Takis mini snack bites
by Totino's
Open Food Facts label for barcode 0042800116468 · Totino's. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.
The verdict
Takis mini snack bites by Totino's scores 45/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 100 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 3 ingredients are flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 100-component record, beginning with Lime Seasoned Bites With A Cheezy Mozzarella Filling, Easy To Make And Only Take 60 Seconds In The Microwave, Takis And Fuego Are Registered Trademarks Owned By Grupo Bimbo. 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.
- 45/100
- Avoid safety score
- 3
- Few flagged · of 100 analyzed
- Group 4
- Ultra-processed
- 0042800116468
- 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
33/100
Grade F
Ingredient Safety
45/100
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.
00116468 · Open Food Facts · July 2026
Takis mini snack bites label screening desk
27 of 100 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: TBHQ). Source sheet 00116468 · 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: Chocolates A La Carte, Solid Milk Chocolate Heart With Arrow · Nearest score peer is Chocolates A La Carte, Solid Milk Chocolate Heart With Arrow 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.
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.
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
Ingredient-list length vs every product we publish
Takis mini snack bites lists 100 ingredients on its label
100 100th percentile a longer ingredient list than every other product we track
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Distribution as text
- 0–2
- 6,050 products (2%)
- 2–4
- 24,522 products (7%)
- 4–6
- 31,054 products (9%)
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- 30,981 products (9%)
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- 31,618 products (9%)
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- 29,943 products (8%)
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- 28,403 products (8%)
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- 27,417 products (8%)
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- 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%)
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- 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 45/100 score is built
Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (3 flagged of 100 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.
Full Ingredient List
menu totino's takis fuego snack bites chili lime new totino’s takis fuego® mini snack bites hot chili pepper , lime seasoned bites with a cheezy mozzarella filling, easy to make and only take 60 seconds in the microwave, takis and fuego are registered trademarks owned by grupo bimbo, s,a,b, de c,v, used with permission, © general mills available in 60 count bags, mini snack bites: big flavor, mini size! our most snackable and sharable rolls! quick and easy: mini snack bites are easy to make and only take 70 seconds in the microwave crowd pleaser: a crowd-pleasing snack for parties or snack time and delicious on their own or paired with dips quick and easy: totino's snack bites are easy to make and only take 60 seconds in the microwave contains: 60 bites 13,9 oz preparation instructions caution: filling will be very hot! wait until cool enough to eat, for food safety and quality follow cooking directions, cook thoroughly to internal temperature of at least 160°f, keep frozen until ready to cook, refrigerate leftovers, directions oven heat oven to 375°f, place rolls in single layer on baking sheet, bake according to chart, let stand 2 minutes to complete cooking, filling will be very hot, be cautious on first bite, quantity time half bag 9 to 11 minutes full bag 11 to 14 minutes microwave – do not leave microwave unattended while cooking product, place 13 rolls [1 serving] in single layer on microwavable plate, microwave on high 1:10 to 1:40, let stand 2 minutes to complete cooking, filling will be very hot, be cautious on first bite, directions developed using 1000 watt microwave ovens, due to differences in microwave ovens, cooking times may need to be adjusted, ingredients ingredients: enriched flour (wheat flour, niacin, ferrous sulfate, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), water, imitation mozzarella cheese (water, palm oil, modified corn starch, vegetable oil (soybean, high oleic soybean and/or canola oil), rennet casein, salt, sodium aluminum phosphate, potassium chloride, citric acid, guar gum, potassium sorbate [preservative], sodium citrate, sodium phosphate, titanium dioxide [artificial color], dried cream cheese (cream, cheese cultures, salt, carob bean gum, guar gum, imitation monterey jack cheese (water, palm oil, rennet casein, modified potato starch, vegetable oil [soybean, high oleic soybean and/or canola oil], potato starch, sodium aluminum phosphate, salt, citric acid, potassium chloride, potato maltodextrin, sodium phosphate, sodium citrate, potassium sorbate [preservative], yeast extract, titanium dioxide [artificial color], whey powder, natural flavor, anhydrous milkfat, maltodextrin, magnesium oxide, gum arabic, adipic acid, zinc oxide, vitamin a palmitate, riboflavin, vitamin b6, vitamin b12), vegetable oil (soybean, high oleic soybean and/or canola oil), contains less than 2% of: rehydrated fat free mozzarella cheese (water, skim milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes, citric acid, vitamin a palmitate, vitamin b6), salt, sugar, modified tapioca starch, modified whey, modified corn starch, monosodium glutamate, citric acid, defatted soy flour, malic acid, methylcellulose, corn maltodextrin, yeast extract, sodium phosphate, gum arabic, red 40 lake, potassium sorbate (preservative), dried onion, xanthan gum, rehydrated enzyme modified cheese (water, milk, cheese cultures, salt enzymes), silicon dioxide (anticaking agent), paprika extract (color), natural flavor, potato maltodextrin, disodium inosinate, disodium guanylate, dextrose, dried monterey jack cheese (cultured milk, salt, enzymes) whey powder, anhydrous milkfat, tbhq (preservative), adipic acid,
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Lower-score cross-brand comparables for Takis mini snack bites
Neighbours outside Totino's in the same lower screening band as Takis mini snack bites (45/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Totino's; these peers cross brands.
Nearest screening score
Nearest cross-brand products by screening score (3 flagged of 100 on 0042800116468).
Long-label peers (21+ ingredients)
Nearest cross-brand labels by linked ingredient count (100 on 0042800116468).
Follow the flagged-label evidence
Follow the flagged-label evidence
TBHQ is the first flagged ingredient selected from Takis mini snack bites's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 100-ingredient record.
- Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to TBHQ. Open TBHQ
- Compare Takis mini snack bites's 3 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 0042800116468: 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.