Is cheetos minis cheddar ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 30 ingredients
- 3 additives
- Nutri-Score E
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Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
corn meal (corn meal, ferrous sure naon, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), vegetable (corn, canola, and sunflower oil (processing marker)), cheese seasoning cheddar cheese (milk, cheese cultures, salt (processing marker), enzymes, canal maltodextrin, made from corn), natural and artificial bla salt, whey protein (ultra-processing marker), monosodium glutamate (ultra-processing marker), lactica citric acid, artificial color (ultra-processing marker) (yellow 6 (ultra-processing marker)), ingredients, frito-lay, inc, plano, tx 75024-4099 © 2022 frito-lay north america, inc, frito lay visit our website @ fritolay.com
Additives: E110 Sunset yellow FCF , E330 Citric acid , E621 Monosodium glutamate
As written on the pack
enriched corn meal (corn meal, ferrous sure naon, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), vegetable (corn, canola, and/or sunflower oil), cheese seasoning cheddar cheese (milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes, canal maltodextrin [made from corn), natural and artificial bla salt, whey protein concentrate, monosodium glutamate, lactica citric acid, artificial color [yellow 6), and salt contains milk ingredients. frito-lay, inc., plano, tx 75024-4099 © 2022 frito-lay north america, inc. frito lay visit our website @ fritolay.com
What makes it ultra-processed
Cosmetic additives
Added to change how the food looks, feels or tastes, not to keep it safe. A hallmark of ultra-processed food.
- E110 Sunset yellow FCF Sunset yellow FCF is a synthetic orange azo dye (FD&C Yellow No. 6 in the US).
- E621 Monosodium glutamate Monosodium glutamate (MSG) is the sodium salt of glutamic acid, made by fermentation and used to strengthen savoury taste.
- Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.
Substances rarely used in home kitchens
Refined or extracted in factories, such as syrups made from starch or isolated proteins. The other hallmark of ultra-processed food.
- Milk proteins Milk proteins are proteins separated from milk, such as caseinates and whey protein concentrates, added to adjust texture or raise protein content.
3 ingredients that would only make it processed
Kitchen staples like sugar, salt and oil. On their own they make a food processed, not ultra-processed.
- Salty snacks Products in the category "Salty snacks" are at least group 3.
- Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
- Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
Among 1,471 crisps
From least to most processed, this one ranks 1085th. 64% of the crisps here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0028400700085, last edited 8 June 2026), available under the Open Database License. If something is wrong or the recipe has changed, you can correct it there.
- Photo: Open Food Facts contributors, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- The NOVA group is an automated estimate from crowdsourced data: a missing or mistyped ingredient can change it.
- NOVA measures processing, not nutrition. For nutrition, Open Food Facts gives this product a Nutri-Score of E (from A, best, to E).
- General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.