Is Doritos Cool Original Flavour Corn Chips ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 27 ingredients
- 10 additives
- Nutri-Score C
Less processed corn chips
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
Corn (Maize), Rapeseed Oil, Cool Original Flavour (Salt (processing marker), Flavouring (ultra-processing marker), Malic Acid, Sodium Acetates, Citric Acid, Monosodium Glutamate (ultra-processing marker), Disodium 5'-Ribonucleo, tide, Sugar (processing marker), Glucose Syrup (ultra-processing marker), Onion Powder, Cheese Powder (processing marker) (from Milk), Garlic Powder, Tomato Powder, Potassium Chloride, Spices, Milk Protein (ultra-processing marker), Annatto Bixin (ultra-processing marker)), Rosemary Extract, Ascorbic Acid, Tocopherol Rich Extract, Citric Acid
Additives: E160b Annatto , E160bi Annatto bixin , E262 Sodium acetates , E296 Malic acid , E300 Ascorbic acid , E306 Tocopherol-rich extract , E330 Citric acid , E392 Extracts of rosemary , E508 Potassium chloride , E621 Monosodium glutamate
As written on the pack
Corn (Maize), Rapeseed Oil, Cool Original Flavour [Salt, Flavouring (contains Milk), Acidity Regulators (Malic Acid, Sodium Acetates, Citric Acid), Flavour Enhancers (Monosodium Glutamate, Disodium 5'-Ribonucleo - tide), Sugar, Glucose Syrup, Onion Powder, Cheese Powder (from Milk), Garlic Powder, Tomato Powder, Potassium Chloride, Spices, Milk Protein, Colour (Annatto Bixin)], Antioxidants (Rosemary Extract, Ascorbic Acid, Tocopherol Rich Extract, Citric Acid).
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.
- E160b Annatto Colours are substances which add or restore colour in a food, and include natural constituents of foods and natural sources which are normally not consumed as foods as such and not normally used as characteristic ingredients of food.
- E621 Monosodium glutamate Monosodium glutamate (MSG) is the sodium salt of glutamic acid, made by fermentation and used to strengthen savoury taste.
- Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
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.
- Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
- Glucose syrup Glucose syrup is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
- Milk proteins Milk proteins are proteins separated from milk, such as caseinates and whey protein concentrates, added to adjust texture or raise protein content.
4 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.
Among 359 corn chips
From least to most processed, this one ranks 304th. 46% of the corn chips here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5000328028613, last edited 22 September 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 C (from A, best, to E).
- General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.