Flamin' Hot Puffs
by Cheetos
Scores 0/100 on FDA SAFFA + CSPI ingredient analysis , with 4 flagged ingredients identified.
The verdict
Flamin' Hot Puffs by Cheetos scores 0/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 40 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 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.
- 0/100
- Avoid safety score
- 4
- flagged ingredients 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.
00769273 · Open Food Facts · July 2026
Flamin' Hot Puffs label screening desk
Flamin' Hot Puffs screens 0/100 with 4 flagged of 40 parsed ingredients. 18 of 40 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Yellow 6). Derived index from public OFF + FDA SAFFA + CSPI data — not an official FDA rating; see methodology. Methodology · Read with nearest score peer: Nacho Flamin Hot (0 pts).
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.
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
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. Flamin' Hot Puffs 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
Flamin' Hot Puffs lists 40 ingredients on its label
40 90th percentile a longer ingredient list than 90% of the 81,477 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
- 0–2
- 272 products (0%)
- 2–4
- 2,904 products (4%)
- 4–6
- 4,228 products (5%)
- 6–8
- 5,399 products (7%)
- 8–10
- 5,484 products (7%)
- 10–12
- 5,797 products (7%)
- 12–14
- 6,263 products (8%)
- 14–16
- 6,708 products (8%)
- 16–18
- 6,234 products (8%)
- 18–20
- 5,191 products (6%)
- 20–22
- 4,484 products (6%)
- 22–24
- 3,818 products (5%)
- 24–26
- 3,579 products (4%)
- 26–28
- 2,824 products (3%)
- 28–30
- 2,271 products (3%)
- 30–32
- 1,916 products (2%)
- 32–34
- 1,736 products (2%)
- 34–36
- 1,564 products (2%)
- 36–38
- 1,434 products (2%)
- 38–40
- 1,291 products (2%)
- 40 and above
- 8,080 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
Full Ingredient List
ENRICHED CORN MEAL (CORN MEAL, FERROUS SULFATE, NIACIN, THIAMIN MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), VEGETABLE OIL (CORN, CANOLA, SUNFLOWER OIL), MALTODEXTRIN, SALT, SUGAR, ARTIFICIAL COLOR (RED 40 LAKE, YELLOW 6 LAKE, YELLOW 6, YELLOW 5), MONOSODIUM GLUTAMATE, YEAST EXTRACT, CITRIC ACID, CHEDDAR CHEESE (MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES), HYDROLYZED CORN PROTEIN, ONION POWDER, WHEY, NATURAL FLAVORS, GARLIC POWDER, WHEY PROTEIN CONCENTRATE, BUTTERMILK, CORN SYRUP SOLIDS, SODIUM DIACETATE, DISODIUM INOSINATE, DISODIUM GUANYLATE, SODIUM CASEINATE, SKIM MILK. CONTAINS MILK INGREDIENTS.
Other products containing Enriched Corn Meal
Enriched Corn Meal is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 417 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.
Categories
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Lower-score cross-brand comparables for Flamin' Hot Puffs
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Nearest screening score
Nearest cross-brand products by ingredient screening score (0/100 on this barcode).
Long-label peers (21+ ingredients)
Nearest cross-brand labels by linked ingredient count (40 on 0028400769273).
Barcode 0028400769273: 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.