Avoid

Loaded Breaded Cheese Snacks, Jalapeno & Cheese

by Doritos

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0028400578028 · Doritos · Frozen foods. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0028400578028 · Serving size 2 PIECES (52 g)

The verdict

Loaded Breaded Cheese Snacks, Jalapeno & Cheese by Doritos scores 0/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 59 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 4 ingredients are flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 59-component record, beginning with Bleached Wheat Flour, American Cheese, Milk. 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
4
Many flagged · of 59 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

13/100

Grade F

Ingredient Safety

0/100

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.

00578028 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Loaded Breaded Cheese Snacks, Jalapeno & Cheese label screening desk

SCORE-AVOID 0/100 FLAG-MANY 4 flagged LEN-DENSE 59 ing. REG-PART 32% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-D Nutri-D RANK-SHORT Len top 12% LEAD-FLAG Yellow 6 PHOTO-FINISH Sweet & Salty · ±0 BOOK-OFF …578028 · July 2026

19 of 59 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Yellow 6). Source sheet 00578028 · 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: Sweet & Salty Cookies 'N Cream Snack Mix, Cookies 'N Cream · Nearest score peer is Sweet & Salty Cookies 'N Cream Snack Mix, Cookies 'N Cream 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.

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.

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. Loaded Breaded Cheese Snacks, Jalapeno & Cheese: 0/100 · 0% of the leader · rank #11. Loaded Breaded Cheese Sna…0/1002. Sweet & Salty Cookies 'N Cream Snack Mix, Cookies 'N Cream: 0/100 · 0% of the leader · rank #22. Sweet & Salty Cookies 'N …0/1003. Pop Works & Company, Birthday Cake Popcorn: 0/100 · 0% of the leader · rank #33. Pop Works & Company, Birt…0/1004. Holiday Suagr Popcorn Cookie: 0/100 · 0% of the leader · rank #44. Holiday Suagr Popcorn Coo…0/1005. Holiday Sugar Cookie Popcorn, Holiday Sugar Cookie: 0/100 · 0% of the leader · rank #55. Holiday Sugar Cookie Popc…0/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for Loaded Breaded Cheese Snacks, Jalapeno & Cheese (0/100 on 59 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

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

Loaded Breaded Cheese Snacks, Jalapeno & Cheese
0/100
Sweet & Salty Cookies 'N Cream Snack Mix, Cookies 'N Cream
0/100
Pop Works & Company, Birthday Cake Popcorn
0/100
Holiday Suagr Popcorn Cookie
0/100
Holiday Sugar Cookie Popcorn, Holiday Sugar Cookie
0/100

How It Compares to Its Category

Among the 24,982 products we've scored in the Frozen foods category, the average safety score is 92.9/100. Loaded Breaded Cheese Snacks, Jalapeno & Cheese scores 92.9 points below that category average (0/100 vs. 92.9/100), 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 Frozen foods products

Loaded Breaded Cheese Snacks, Jalapeno & Cheese lists 59 ingredients on its label

59 88th percentile a longer ingredient list than 88% of the 7,008 products we track

0–2: 11 products (0%). Below this entry. 2–4: 54 products (1%). Below this entry. 4–6: 54 products (1%). Below this entry. 6–8: 66 products (1%). Below this entry. 8–10: 102 products (1%). Below this entry. 10–12: 112 products (2%). Below this entry. 12–14: 184 products (3%). Below this entry. 14–16: 205 products (3%). Below this entry. 16–18: 245 products (3%). Below this entry. 18–20: 284 products (4%). Below this entry. 20–22: 264 products (4%). Below this entry. 22–24: 298 products (4%). Below this entry. 24–26: 247 products (4%). Below this entry. 26–28: 271 products (4%). Below this entry. 28–30: 284 products (4%). Below this entry. 30–32: 294 products (4%). Below this entry. 32–34: 325 products (5%). Below this entry. 34–36: 319 products (5%). Below this entry. 36–38: 314 products (4%). Below this entry. 38–40: 283 products (4%). Below this entry. 40–42: 2,792 products (40%). This entry sits in this band. This product 0 42 every published Frozen foods 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

7,008 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 59 (88th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
11 products (0%)
2–4
54 products (1%)
4–6
54 products (1%)
6–8
66 products (1%)
8–10
102 products (1%)
10–12
112 products (2%)
12–14
184 products (3%)
14–16
205 products (3%)
16–18
245 products (3%)
18–20
284 products (4%)
20–22
264 products (4%)
22–24
298 products (4%)
24–26
247 products (4%)
26–28
271 products (4%)
28–30
284 products (4%)
30–32
294 products (4%)
32–34
325 products (5%)
34–36
319 products (5%)
36–38
314 products (4%)
38–40
283 products (4%)
40 and above
2,792 products (40%)

