Avoid

dortios

by Doritos

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0028400737937 · Doritos · Hot-honey-mustard-flavor. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0028400737937 · Serving size 27 pieces (28 g)

The verdict

dortios by Doritos scores 10/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 44 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 44-component record, beginning with Dv, 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.

10/100
Avoid safety score
4
Many flagged · of 44 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

18/100

Grade F

Ingredient Safety

10/100

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.

00737937 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

dortios label screening desk

SCORE-AVOID 10/100 FLAG-MANY 4 flagged LEN-DENSE 44 ing. REG-PART 30% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-D Nutri-D RANK-SHORT Len top 5% LEAD-FLAG Sucralose PHOTO-FINISH Smartfood Captin Crunch · ±0 BOOK-OFF …737937 · July 2026

13 of 44 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Sucralose). Source sheet 00737937 · 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: Smartfood Captin Crunch berries · Nearest score peer is Smartfood Captin Crunch berries 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. dortios: 10/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. dortios10/1002. Smartfood Captin Crunch berries: 10/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Smartfood Captin Crunch b…10/1003. Tortilla Chips: 10/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Tortilla Chips10/1004. Nut Harvest, Nut & Chocolate Mix: 10/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Nut Harvest, Nut & Chocol…10/1005. Flavored Tortilla Chips: 10/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Flavored Tortilla Chips10/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for dortios (10/100 on 44 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

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

dortios
10/100
Smartfood Captin Crunch berries
10/100
Tortilla Chips
10/100
Nut Harvest, Nut & Chocolate Mix
10/100
Flavored Tortilla Chips
10/100

Ingredient-list length vs every product we publish

dortios lists 44 ingredients on its label

44 95th percentile a longer ingredient list than 95% 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: 44 (95th 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 10/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (4 flagged of 44 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Dv
2
Enriched Corn Meal
3
Corn Meal
4
Ferrous Sulfate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PROCESSING AID, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
5
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
6
Thiamin Mononitrate
7
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
8
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
9
Vegetable Oil
10
Corn
11
Canola
12
Sunflower Dil
13
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
14
Made From Corn
15
Less Than 2% Of Natural And Artificial Flavors
16
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
17
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
18
Msg
19
Onion Powder
20
Mustard Extract
21
Corn Syrup Solids
22
Honey
23
Sour Cream Powder
24
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
25
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
26
Molasses
27
Brown Sugar
28
Yeast
29
Cultured Cream
30
Skim Milk
31
Artificial Color
32
Yellow 5 Spices
33
Red Peppers
34
Sucralose
NUTRITIVE SWEETENER
Avoid Approved
35
And Cheddar Lake
36
Yellow 6
Avoid Approved (certified color)
37
Red 40
Avoid Approved (certified color)
38
Blue 1
Caution Approved (certified color)
39
Turmeric
40
Cheese
41
Milk
42
Cheese Cultures
43
Enzymes
44
Milk Ingredients

Full Ingredient List

less than 1g 18g total sugars less than 19 protein 2g vitamin d omcg omg calcium ironing sium 40mg 7% frito-lay 3% 0% 0% 4% 0% significant source of added sugars. %daily value (dv) tells you how much a nutrient erving of food contributes to a daily diet. 2,000 ries a day is used for general nutrition advice. gredients: enriched corn meal (corn meal, ferrous sulfate, niacin, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), vegetable oil (corn, canola, and/or sunflower dil), maltodextrin (made from corn), and less than 2% of natural and artificial flavors, sugar, salt, monosodium glutamate, onion powder, mustard extract, corn syrup solids, honey, sour cream powder, dextrose, whey, molasses, brown sugar, yeast (cultured cream, skim milk), artificial color (yellow 5 spices (including red peppers). sucralose, and cheddar lake, yellow 6 lake, red 40 lake, blue 1 lake), turmeric, cheese (milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes). contains milk ingredients.

Categories

Hot-honey-mustard-flavor

Lower-score cross-brand comparables for dortios

Neighbours outside Doritos in the same lower screening band as dortios (10/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Doritos; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Sucralose is the first flagged ingredient selected from dortios's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 44-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Sucralose. Open Sucralose
  • Compare dortios'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 0028400737937: 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.