Cheetos Baked Flamin' Hot
by Cheetos
Open Food Facts label for barcode 0028400623537 · Cheetos · Chips. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.
The verdict
Cheetos Baked Flamin' Hot by Cheetos scores 0/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 43 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 43-component record, beginning with Whole Corn Meal, Enriched Corn Meal, Corn Meal. 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 43 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.
00623537 · Open Food Facts · July 2026
Cheetos Baked Flamin' Hot label screening desk
20 of 43 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Yellow 6). Source sheet 00623537 · 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 Taco Tortilla chips · Nearest score peer is Doritos Taco 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.
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
How It Compares to Its Category
Among the 91 products we've scored in the Chips category, the average safety score is 94.9/100. Cheetos Baked Flamin' Hot scores 94.9 points below that category average (0/100 vs. 94.9/100), 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 Chips products
Cheetos Baked Flamin' Hot lists 43 ingredients on its label
43 96th percentile a longer ingredient list than 96% of the 68 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
- 2–4
- 2 products (3%)
- 4–6
- 3 products (4%)
- 6–8
- 7 products (10%)
- 8–10
- 2 products (3%)
- 10–12
- 5 products (7%)
- 12–14
- 4 products (6%)
- 14–16
- 6 products (9%)
- 16–18
- 8 products (12%)
- 18–20
- 2 products (3%)
- 20–22
- 5 products (7%)
- 22–24
- 5 products (7%)
- 24–26
- 3 products (4%)
- 26–28
- 2 products (3%)
- 28–30
- 4 products (6%)
- 30–32
- 3 products (4%)
- 34–36
- 1 products (1%)
- 38–40
- 1 products (1%)
- 40 and above
- 5 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. The comparison here runs against the 68 Chips 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 43 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.
Full Ingredient List
WHOLE CORN MEAL, ENRICHED CORN MEAL (CORN MEAL, FERROUS SULFATE, NIACIN, THIAMIN MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), VEGETABLE OIL (CORN, CANOLA, AND/OR SUNFLOWER OIL), SALT, SEA MINERALS (CALCIUM CARBONATE, MAGNESIUM CARBONATE), SUGAR, MONOSODIUM GLUTAMATE, YEAST EXTRACT, CITRIC ACID, ARTIFICIAL COLOR (RED 40 LAKE, YELLOW 6 LAKE, YELLOW 6, YELLOW 5), HYDROLYZED CORN PROTEIN, ONION POWDER, CHEDDAR CHEESE (MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES), WHEY, MALTODEXTRIN (MADE FROM CORN), WHEY PROTEIN CONCENTRATE, GARLIC POWDER, BUTTERMILK, NATURAL FLAVORS, SODIUM DIACETATE, LACTIC ACID, DISODIUM INOSINATE, DISODIUM GUANYLATE, AND SKIM MILK
Categories
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Lower-score cross-brand comparables for Cheetos Baked Flamin' Hot
Neighbours outside Cheetos in the same lower screening band as Cheetos Baked Flamin' Hot (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 (4 flagged of 43 on 0028400623537).
Long-label peers (21+ ingredients)
Nearest cross-brand labels by linked ingredient count (43 on 0028400623537).
Follow the flagged-label evidence
Follow the flagged-label evidence
Yellow 6 is the first flagged ingredient selected from Cheetos Baked Flamin' Hot's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 43-ingredient record.
- Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Yellow 6. Open Yellow 6
- Compare Cheetos Baked Flamin' Hot'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 0028400623537: 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.