Avoid

Flavored Tortilla Snacks, Blazin' Buffalo Explosion

by Doritos

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0028400661898 · Doritos · Snacks. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0028400661898 · Serving size 15 PIECES | ABOUT (28 g)

The verdict

Flavored Tortilla Snacks, Blazin' Buffalo Explosion by Doritos scores 0/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 61 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 5 ingredients are flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 61-component record, beginning with Corn, Vegetable Oil, Canola. 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
5
Many flagged · of 61 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.

00661898 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Flavored Tortilla Snacks, Blazin' Buffalo Explosion label screening desk

SCORE-AVOID 0/100 FLAG-MANY 5 flagged LEN-DENSE 61 ing. REG-PART 30% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-D Nutri-D RANK-SHORT Len top 1% LEAD-FLAG Yellow 6 PHOTO-FINISH lays · ±0 BOOK-OFF …661898 · July 2026

18 of 61 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Yellow 6). Source sheet 00661898 · 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: lays · Nearest score peer is lays 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. Flavored Tortilla Snacks, Blazin' Buffalo Explosion: 0/100 · 0% of the leader · rank #11. Flavored Tortilla Snacks,…0/1002. lays: 0/100 · 0% of the leader · rank #22. lays0/1003. Ranch Flavored Extra Long Sunflower Seeds, Ranch: 0/100 · 0% of the leader · rank #33. Ranch Flavored Extra Long…0/1004. Nut chocolate mix: 0/100 · 0% of the leader · rank #44. Nut chocolate mix0/1005. Flamin' Hot The Walking Taco On The Go Cheese Flavored Snacks, Flamin' Hot: 0/100 · 0% of the leader · rank #55. Flamin' Hot The Walking T…0/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for Flavored Tortilla Snacks, Blazin' Buffalo Explosion (0/100 on 61 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

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

Flavored Tortilla Snacks, Blazin' Buffalo Explosion
0/100
lays
0/100
Ranch Flavored Extra Long Sunflower Seeds, Ranch
0/100
Nut chocolate mix
0/100
Flamin' Hot The Walking Taco On The Go Cheese Flavored Snacks, Flamin' Hot
0/100

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. Flavored Tortilla Snacks, Blazin' Buffalo Explosion scores 86.1 points below that category average (0/100 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 Snacks products

Flavored Tortilla Snacks, Blazin' Buffalo Explosion lists 61 ingredients on its label

61 99th percentile a longer ingredient list than 99% of the 81,477 products we track

0–2: 275 products (0%). Below this entry. 2–4: 2,901 products (4%). Below this entry. 4–6: 4,248 products (5%). Below this entry. 6–8: 5,408 products (7%). Below this entry. 8–10: 5,486 products (7%). Below this entry. 10–12: 5,840 products (7%). Below this entry. 12–14: 6,252 products (8%). Below this entry. 14–16: 6,724 products (8%). Below this entry. 16–18: 6,221 products (8%). Below this entry. 18–20: 5,168 products (6%). Below this entry. 20–22: 4,508 products (6%). Below this entry. 22–24: 3,809 products (5%). Below this entry. 24–26: 3,567 products (4%). Below this entry. 26–28: 2,829 products (3%). Below this entry. 28–30: 2,282 products (3%). Below this entry. 30–32: 1,905 products (2%). Below this entry. 32–34: 1,715 products (2%). Below this entry. 34–36: 1,572 products (2%). Below this entry. 36–38: 1,417 products (2%). Below this entry. 38–40: 1,284 products (2%). Below this entry. 40–42: 8,066 products (10%). This entry sits in this band. This product 0 42 every published Snacks 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

81,477 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 61 (99th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
275 products (0%)
2–4
2,901 products (4%)
4–6
4,248 products (5%)
6–8
5,408 products (7%)
8–10
5,486 products (7%)
10–12
5,840 products (7%)
12–14
6,252 products (8%)
14–16
6,724 products (8%)
16–18
6,221 products (8%)
18–20
5,168 products (6%)
20–22
4,508 products (6%)
22–24
3,809 products (5%)
24–26
3,567 products (4%)
26–28
2,829 products (3%)
28–30
2,282 products (3%)
30–32
1,905 products (2%)
32–34
1,715 products (2%)
34–36
1,572 products (2%)
36–38
1,417 products (2%)
38–40
1,284 products (2%)
40 and above
8,066 products (10%)

