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Is Doritos Flamin' Hot Nacho ultra-processed?

Corn chips Sold in the United States

Pack of Doritos Flamin' Hot Nacho

Yes, it's ultra-processed

  1. 1 Unprocessed
  2. 2 Kitchen staple
  3. 3 Processed
  4. 4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

  • 50 ingredients
  • 3 additives
  • Nutri-Score D

Less processed corn chips

Less processed isn't automatically healthier, so compare the labels for what matters to you, such as sugar or salt.

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

trans fat og cholesterol omg sodium 120ng total cartsydrate 17g dietaryber 1g viram omcg tota su ars less than 1g 30mg 0% 8% 6% 4% protein 2g 0% ron .3mg fota ssium 60mg not a significant source of added ssugars, te% daily value (dv), tells you how much a nutrient ir a serving of food contributes to a daily diet, 2.000 clbries a day is used for general nutrition advice, incr edients (corn), vegetable oil (sunflower corn, and canola oil), maltodextrin (ad from corn), salt, whey, cheddar cheese (ml cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), butterm monosodium glutamate, artificial color, e 40 lake, yellow 6 lake, yellow 6, yellow natural, artificial flavors, romano chee, cow's milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes onion powder, citric acid, spices pextros tomato powder, potass uide, whe protein concemate, lacto, lactic aci sodium caseinate, sugar, lic powdep, sk milk, red and green bel pepper powde1, ml protein concentrate, disodium inosinte, disodium guanyge, contains m ngredients, frito-lay, inc, ano, tx 75024-4099 2020 frito-lay math america, inc, fritdlay

Additives: E110 Sunset yellow FCF , E330 Citric acid , E621 Monosodium glutamate

Also detected, but not matched to one ingredient: E621 Monosodium glutamate.

As written on the pack

trans fat og cholesterol omg sodium 120ng total cartsydrate 17g dietaryber 1g viram omcg tota su ars less than 1g 30mg 0% 8% 6% 4% protein 2g 0% ron .3mg fota ssium 60mg not a significant source of added ssugars. te% daily value (dv) tells you how much a nutrient ir a serving of food contributes to a daily diet. 2.000 clbries a day is used for general nutrition advice. incr edients: corn, vegetable oil (sunflower corn, and/or canola oil), maltodextrin (ad from corn), salt, whey, cheddar cheese (ml cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), butterm monosodium glutamate, artificial color (e 40 lake, yellow 6 lake, yellow 6, yellow natural and artificial flavors, romano chee (cow's milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes onion powder, citric acid, spices pextros tomato powder, potass uide, whe protein concemate, lacto, lactic aci sodium caseinate, sugar, lic powdep, sk milk, red and green bel pepper powde1, ml protein concentrate, disodium inosinte, disodium guanyge. contains m ngredients. frito-lay, inc. ano, tx 75024-4099 2020 frito-lay math america, inc. fritdlay

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.
  • 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.

  • Maltodextrin Maltodextrin is a white powder made by partly breaking down starch.
  • Whey Whey is the liquid left over from cheese making, usually dried into a powder and used as a cheap source of milk solids, protein and lactose.
5 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.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
  • Cheese Cheese is milk preserved with salt, cultures and rennet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 359 corn chips

From least to most processed, this one ranks 287th. 46% of the corn chips here are ultra-processed.

Ranked by NOVA group, then by the number of ultra-processing signs, additives and ingredients. Our ordering, not part of NOVA.

All 359 corn chips, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0028400516440, last edited 10 March 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 D (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.