Blue Heat Tortilla Chips

Breakdown

Ultra-processed · 7 ingredients to avoid

Takis Blue Heat Tortilla Chips scores 5/100 on Tallow — our avoid band. That number comes from what is on the label: the ingredients, how processed it is, and what it is packaged in. Per serving it carries 6g fiber, 6g protein and 3g sugar. It is not a verdict on your diet — Tallow does not weigh calories, portion size or how often you eat it, so a high score means the ingredients are clean, not that the food is unlimited.

Takis Blue Heat Tortilla Chips lists 19 ingredients, starting with Precooked Maize Flour, Vegetable Oils, Sunflower and Maize In Variable Proportions, Maltodextrin and Sugar. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

514 kcal per serving, or 514 kcal per 100g. Calories are only part of the picture — Tallow scores Takis Blue Heat Tortilla Chips on what the ingredients are, not how many calories they carry.

At 5/100 Takis Blue Heat Tortilla Chips scores worse than most chips & crisps we have scored. A higher-scoring option in chips & crisps is VANDY Classic Potato Chips at 95/100.