Caution

mexican street food

by Fritolay

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0028400655323 · Fritolay · Plant-based foods and beverages. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0028400655323

The verdict

mexican street food by Fritolay scores 75/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 40 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 1 ingredient is flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 40-component record, beginning with Enriched Corn Meal, Corn Meal, Ferrous Sulfate. 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.

75/100
Caution safety score
1
One flagged · of 40 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
E
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

45/100

Grade D

Ingredient Safety

75/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

E

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.

00655323 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

mexican street food label screening desk

SCORE-CAUT 75/100 FLAG-ONE 1 flagged LEN-DENSE 40 ing. REG-SPARSE 23% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-E Nutri-E RANK-SHORT Len top 3% LEAD-FLAG Yellow 5 PHOTO-FINISH Poppin' Jalapeno Doritos · ±0 BOOK-OFF …655323 · July 2026

9 of 40 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Yellow 5). Source sheet 00655323 · 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: Poppin' Jalapeno Doritos · Nearest score peer is Poppin' Jalapeno Doritos 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.

Nutri-Score assigned its lowest band to this label. The algorithm reserves that grade for nutrition panels where the values it penalises sit well above the components it credits. The two systems on this page measure genuinely different things: a product can hold this grade while carrying no additive flagged by the registries screened below, and a product graded well can carry several. Neither reading substitutes for the other, and the per-component table is where the additive picture is set out.

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. mexican street food: 75/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. mexican street food75/1002. Poppin' Jalapeno Doritos: 75/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Poppin' Jalapeno Doritos75/1003. Cheese Flavored Snacks, Cheese: 75/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Cheese Flavored Snacks, C…75/1004. Lays doritos cool ranch: 75/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Lays doritos cool ranch75/1005. Peppermint Dipped Snowflakes White Fudge Coated Pretzels, Peppermint: 75/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Peppermint Dipped Snowfla…75/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for mexican street food (75/100 on 40 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

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

mexican street food
75/100
Poppin' Jalapeno Doritos
75/100
Cheese Flavored Snacks, Cheese
75/100
Lays doritos cool ranch
75/100
Peppermint Dipped Snowflakes White Fudge Coated Pretzels, Peppermint
75/100

How It Compares to Its Category

Among the 88,006 products we've scored in the Snacks category, the average safety score is 86.1/100. mexican street food scores 11.1 points below that category average (75/100 vs. 86.1/100), 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 Plant-based foods and beverages products

mexican street food lists 40 ingredients on its label

40 97th percentile a longer ingredient list than 97% of the 63,434 products we track

0–2: 3,907 products (6%). Below this entry. 2–4: 7,921 products (12%). Below this entry. 4–6: 8,845 products (14%). Below this entry. 6–8: 7,032 products (11%). Below this entry. 8–10: 6,320 products (10%). Below this entry. 10–12: 4,190 products (7%). Below this entry. 12–14: 3,449 products (5%). Below this entry. 14–16: 3,051 products (5%). Below this entry. 16–18: 2,493 products (4%). Below this entry. 18–20: 2,053 products (3%). Below this entry. 20–22: 1,808 products (3%). Below this entry. 22–24: 1,758 products (3%). Below this entry. 24–26: 1,623 products (3%). Below this entry. 26–28: 1,606 products (3%). Below this entry. 28–30: 1,360 products (2%). Below this entry. 30–32: 1,198 products (2%). Below this entry. 32–34: 1,081 products (2%). Below this entry. 34–36: 901 products (1%). Below this entry. 36–38: 649 products (1%). Below this entry. 38–40: 534 products (1%). Below this entry. 40–42: 1,655 products (3%). This entry sits in this band. This product 0 42 every published Plant-based foods and beverages 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

63,434 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 40 (97th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
3,907 products (6%)
2–4
7,921 products (12%)
4–6
8,845 products (14%)
6–8
7,032 products (11%)
8–10
6,320 products (10%)
10–12
4,190 products (7%)
12–14
3,449 products (5%)
14–16
3,051 products (5%)
16–18
2,493 products (4%)
18–20
2,053 products (3%)
20–22
1,808 products (3%)
22–24
1,758 products (3%)
24–26
1,623 products (3%)
26–28
1,606 products (3%)
28–30
1,360 products (2%)
30–32
1,198 products (2%)
32–34
1,081 products (2%)
34–36
901 products (1%)
36–38
649 products (1%)
38–40
534 products (1%)
40 and above
1,655 products (3%)

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 63,434 Plant-based foods and beverages 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 75/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (1 flagged of 40 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

Full Ingredient List

enriched corn meal (corn meal, ferrous sulfate, niacin, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), vegetable oil (corn, canola, and/or sunflower oil), maltodextrin (made from corn), salt, natural flavors, whey, spices, monosodium glutamate, garlic powder, onion powder, sour cream (cultured cream, skim milk), cream, parmesan cheese (milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), romano cheese (pasteurized cow's milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), yeast extract, artificial color (yellow 5 lake), sugar, cheddar cheese (milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), butter (cream, salt), swiss cheese (milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), and turmeric extracts. contains milk ingredients. frito-lay, inc. plano, tx 75024-4099 © 2021 frito-lay north america, inc. fritolay smartlabel

Other products containing Tx 75024-4099 © 2021 Frito-lay North America

Tx 75024-4099 © 2021 Frito-lay North America is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 3 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.

Categories

Plant-based foods and beverages Plant-based foods Snacks Cereals and potatoes Cereals and their products Flours Cereal flours Cornmeal Chip

Mid-score cross-brand comparables for mexican street food

Neighbours outside Fritolay near mexican street food's mid-band score (75/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Fritolay; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Yellow 5 is the first flagged ingredient selected from mexican street food's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 40-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Yellow 5. Open Yellow 5
  • Compare mexican street food'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 0028400655323: 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.