Safe

Doritos Nacho Cheese Flavored Popcorn

by Smartfood

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0028400756655 · Smartfood · Snacks. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0028400756655 · Serving size 1 Package

The verdict

Doritos Nacho Cheese Flavored Popcorn by Smartfood scores 100/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 32 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 0 ingredients are flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 32-component record, beginning with Popcorn, Vegetable Oil, Corn. 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.

100/100
Safe safety score
0
None flagged · of 32 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
0028400756655
Barcode (UPC/EAN)

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

70/100

Grade B

Ingredient Safety

100/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

N/A

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.

00756655 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Doritos Nacho Cheese Flavored Popcorn label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 100/100 FLAG-CLEAN 0 flagged LEN-DENSE 32 ing. REG-SPARSE 25% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-UNK Nutri n/a RANK-SHORT Len top 17% LEAD-RARE Vegetable Juice PHOTO-FINISH Mango · ±0 BOOK-OFF …756655 · July 2026

8 of 32 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Vegetable Juice). Source sheet 00756655 · 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: Mango · Nearest score peer is Mango at the same screening score.

Screening model notes

How Nutri-Score, NOVA, and list length read this record

Within the four-tier shelf-label framework this site publishes, the composite for this product falls in the highest band. That band is defined by a threshold on the derived score alone: it is where labels land once components carrying caution-or-worse registry ratings contribute little or nothing to the deduction. The band is a summary of what the screened registries return for the components that were parsed, so it inherits their coverage gaps — a component absent from both registries neither raises nor lowers the figure. The threshold and the weighting behind it are set out on the methodology page.

No Nutri-Score grade is present for this record in the OpenFoodFacts snapshot this page is built from. The nutritional dimension is absent rather than assessed and withheld: the grade depends on a complete declared nutrition panel, and community-contributed records vary in how much of that panel they carry. Nothing about the missing grade implies anything either way about the panel itself. The screen below covers additive ratings only and does not depend on the nutrition figures.

This label parsed into a long component list. Where many entries are screened at once, the composite tends to reflect the overall mix of registry ratings returned rather than the rating of any one entry. Longer declarations also carry more sub-listed and compound entries, where a parenthetical group is resolved into its parts, so the parsed count can exceed what a reader counts on the packaging.

Cross-brand screening score neighbourhood

1. Doritos Nacho Cheese Flavored Popcorn: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Doritos Nacho Cheese Flav…100/1002. Mango: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Mango100/1003. Selects Dill Pickle Pretzel Twists: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Selects Dill Pickle Pretz…100/1004. Funyuns: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Funyuns100/1005. All Dressed: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. All Dressed100/100
High-band neighbours for Doritos Nacho Cheese Flavored Popcorn (100/100) outside Smartfood.
Chart values as text

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

Doritos Nacho Cheese Flavored Popcorn
100/100
Mango
100/100
Selects Dill Pickle Pretzel Twists
100/100
Funyuns
100/100
All Dressed
100/100

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. Doritos Nacho Cheese Flavored Popcorn scores 13.9 points above that category average (100/100 vs. 86.1/100), so it is a comparatively strong pick for shoppers screening within that category specifically, rather than against the product catalog as a whole.

Ingredient-list length vs other Snacks products

Doritos Nacho Cheese Flavored Popcorn lists 32 ingredients on its label

32 83rd percentile a longer ingredient list than 83% 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%). This entry sits in this band. 34–36: 1,572 products (2%). Above this entry. 36–38: 1,417 products (2%). Above this entry. 38–40: 1,284 products (2%). Above this entry. 40–42: 8,066 products (10%). Above this entry. 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: 32 (83rd 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

1
Popcorn
2
Vegetable Oil
3
Corn
4
Canola
5
Sunflower Oil
6
Cheddar Cheese
7
Milk
8
Cheese Cultures
9
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
10
Enzymes
11
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
12
Natural Flavors
13
Onion Powder
14
Buttermilk
15
Romano Cheese
16
Cow's Milk
17
Whey Protein Concentrate
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
18
Corn Maltodextrin
19
Potassium Salt
20
Tomato Powder
21
Spices
22
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
23
Garlic Powder
24
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
25
Red And Green Bell Pepper Powder
26
Skim Milk
27
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
28
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
29
Paprika Extract
30
Color
31
Vegetable Juice
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT
Color Additive
32
Annatto Extract

Full Ingredient List

Popcorn, vegetable oil (corn, canola, and/or sunflower oil), cheddar cheese (milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), whey, natural flavors, onion powder, salt, buttermilk, romano cheese (cow's milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), whey protein concentrate, corn maltodextrin, potassium salt, tomato powder, spices, dextrose, garlic powder, lactose, red and green bell pepper powder, skim milk, citric acid, sugar, paprika extract (color), vegetable juice (color), annatto extract (color).

Categories

Snacks Salty snacks Appetizers Chips and fries Crisps Corn chips

High-score cross-brand comparables for Doritos Nacho Cheese Flavored Popcorn

Neighbours outside Smartfood with screening scores in the same high band as Doritos Nacho Cheese Flavored Popcorn (100/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Smartfood; these peers cross brands.

Same high-band screening score

Nearest cross-brand products by screening score (100/100 here, no caution flags on the parsed list).

Long-label peers (21+ ingredients)

Nearest cross-brand labels by linked ingredient count (32 on 0028400756655).

Read the longer label in layers

Read the longer label in layers

Doritos Nacho Cheese Flavored Popcorn has a longer ingredient list than 83% of its Snacks category comparison set. Use the ingredient table before relying on its single screening score.

This page describes published ingredient-list and source coverage. It is not dietary or medical advice.

Barcode 0028400756655: 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.