Cheetos
Flamin’ Hot Limon Crunchy Cheese Flavored Snacks
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- Size
- 1
- 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
- Yellow 6 (Sunset Yellow FCF) Petroleum Synthetic Dye / Adrenal & Behavior StressAvoid
- Yellow 5 (Tartrazine) Petroleum Synthetic Dye / Zinc Depletion & AllergyAvoid
- Red 40 (Allura Red AC) Petroleum Synthetic Dye / Neuro-Behavioral DisruptionAvoid
- Canola Oil (Rapeseed Oil) Industrial Seed Oil / High Linoleic Acid & Processing OxidationAvoid
- Natural Flavors (Undisclosed) Proprietary Mixture LoopholeUse Caution
- Maltodextrin Highly processed starch filler; high glycemic.Use Caution
- Citric Acid (Manufactured / Mold-Derived) Fermentation Byproduct / Mold & Inflammatory ResponseUse Caution
- Sugar (Added) Added sugar — limit, not avoid.Use Caution
- Garlic Powder Dried garlic.Clean
- Onion Powder Dried onion.Clean
- Added Vitamins & Minerals Standard fortification nutrients — no toxic-burden concern.Clean
- Yeast Whole yeast (not to be confused with yeast extract, a hidden-MSG source).Clean
- Salt Everyday seasoning; no toxic-burden concern at normal use (sodium intake is a nutrition question, not a toxin).Clean
Ingredients
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Ingredients
enriched corn meal (corn meal, ferrous sulfate, niacin, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, and folic acid), vegetable oil (corn, canola and/or sunflower oil), and 2% or less of the following: maltodextrin (made from corn), salt, potassium salt, sugar, monosodium glutamate, yeast extract, citric acid, artificial color (red 40 lake, yellow 6 lake, yellow 6, yellow 5), cheddar cheese (milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), onion powder, whey, whey protein concentrate, garlic powder, natural flavors, buttermilk, sodium diacetate, disodium inosinate, and disodium guanylate.contains milk ingredients.
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