I used to eat Doritos when I was younger, crazy good flavors and addicting as hell. After growing up a bit and educating myself on the dangers of MSG (monosodium glutamate), now I know why they are so damn addicting. Virtually all flavored Doritos contain MSG (no, it’s not just in Chinese food, contrary to popular belief). MSG is also linked to obesity in laboratory rodents. All one needs to do is turn your products over and read the ingredients list. Today many food items contain various forms of MSG hidden in other “harmless sounding” ingredients such as Hydrolyzed Corn Protein, Autolyzed Yeast Extract or Sodium Caseinate. Please see our more complete list of hidden sources of MSG.
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List of Doritos Flavors that contain MSG:
- DORITOS® Blazin’ Buffalo & Ranch Flavored Tortilla Chips
- DORITOS® COLLISIONS® Hot Wings and Blue Cheese Flavored Tortilla Chips
- DORITOS® COLLISIONS® Pizza Cravers and Ranch Flavored Tortilla Chips
- DORITOS® COLLISIONS® Zesty Taco and Chipotle Ranch Flavored Tortilla Chips
- DORITOS® COOL RANCH® Flavored Tortilla Chips
- DORITOS® Diablo Flavored Tortilla Chips
- DORITOS® Last Call Jalapeno Popper Flavored Tortilla Chips
- DORITOS® NACHO CHEESE® Flavored Tortilla Chips
- DORITOS® Reduced Fat COOL RANCH® Flavored Tortilla Chips
- DORITOS® Reduced Fat NACHO CHEESE® Flavored Tortilla Chips
- DORITOS® Salsa Verde Flavored Tortilla Chips
- DORITOS® Spicy Nacho Flavored Tortilla Chips
- DORITOS® Spicy Sweet Chili Flavored Tortilla Chips
- DORITOS® Taco Flavored Tortilla Chips
- DORITOS® Tacos at Midnight Flavored Tortilla Chips
- DORITOS® Toro Habanero Flavored Tortilla Chips
- BAKED! DORITOS® NACHO CHEESE® Flavored Tortilla Chips
- DORITOS® NACHO CHEESE® 100 Calorie Mini Bites Flavored Tortilla Chips
- DORITOS® NACHO CHEESE® Flavored Tortilla Chips 6 Count Singles
- DORITOS® NACHO CHEESE® Flavored Tortilla Chips 12 Count Singles
List of Doritos Chips that do not contain MSG:
- DORITOS® Toasted Corn Tortilla Chips
As you can see, I only found one Doritos Chips products without MSG, those are the plain ol’ regular corn chips. Which is about the only way you can avoid MSG if you want to eat chips. In virtually 99% of flavored chips, there is MSG, even in the organic and “natural” products. Some will contain Torula Yeast or Yeast Extract, which sounds very natural and harmless, but if you do your research you will know that Tah-Dah! There is MSG in those ingredients as well. If you want to enjoy some chips nowdays, you are usually safer to eat unflavored chips, be it corn, potato, flax seed etc. A tip: buy the unflavored chips and add your own seasonings that you Know does not have MSG, like cayanne pepper, chili powder, garlic, hot sauce or dip them in a mixture of basamic vinegar and olive oil.
Almost all of the flavors that contain MSG are in the form of straight up “Monosodium Glutamate”, however there is one flavor that I saw that did not contain Monosodium glutamate persay, but does contain MSG in the form of Sodium Caseinate, that is the Last Call Jalapeno Popper Flavored Tortilla Chips. Yes, this contains MSG as well, it’s just in a different form. If you care about the dangerous health effects of MSG you may want to avoid eating these products that contain it. As always: Read the Ingredient Label!