Is Doritos halal?

Doubtful (mushbooh)

Doritos contains doubtful (mushbooh) ingredients or additives — see why below.

Automated classification, not a religious ruling. No scholar or certification body has reviewed this assessment — always check the product's own halal certification.

Doritos
Doritos

Why is this flagged?

  • E270 — Doubtful (mushbooh)

Product facts

Brand Doritos
Nutri-Score D
NOVA group 4
Eco-Score B
Food-safety regulator U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Food safety only — not a halal authority.

Doritos's ingredient and additive data is cross-referenced against Codex/INS numbering, the same system used by food-safety regulators worldwide.

Additives

  • E270 — Lactic acid (preservative) (acid) (Doubtful (mushbooh))
  • E330 — Citric acid (Halal)
  • E621 — Monosodium glutamate(MSG) (Halal)
  • E627 — Disodium guanylate, sodium guanylate (Halal)
  • E631 — Disodium inosinate (Unknown)

Ingredients

SELECTED CORN, VEGETABLE OIL, SEASONING (CORN MALTODEXTRIN, SALT, CHEDDAR CHEESE, WHEY, MONOSODIUM GLUTAMATE, BUTTERMILK, ROMANO CHEESE, WHEY PROTEIN CONCENTRATE, ONION POWDER, VEGETABLE OIL, CORN FLOUR, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVOUR, DEXTROSE, TOMATO POWDER, LACTOSE, SPICES, COLOUR, LACTIC ACID, CITRIC ACID, SUGAR, GARLIC POWDER, SKIM MILK, RED AND GREEN BELL PEPPER POWDER, DISODIUM INOSINATE, DISODIUM GUANYLATE), CALCIUM HYDROXIDE CONTAINS MILK INGREDIENTS. GLUTEN-FREE. INGRÉDIENTS : MAÏS CHOISI, HUILE VÉGÉTALE, ASSAISONNEMENT (MALTODEXTRINE DE MAÏS, SEL, FROMAGE CHEDDAR, LACTOSERUM GLUTAMATE MONOSODIQUE, BABEURRE, FROMAGE ROMANO CONCENTRÉ PROTÉIQUE DE LACTOSÉRUM, OIGNON EN POUDRE HUILE VÉGÉTALE, FARINE DE MAÏS, ARÔMES NATUREL ET ARTIFICIEL DEXTROSE, POUDRE DE TOMATES, LACTOSE, ÉPICES, COLORANT, ACIDE LACTIQUE, ACIDE CITRIQUE, SUCRE, POUDRE D'AIL, LAIT ÉCRÉMÉ, POUDRE DE POIVRONS ROUGES ET VERTS, INOSINATE DISODIQUE, GUANYLATE DISODIQUE), HYDROXYDE DE CALCIUM. CONTIENT DES INGRÉDIENTS DU LAIT. SANS GLUTEN. Gluten-Free Sans gluten IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ABOUT THIS PRODUCT 000-376-2257 TE TO US AT

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