/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Doritos Cool Ranch Flavor…25/1003. Doritos Salsa Verde Tortilla Chips: 25/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Doritos Salsa Verde Torti…25/1004. Nacho Cheese Flavored Tortilla Chips: 25/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Nacho Cheese Flavored Tor…25/1005. Doritos Cool Ranch Flavored Tortilla Chips: 25/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Doritos Cool Ranch Flavor…25/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for Baked Mix (25/100 on 62 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

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

Baked Mix
25/100
Doritos Cool Ranch Flavored Tortilla Chips
25/100
Doritos Salsa Verde Tortilla Chips
25/100
Nacho Cheese Flavored Tortilla Chips
25/100
Doritos Cool Ranch Flavored Tortilla Chips
25/100

Ingredient-list length vs every product we publish

Baked Mix lists 62 ingredients on its label

62 99th percentile a longer ingredient list than 99% 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

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

359,392 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 62 (99th 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 62 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Enriched Corn Meal
2
Corn Meal Ferrous Sulfate
3
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
4
Thiamin Mononitrate
5
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
6
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
7
Vegetable Oil
8
Corn
9
Canola
10
Sunflower Oil
11
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
12
Cheddar Cheese
13
Milk
14
Cheese Cultures
15
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
16
Enzymes
17
Maltodextrin
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, HUMECTANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT, TEXTURIZER
Safe GRAS
18
Made From Corn
19
Natural And Artificial Flavors
20
Whey Protein Concentrate
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
21
Msg
22
Lactic Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, CURING OR PICKLING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
Safe GRAS
23
Citric Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, ENZYME, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, LEAVENING AGENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SEQUESTRANT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT
Safe GRAS
24
Artificial Color
25
Yellow 6
Avoid Approved (certified color)
26
Potatoes
27
Corn Starch
28
Corn Oil
29
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
30
Sea salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
31
Soy Lecithin
32
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
33
Annatto Extracts
34
Onion Powder
35
Brown Sugar
36
Molasses
37
Spices
38
Fructose
Sweetener
Cut Back
39
Tomato Powder
40
Garlic Powder
41
Yeast
42
Soybean Oil
43
Natural Flavors
44
Paprika
45
Acacia Gum
46
Paprika Extracts
47
Annatto Extracts And Caramel Color
48
Blue Cheese
49
Artificial Color
50
Yellow 6
Avoid Approved (certified color)
51
Yellow 5
Avoid Approved (certified color)
52
Yellow 5 Yellow 6
53
Skim Milk
54
Garlic Powder Lactic Acid
55
Disodium Inosinate
FLAVOR ENHANCER, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
Approved
56
Disodium Guanylate
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
Approved
57
Cultured Skim Milk
58
Sour Cream
59
Cultured Cream
60
Natural Flavor
61
Dehydrated Parsley
62
Milk And Soy Ingredients

Full Ingredient List

BAKED CHEETOS CRUNCHY 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), WHEY, CHEDDAR CHEESE (MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES) MALTODEXTRIN (MADE FROM CORN), NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVORS, SALT, WHEY PROTEIN CONCENTRATE, MONOSODIUM GLUTAMATE, LACTIC ACID, CITRIC ACID, AND ARTIFICIAL COLOR (YELLOW 6). CONTAINS MILK INGREDIENTS. BAKED LAY'S ORIGINAL POTATO CRISPS INGREDIENTS: DRIED POTATOES, CORN STARCH, CORN OIL, SUGAR, SEA SALT, SOY LECITHIN, DEXTROSE, AND ANNATTO EXTRACTS. CONTAINS SOY INGREDIENTS. BAKED LAY'S BARBECUE FLAVORED POTATO CRISPS INGREDIENTS: DRIED POTATOES, CORN STARCH, CORN OIL, SUGAR, SALT, SOY LECITHIN, ONION POWDER, MALTODEXTRIN (MADE FROM CORN), DEXTROSE, BROWN SUGAR, MOLASSES, SPICES, FRUCTOSE, TOMATO POWDER, GARLIC POWDER, YEAST, SOYBEAN OIL, NATURAL FLAVORS (CONTAINS MILK), SUNFLOWER OIL, PAPRIKA, ACACIA GUM, PAPRIKA EXTRACTS, ANNATTO EXTRACTS AND CARAMEL COLOR. CONTAINS MILK AND SOY INGREDIENTS. BAKED RUFFLES CHEDDAR & SOUR CREAM FLAVORED POTATO CRISPS INGREDIENTS: DRIED POTATOES, CORN STARCH, CORN OIL, SUGAR, MALTODEXTRIN (MADE FROM CORN), SALT, SOY LECITHIN, DEXTROSE, WHEY, WHEY PROTEIN CONCENTRATE, ONION POWDER, CHEDDAR CHEESE (MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES), MONOSODIUM GLUTAMATE, BLUE CHEESE (MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES), CITRIC ACID, ARTIFICIAL COLOR (YELLOW 6 LAKE, YELLOW 5 LAKE, YELLOW 5 YELLOW 6). SKIM MILK, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVORS, GARLIC POWDER LACTIC ACID, DISODIUM INOSINATE, AND DISODIUM GUANYLATE. CONTAINS MILK AND SOY INGREDIENTS. BAKED LAY'S SOUR CREAM & ONION FLAVORED POTATO CRISPS INGREDIENTS: DRIED POTATOES, CORN STARCH, CORN OIL, SUGAR, SKIM MILK, SALT, DEXTROSE, SOY LECITHIN, CULTURED SKIM MILK, WHEY, ONION POWDER, SOUR CREAM (CULTURED CREAM, SKIM MILK), NATURAL FLAVOR, PARSLEY, CITRIC ACID, AND ANNATTO EXTRACTS. CONTAINS MILK AND SOY INGREDIENTS.

Lower-score cross-brand comparables for Baked Mix

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

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Fructose is the first flagged ingredient selected from Baked Mix's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 62-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Fructose. Open Fructose
  • Compare Baked 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 0028400480642: 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.