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Spicy Queso Dip Mix

Contains FD&C Yellow #5 and #6

This cheese-based dip mix includes cheddar, blue cheese, jalapeño and other dehydrated vegetables. It also contains artificial colors, maltodextrin and natural flavor.

Seed-oil freeNo artificial flavorsNo synthetic preservativesNo added nitritesNo gums or thickenersNo gluten ingredientsVegetarianContains dairy
$4.99 lowest price at The Chili Guys | Lulu's Farm
Price and stock checked Oct 30, 2026
Key nutrition facts

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Ingredients: Cheddar cheese powder (cheddar cheese (milk, salt, cheese cultures and enzymes), whey, buttermilk, salt, disodium phosphate, FD&C Yellow #5 and #6), dehydrated vegetables (onion, garlic, tomato, jalapeno), blue cheese flavor (nonfat milk, maltodextrin, blue cheese (thermalized cow's milk, salt, starter culture, rennet, P. Roqueforti), unsalted butter (pasteurized cream, natural flavor, salt, sodium citrate), spices
55 / 100
Fair Scored automatically
Weighted as salt, spices, baking staplesLow confidence · Scored on 2 of 11 inputs
Nutrition facts not available. Scored on its ingredients, processing, sourcing and transparency; the Nutrition part is neutral until we can read the label.Your product? Claim this listing to add the label and it’s scored in full.
Nutrition · counts 5%50
Ingredients · counts 45%71
Processing · counts 20%30
Sourcing · counts 10%50
Transparency · counts 20%50
Why it scores 55
Nutrition 50 · Used in small amounts, so nutrition barely counts
Ingredients 71 · Yellow 5 (synthetic dye, −15); Added phosphates (additive, −10); Natural flavours (additive, −4)
Processing 30 · Cheese powders, maltodextrin, flavoring and artificial colors make this a highly formulated mix.
Sourcing 50 · No sourcing or production practices are stated for the ingredients.
Transparency 50 · Ingredients are listed, but flavoring and spices are not fully specified.
Contains FD&C Yellow #5 and #6
Contains maltodextrin and natural flavor
Evidence behind the Ingredients deductions
Moderate, evolving−15 for yellow 5
Varies by additive−14 for added phosphates, natural flavours
Scored Oct 20, 2026 · Scoring guide v3.1 · Updated Oct 20, 2026 · See what changed

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Ingredients
Cheddar cheese powder (cheddar cheese (milk, salt, cheese cultures and enzymes), whey, buttermilk, salt, disodium phosphate, FD&C Yellow #5 and #6) Dehydrated vegetables (onion, garlic, tomato, jalapeno) Blue cheese flavor (nonfat milk Maltodextrin Blue cheese (thermalized cow's milk, salt, starter culture, rennet, P. Roqueforti) Unsalted butter (pasteurized cream, natural flavor, salt, sodium citrate) Spices
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Sourcing

Origin not disclosed on the product page.

Additives3 additives · 1 moderate risk
Added phosphates (E339–E343, E450–E452)StabiliserModerate risk
Absorbed more readily than natural phosphorus; high intakes are linked to kidney and heart risks, and EFSA set a limit in 2019.
MaltodextrinFillerLimited risk
Highly processed starch that raises blood sugar quickly and adds no nutrition.
Natural flavoursFlavouringLimited risk
An undisclosed mix of extracts and carriers; the label doesn’t say what’s in it or how it was made.
Matched from the ingredient list. Risk levels summarise findings from EFSA, the FDA, IARC and published studies; they explain a concern, not a diagnosis.

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