Is Doritos Nacho Cheese 280g ultra-processed?

280g Dips Sold in the United Kingdom

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Colour
E160c Paprika extract

17 ingredients
2 additives
Nutri-Score C

Less processed dips

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

er, rapeseed oil, sour g from milk 5%, medium fat soft cheese from milk (46), modified regulator (lactic acid), white wine vinegar dried egg yolk, salt (processing marker), garlic, colour (ultra-processing marker), paprika extract (ultra-processing marker), dried fed pepper, preservative (processing marker), potas typical nutritional informationery advice per (1), per 100g date see coding sh 341k

Additives: E160c Paprika extract , E270 Lactic acid

As written on the pack

er, rapeseed oil, sour g from milk) (5%), medium fat soft cheese from milk) (46), modified regulator (lactic acid), white wine vinegar dried egg yolk, salt, garlic powder, colour (paprika extract, dried fed pepper, preservative (potas typical nutritional informationery advice per 40g (1) per 100g date see coding sh 341k/

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.

E160c Paprika extract Paprika extract is a red-orange colour extracted from paprika peppers.
Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.

2 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.

Preservative Preservatives slow spoilage by microbes.
Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 433 dips

From least to most processed, this one ranks 344th. 43% of the dips 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 433 dips, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5000328014876, last edited 27 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 C (from A, best, to E).
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.