Cheetos Puffs WHITE CHEDDAR FLAVORED

How it scored 78 / 100

Nutrition snapshot

Ingredients 21 listed

• 1 Cornmeal
  Coarse flour ground from dried whole corn (Zea mays) kernels.
  Safe
• 2 Sunflower Oil
  Edible vegetable oil pressed from the seeds of Helianthus annuus, typically high in linoleic acid (omega-6) or, in high-oleic varieties, ole…
  Low
• 3 Cheddar
  Hard cow's milk cheese with FDA standard of identity (21 CFR 133.113); aged from a few months to several years.
  Safe
• 4 Whey
  Liquid or dried protein-rich byproduct of cheese making, derived from milk.
  Low
• 5 Corn Maltodextrin
  A short-chain carbohydrate (DE 3-20) produced by partial hydrolysis of corn starch.
  Low
• 6 Sea Salt
  Sodium chloride (NaCl) obtained by evaporating seawater. Chemically identical to mined/refined salt, with trace minerals depending on source…
  Low
• 7 Natural Flavouring
  A regulatory umbrella term (21 CFR 101.22) for flavor extracts derived from spices, fruit, vegetable, herb, bark, root, leaf, meat, seafood,…
  Low
• 8 Sour Cream
  Cultured dairy product made by fermenting cream with lactic acid bacteria.
  Low
• 9 Torula Yeast
  Dried, inactive yeast (Cyberlindnera jadinii / Candida utilis) used for flavoring.
  Low
• 10 Lactic Acid
  Organic acid (E270) naturally produced by lactic acid bacteria during fermentation; also produced industrially.
  Low
• 11 Citric Acid
  Citric acid (E330), a weak organic acid naturally present in citrus fruit and produced commercially via Aspergillus niger fermentation.
  Low
• 12 Nicotinic Acid
  Nicotinic acid (niacin or vitamin B3, pyridine-3-carboxylic acid). E375 is the EU additive code for its use as a vitamin/nutrient added to f…
  Low
• 13 Ferrous Sulfate
  An iron(II) sulfate salt (FeSO4) used as an iron source for food fortification and dietary supplements.
  Low
• 14 Thiamin Mononitrate
  Synthetic, stable form of vitamin B1 (thiamine). The nitrate salt is preferred for fortification because it tolerates heat and humidity bett…
  Low
• 15 Riboflavin
  Riboflavin (vitamin B2), a water-soluble B vitamin. Used as a yellow-orange food color (E101) and as a vitamin fortificant.
  Low
• 16 Folic Acid
  Synthetic form of folate (vitamin B9). Pteroylmonoglutamic acid, a water-soluble B vitamin essential for DNA synthesis and red blood cell fo…
  Low
• 17 Milk
  Lacteal secretion from cows or other domesticated ruminants (goats, sheep). Contains water, lactose, milk fat, casein and whey proteins, vit…
  Low
• 18 Lactic Ferments
  Live lactic-acid-producing bacterial cultures (typically Lactobacillus, Lactococcus, Streptococcus thermophilus, Leuconostoc) added to milk …
  Low
• 19 Salt
  Sodium chloride (NaCl), a crystalline mineral compound composed of roughly 40% sodium and 60% chloride by mass.
  Low
• 20 Enzyme
  Industrial food enzyme — protein catalysts derived from plants, animals, or microorganisms (often via fermentation), added to food to perfor…
  Low
• 21 Skimmed Milk
  Cow's milk from which most milkfat has been removed. FDA standard of identity for nonfat milk requires <0.5% milkfat; for nonfat dry milk, <…
  Safe