Frito
Cheetos
Avoid · Flagged- Barcode
- Sold in
- USA
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- Monosodium Glutamate (MSG – Synthetic) Concentrated Excitotoxin / Glutamate Receptor Over-stimulationAvoid
- Vegetable Oil (Unspecified) Undisclosed blend — almost always refined soybean/canola.Avoid
- Sunflower Oil Industrially refined seed oil (same rule as canola/soybean).Avoid
- Canola Oil (Rapeseed Oil) Industrial Seed Oil / High Linoleic Acid & Processing OxidationAvoid
- Yellow 6 (Sunset Yellow FCF) Petroleum Synthetic Dye / Adrenal & Behavior StressAvoid
- Flavor (Unspecified) Undisclosed blend — same practical allowance as natural flavours.Use Caution
- Citric Acid (Manufactured / Mold-Derived) Fermentation Byproduct / Mold & Inflammatory ResponseUse Caution
- Sugar (Added) Added sugar — limit, not avoid.Use Caution
- Added Vitamins & Minerals Standard fortification nutrients — no toxic-burden concern.Clean
- Salt Everyday seasoning; no toxic-burden concern at normal use (sodium intake is a nutrition question, not a toxin).Clean
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Ingredients
0% 11% carbohydrate 15g dietary fiber less than 1g total sugars less than 1g protein 2g 6% 3% vitamin d omcg calcium 10mg ron 0,4mg potassium 50mg 0% 0% 2% 0% lot a significant source of added sugars, the % daily value (dv) tells you how much a nutrient in a serving of food contributes to a daily diet, 2,000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice, redients: enriched corn meal (corn meal, ferrous sulfate, niaci min mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), vegetable oil (cor dla, and/or sunflower oil), cheese seasoning (whey, chedda se (milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes], canola oil, maltodextre e from cornj, natural and artificial flavors, salt, whey prote centrate, monosodium glutamate, lactic acid, citric acid, artificil r[yellow 6]), and salt, ains milk ingredients, to-lay, inc, no, tx 75024-4099 006 frito-lay frito lay rth america, inc, en ee
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