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 7,008 Frozen foods 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 (4 flagged of 59 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Bleached Wheat Flour
2
American Cheese
3
Milk
4
Cheese Cultures
5
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
6
Enzymes
7
Water
8
Soybean Oil
9
Red And Green Jalapeno Peppers
10
Yellow Corn Meal
11
Dried Red Bell Peppers
12
Corn Starch
13
Yellow Corn Flour
14
Cheddar Cheese
15
Pasteurized Milk
16
Semi-soft Cheese
17
Romano Cheese
18
Part-skim Cow's Milk
19
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
20
Made From Corn
21
Msg
22
Red And Green Bell Pepper Powder
23
Cream
24
Onion Powder
25
Skim Milk
26
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
27
Butter
28
Corn Oil
29
Garlic Powder
30
Spices
31
Natural And Artificial Flavor
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
Corn Germ
34
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
35
Yeast
36
Artificial Color
37
Yellow 5
Avoid Approved (certified color)
38
Yellow 6
Avoid Approved (certified color)
39
Yellow 5
Avoid Approved (certified color)
40
Yellow 6
Avoid Approved (certified color)
41
Sodium Phosphate
42
Potato Starch
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
43
Rice Flour
44
Dextrin
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
Safe GRAS
45
Sodium Hexametaphosphate
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
46
Medium Chain Triglycerides
47
Sorbic Acid
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
Safe GRAS
48
Preservative
49
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
50
Lactic Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, CURING OR PICKLING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
Safe GRAS
51
Cellulose
Emulsifier
Safe
52
Cellulose Gum
53
Cellulose
Emulsifier
Safe
54
Xanthan Gum
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FORMULATION AID, PROCESSING AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT, TEXTURIZER
Approved
55
Whole Eggs
56
Leavening
57
Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DOUGH STRENGTHENER, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FLOUR TREATING AGENT, FORMULATION AID, LEAVENING AGENT, OXIDIZING OR REDUCING AGENT, SEQUESTRANT
GRAS
58
Baking Soda
59
Sunflower Oil

Full Ingredient List

Bleached Wheat Flour, American Cheese (Milk, Cheese Cultures, Salt, Enzymes), Water, Soybean Oil, Red And Green Jalapeno Peppers, Yellow Corn Meal, Red Bell Peppers, Modified Corn Starch, Yellow Corn Flour, Less Than 2% Of The Following: Cheddar Cheese (Milk, Cheese Cultures, Salt, Enzymes), Cheddar Cheese (Pasteurized Milk, Cheese Cultures, Salt, Enzymes), Semi-Soft Cheese (Pasteurized Milk, Cheese Cultures, Salt, Enzymes), Romano Cheese (Part-Skim Cow'S Milk, Cheese Cultures, Salt, Enzymes), Maltodextrin (Made From Corn), Monosodium Glutamate, Red And Green Bell Pepper Powder, Cream, Onion Powder, Salt, Skim Milk, Whey, Butter (Cream, Salt), Corn Oil, Garlic Powder, Spices, Natural And Artificial Flavor, Dextrose, Corn Germ, Sugar, Yeast, Artificial Color (Yellow 5, Yellow 6, Yellow 5 Lake, Yellow 6 Lake), Sodium Phosphate, Modified Potato Starch, Rice Flour, Dextrin, Sodium Hexametaphosphate, Medium Chain Triglycerides, Sorbic Acid (Preservative), Citric Acid, Lactic Acid, Modified Cellulose, Cellulose Gum, Powdered Cellulose, Xanthan Gum, Whole Eggs, Leavening (Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate, Baking Soda), And Sunflower Oil.

Categories

Frozen foods

Lower-score cross-brand comparables for Loaded Breaded Cheese Snacks, Jalapeno & Cheese

Neighbours outside Doritos in the same lower screening band as Loaded Breaded Cheese Snacks, Jalapeno & Cheese (0/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Doritos; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Yellow 6 is the first flagged ingredient selected from Loaded Breaded Cheese Snacks, Jalapeno & Cheese's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 59-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Yellow 6. Open Yellow 6
  • Compare Loaded Breaded Cheese Snacks, Jalapeno & Cheese's 4 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 0028400578028: 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.