Caution

Barcel, takis, explosion tortilla chips, cheese and chilli pepper

by Takis

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0757528019242 · Takis · Snacks. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0757528019242 · Serving size 1 ONZ (30 g)

The verdict

Barcel, takis, explosion tortilla chips, cheese and chilli pepper by Takis scores 85/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 27 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 1 ingredient is flagged for caution. The 27-component label is layered, beginning with Corn Masa Flour, Soybean, Palm. Start with any flagged rows, then check the nutrition grade and serving size instead of treating one roll-up score as the whole decision. This is not a recall, allergy, medical, or dietary-safety determination.

85/100
Caution safety score
1
One flagged · of 27 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.

Composite profile score

One verdict from three independent sources

50/100

Grade C-

Ingredient Safety

85/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

E

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.

28019242 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Barcel, takis, explosion tortilla chips, cheese and chilli pepper label screening desk

SCORE-CAUT 85/100 FLAG-ONE 1 flagged LEN-LAYERED 27 ing. REG-PART 30% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-E Nutri-E RANK-MID Len top 24% LEAD-FLAG TBHQ PHOTO-FINISH Ricolino, kranky, corn · ±0 BOOK-OFF …019242 · July 2026

8 of 27 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: TBHQ). Source sheet 28019242 · 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: Ricolino, kranky, corn flakes, chocolate · Nearest score peer is Ricolino, kranky, corn flakes, chocolate 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 second band of the four-tier framework. That band collects labels whose registry-rated components pull the derived score down measurably without dominating it. Position inside a band is not visible from the band name, and two labels sharing it can differ in how many components were rated and how severely. This is a threshold on an index computed here from public data, not a regulatory classification of any kind; the exact cut-offs are published on the methodology page.

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.

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. Barcel, takis, explosion tortilla chips, cheese and chilli pepper: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Barcel, takis, explosion …85/1002. Ricolino, kranky, corn flakes, chocolate: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Ricolino, kranky, corn fl…85/1003. Takis Sticks Flare: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Takis Sticks Flare85/1004. Takis original: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Takis original85/1005. High Whey Protein Chocolate Cake: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. High Whey Protein Chocola…85/100
High-band neighbours for Barcel, takis, explosion tortilla chips, cheese and chilli pepper (85/100) outside Takis.
Chart values as text

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

Barcel, takis, explosion tortilla chips, cheese and chilli pepper
85/100
Ricolino, kranky, corn flakes, chocolate
85/100
Takis Sticks Flare
85/100
Takis original
85/100
High Whey Protein Chocolate Cake
85/100

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. Barcel, takis, explosion tortilla chips, cheese and chilli pepper scores 1.1 points below that category average (85/100 vs. 86.1/100), so it is roughly typical for shoppers screening within that category specifically, rather than against the product catalog as a whole.

Ingredient-list length vs other Snacks products

Barcel, takis, explosion tortilla chips, cheese and chilli pepper lists 27 ingredients on its label

27 76th percentile a longer ingredient list than 76% 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%). This entry sits in this band. 28–30: 2,282 products (3%). Above this entry. 30–32: 1,905 products (2%). Above this entry. 32–34: 1,715 products (2%). Above this entry. 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: 27 (76th 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 85/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (1 flagged of 27 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Corn Masa Flour
2
Soybean
3
Palm
4
Canola 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
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
7
Iodized Salt
8
Potassium Chloride
ENZYME, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, MALTING OR FERMENTING AID, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, PROCESSING AID, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
Certain People Should Avoid GRAS
9
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
10
Natural And Artificial Flavor
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
Milk
13
Msg
14
Soy Protein
15
Cheese Powder
16
Vegetable Shortening
17
Partially Hydrogenated Soybean Oil
18
Corn Syrup
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, HUMECTANT, LEAVENING AGENT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, TEXTURIZER
Cut Back GRAS
19
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
20
Mono And Diglycerides
21
Artificial Colors
22
Yellow No. 6 Lake And Yellow No. 5 Lake
23
Onion Powder
24
Hot Chilli Pepper Resin
25
Disodium Inosinate And Guanylate
26
Antioxidant
27
TBHQ
Preservative
Avoid Approved (preservative, 21 CFR 172.185)

Full Ingredient List

Corn masa flour (processed with lime), soybean and/or palm and/or canola oil, maltodextrin, sugar, iodized salt, potassium chloride, citric acid, natural and artificial flavor, whey (milk), monosodium glutamate, soy protein, cheese powder, vegetable shortening (partially hydrogenated soybean oil, corn syrup, sodium caseinate, mono and diglycerides), artificial colors (yellow no. 6 lake and yellow no. 5 lake) onion powder, hot chilli pepper resin, disodium inosinate and guanylate, antioxidant (tbhq).

Categories

Snacks Salty snacks Appetizers Chips and fries Crisps Corn chips

High-score cross-brand comparables for Barcel, takis, explosion tortilla chips, cheese and chilli pepper

Neighbours outside Takis with screening scores in the same high band as Barcel, takis, explosion tortilla chips, cheese and chilli pepper (85/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Takis; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

TBHQ is the first flagged ingredient selected from Barcel, takis, explosion tortilla chips, cheese and chilli pepper's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 27-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to TBHQ. Open TBHQ
  • Compare Barcel, takis, explosion tortilla chips, cheese and chilli pepper's 1 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 0757528019242: 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.