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Doritos

Nachos cheese

CModerate GoutMarket grade · Moderate · #17 of 32 corn and tortilla chips we grade

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Purine and sugar, by the numbers

Serving12 chips (28 g)
Purine per servingunder 1 mg (0% of the 400 mg daily guide)
Purine per 100 gat most 4 mg
Purine before GoutSafe's weightingat most 3 mg per serving
Main purine sourcecorn
Fructose per serving0.5 g
Added sugar per servingnot on the label
Total sugar per serving1 g

The weighted figure is lower than the one before weighting because GoutSafe counts purine from plants at a fraction of the same amount from meat or fish. The grade uses the weighted figure.

Where the purine comes from

IngredientMatched GoutSafe foodPurine in that food, per 100 gShare of the productPurine at that share, per servingCounted in the worst case
corn corn (A) 12 mg up to 100% 3 mg under 1 mg
corn corn (A) 12 mg up to 33% 1 mg under 1 mg
cheddar cheese cheddar cheese (A) 7 mg up to 2% under 1 mg under 1 mg
romano cheese cheddar cheese (A) 7 mg up to 2% under 1 mg under 1 mg
romano cheese cheddar cheese (A) 7 mg up to 2% under 1 mg under 1 mg
corn flour corn (A) 12 mg up to 2% under 1 mg under 1 mg
tomato powder tomatoes (A) 7 mg up to 2% under 1 mg under 1 mg
red and green bell pepper powder red and green bell peppers (A) 1 mg up to 2% under 1 mg under 1 mg

Purine values come from each matched food's page on GoutSafe. Shares come from label order: US labels list ingredients by weight, so the second ingredient is at most half the product, and anything after "2% or less" is at most 2%. The worst case fills the most purine-dense ingredients to their full share first, until the shares reach the whole product, then applies GoutSafe's weighting by source, which counts plant purines at 0.3, dairy at 0 and organ meat at 1.3 because they raise uric acid by different amounts. The grade uses that worst case. How we rate.

Why it's rated C

  • Open Food Facts classes it as ultra-processed (NOVA 4), and GoutSafe's rule keeps ultra-processed foods at Moderate (C) or below. Source on GoutSafe.
  • Up to 1 mg of purine per serving, under 2% of the 400 mg daily guide. Source on GoutSafe.
  • The panel lists 1 g of total sugars per serving and no added-sugar line.

Estimated from the ingredient label. Labels list ingredients by weight but rarely give amounts, so we grade on the most purine the label allows, which can read stricter than the real recipe and never safer. Sugar comes from the Nutrition Facts panel. How we rate.

What's on the label

Ingredients: CORN, VEGETABLE OIL (SUNFLOWER, CANOLA, AND/OR CORN OIL), MALTODEXTRIN (MADE FROM CORN), AND LESS THAN 2% OF THE FOLLOWING: SALT, CHEDDAR CHEESE (MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES), WHEY, MONOSODIUM GLUTAMATE, BUTTERMILK, ROMANO CHEESE (PART-SKIM COW'S MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES), ROMANO CHEESE (COW'S MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES), WHEY PROTEIN CONCENTRATE, ONION POWDER, CORN FLOUR, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, DEXTROSE, TOMATO POWDER, LACTOSE, SPICES, ARTIFICIAL COLOR (YELLOW 6, YELLOW 5, RED 40), LACTIC ACID, CITRIC ACID, SUGAR, GARLIC POWDER, SKIM MILK, RED AND GREEN BELL PEPPER POWDER, DISODIUM INOSINATE, DISODIUM GUANYLATE, POTASSIUM CHLORIDE, AND SODIUM CASEINATE.

Serving: 12 chips (28 g). Label from USDA FoodData Central (record 2672123), dated 2023-11-16. UPC 028400516464. This label is over a year old and the recipe may have changed. Check the package.

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