Cheetos Puffs

How it scored 78 / 100

Nutrition snapshot

Ingredients 17 listed

• 1 Cornmeal
  Coarse flour ground from dried whole corn (Zea mays) kernels.
  Safe
• 2 Vegetable Oil
  Generic term covering edible oils extracted from plant sources (soybean, canola, corn, sunflower, palm, etc.).
  Low
• 3 chesese seasoning —
• 4 Whey
  Liquid or dried protein-rich byproduct of cheese making, derived from milk.
  Low
• 5 Cheddar
  Hard cow's milk cheese with FDA standard of identity (21 CFR 133.113); aged from a few months to several years.
  Safe
• 6 Milk
  Lacteal secretion from cows or other domesticated ruminants (goats, sheep). Contains water, lactose, milk fat, casein and whey proteins, vit…
  Low
• 7 Natural And Artificial Flavouring
  A blanket label for proprietary flavor mixtures combining naturally derived flavor constituents (essential oils, extracts, distillates) with…
  Low
• 8 Salt
  Sodium chloride (NaCl), a crystalline mineral compound composed of roughly 40% sodium and 60% chloride by mass.
  Low
• 9 Whey Protein
  Protein fraction isolated from milk whey, the liquid by-product of cheese making, typically as concentrate or isolate powder.
  Low
• 10 Monosodium Glutamate
  Monosodium glutamate (MSG, E621) is the sodium salt of glutamic acid, a non-essential amino acid.
  Low
• 11 Lactic Acid
  Organic acid (E270) naturally produced by lactic acid bacteria during fermentation; also produced industrially.
  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 Thiamin Mononitrate
  Synthetic, stable form of vitamin B1 (thiamine). The nitrate salt is preferred for fortification because it tolerates heat and humidity bett…
  Low
• 14 Riboflavin
  Riboflavin (vitamin B2), a water-soluble B vitamin. Used as a yellow-orange food color (E101) and as a vitamin fortificant.
  Low
• 15 Corn
  Edible cereal grain from Zea mays.
  Safe
• 16 Canola
  Canola (Brassica napus) — typically refers to canola oil, a low-erucic-acid rapeseed oil.
  Low
• 17 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