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 81,477 Snacks 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 (5 flagged of 61 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Corn
2
Vegetable Oil
3
Canola
4
Sunflower Oil
5
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
6
Made From Corn
7
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
8
Buttermilk
9
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
10
Onion Powder
11
Msg
12
Sodium Diacetate
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
Safe GRAS
13
Natural And Artificial Flavors
14
Spices
15
Corn Flour
16
Garlic Powder
17
Corn Starch
18
Tomato Powder
19
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
20
Sour Cream
21
Cultured Cream
22
Skim Milk
23
Cream
24
Cheddar Cheese
25
Milk
26
Cheese Cultures
27
Enzymes
28
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
29
Blue Cheese
30
Artificial Color
31
Red 40
Avoid Approved (certified color)
32
Yellow 5
Avoid Approved (certified color)
33
Yellow 6
Avoid Approved (certified color)
34
Red 40
Avoid Approved (certified color)
35
Blue 1
Caution Approved (certified color)
36
Monterey Jack Cheese
37
Butter
38
Swiss Cheese
39
Tocopherol
40
Antioxidant
41
Cultures
42
Mozzarella Cheese
43
Natural Flavor
44
Soybean Oil
45
Yeast Extract
46
Malic Acid
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SYNERGIST
Safe GRAS
47
Disodium Inosinate
FLAVOR ENHANCER, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
Approved
48
And Disodium Guanylate. Doritos Cool Ranch Flavored Tortilla Snacks
49
Open Triangles
50
Corn Starch
51
Lactose
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, MALTING OR FERMENTING AID, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, OXIDIZING OR REDUCING AGENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT
Certain People Should Avoid GRAS
52
Corn Syrup Solids
53
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
54
Sodium Acetate
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PH CONTROL AGENT
GRAS
55
Sodium Caseinate
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
56
Spice
57
Chipotle Chili Pepper
58
Brown Sugar
59
Torula yeast
Flavoring
Safe
60
Natural Flavors
61
Yeast Extract

Full Ingredient List

Doritos Blazin' Buffalo Ranch Flavored Tortilla Chips: Corn, Vegetable Oil (Corn, Canola, And/Or Sunflower Oil), Maltodextrin (Made From Corn), Salt, Buttermilk, Whey, Onion Powder, Monosodium Glutamate, Sodium Diacetate, Natural And Artificial Flavors, Spices, Corn Flour, Garlic Powder, Modified Corn Starch, Tomato Powder, Sugar, Sour Cream (Cultured Cream, Skim Milk), Cream, Cheddar Cheese (Milk, Cheese Cultures, Salt, Enzymes), Citric Acid, Blue Cheese (Milk, Cheese Cultures, Salt, Enzymes), Artificial Color (Red 40 Lake, Yellow 5, Yellow 6, Red 40, Blue 1), Monterey Jack Cheese (Milk, Cheese Cultures, Salt, Enzymes), Butter (Cream, Salt), Swiss Cheese (Milk, Cheese Cultures, Salt, Enzymes), And Tocopherol (Antioxidant). Doritos Twists Blue Cheese Flavored Tortilla Snacks: Corn, Vegetable Oil (Corn, Canola, And/Or Sunflower Oil), Whey, Salt, Buttermilk, Monosodium Glutamate, Sour Cream (Cream, Skim Milk, Cultures), Onion Powder, Mozzarella Cheese (Milk, Cheese Cultures, Salt, Enzymes), Sugar, Natural Flavor, Garlic Powder, Skim Milk, Cheddar Cheese (Milk, Cheese Cultures, Salt, Enzymes), Soybean Oil, Spices, Yeast Extract, Citric Acid, Sodium Diacetate, Malic Acid, Blue Cheese (Milk, Cheese Cultures, Salt, Enzymes), Disodium Inosinate, And Disodium Guanylate. Doritos Cool Ranch Flavored Tortilla Snacks (Open Triangles): Corn, Vegetable Oil (Corn, Canola, And/Or Sunflower Oil), Maltodextrin (Made From Corn), Salt, Tomato Powder, Corn Starch, Lactose, Whey, Skim Milk, Corn Syrup Solids, Onion Powder, Sugar, Garlic Powder, Monosodium Glutamate, Cheddar Cheese (Milk, Cheese Cultures, Salt, Enzymes), Dextrose, Malic Acid, Buttermilk, Natural And Artificial Flavors, Sodium Acetate, Artificial Color (Red 40, Blue 1, Yellow 5), Sodium Caseinate, Spice, Citric Acid, Disodium Inosinate, And Disodium Guanylate. Doritos Dinamita Chipotle Flavored Tortilla Snacks: Corn, Vegetable Oil (Corn, Canola, And/Or Sunflower Oil), Salt, Spices (Including Chipotle Chili Pepper), Maltodextrin (Made From Corn), Sugar, Garlic Powder, Tomato Powder, Brown Sugar, Onion Powder, Torula Yeast, Citric Acid, Natural Flavors (Contains Milk), And Yeast Extract.

Categories

Snacks

Lower-score cross-brand comparables for Flavored Tortilla Snacks, Blazin' Buffalo Explosion

Neighbours outside Doritos in the same lower screening band as Flavored Tortilla Snacks, Blazin' Buffalo Explosion (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 Flavored Tortilla Snacks, Blazin' Buffalo Explosion's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 61-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Yellow 6. Open Yellow 6
  • Compare Flavored Tortilla Snacks, Blazin' Buffalo Explosion's 5 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 0028400661898: 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.