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==Ingredients== The original plain chips (Toasted Corn, a discontinued US variety as of 2019, but available in the UK branded as 'Lightly Salted') are made of ground corn ([[maize]]), vegetable oil, and salt. Other ingredients vary across the flavored chip varieties. Doritos made for the US market generally do not use pork-derived animal [[rennet]] in the making of the cheese flavorings used on the chip.<ref>{{Cite web |date=October 18, 2012 |title=U.S. Products Made Without Pork (Porcine) Enzymes |url=http://www.fritolay.com/your-health/us-products-made-without-porcine-enzymes.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130116071222/http://www.fritolay.com/your-health/us-products-made-without-porcine-enzymes.html |archive-date=January 16, 2013 |access-date=October 22, 2012 |publisher=Frito-Lay |df=mdy-all}}</ref> * Nacho Cheese Doritos ingredients (U.S.), in order of percent of product: whole corn, vegetable oil (corn, soybean, and/or sunflower oil), salt, cheddar cheese (milk, cheese cultures, salt, [[rennet|enzymes]]), [[maltodextrin]], [[whey]], [[monosodium glutamate]], buttermilk solids, romano cheese (part skim cow's milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), [[whey protein isolate|whey protein concentrate]], onion powder, [[partially hydrogenated oil|partially hydrogenated soybean]] and [[cottonseed oil]], corn flour, [[disodium phosphate]], [[lactose]], natural and artificial flavor, dextrose, tomato powder, spices, [[lactic acid]], artificial color (including [[Yellow 6]], [[Yellow 5]], [[Red 40]]), citric acid, sugar, garlic powder, red and green bell pepper powder, [[sodium caseinate]], [[disodium inosinate]], [[disodium guanylate]], nonfat milk solids, [[whey protein isolate]], corn syrup solids.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Snacks |url=http://www.fritolay.com/our-snacks/doritos-nacho-cheese-12count.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130126060502/http://www.fritolay.com/our-snacks/doritos-nacho-cheese-12count.html |archive-date=January 26, 2013 |access-date=November 10, 2011 |website=fritolay.com |df=mdy-all}}</ref> In 1996, ''[[The Onion]]'', a satirical newspaper and website, featured an article with the headline "Doritos Celebrates One Millionth Ingredient", lampooning Frito-Lay for the sheer number of ingredients found in Doritos.<ref>{{Cite web |date=May 14, 1996 |title=Doritos Celebrates One Millionth Ingredient |url=http://www.theonion.com/articles/doritos-celebrates-one-millionth-ingredient,19914 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120821172424/http://www.theonion.com/articles/doritos-celebrates-one-millionth-ingredient,19914/ |archive-date=August 21, 2012 |access-date=October 22, 2012 |website=The Onion}}</ref> Concerns have been raised that the oils, flavorings and additives used in Doritos and other Frito-Lay products may be unhealthy.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Brown |first=Jill S. |date=March 24, 2014 |title=Dump Your Doritos, Fritos and Cheetos! There's No Excuse for Eating Junk Food Anymore |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jill-s-brown/dump-your-doritos-fritos-_b_4988891.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160104172927/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jill-s-brown/dump-your-doritos-fritos-_b_4988891.html |archive-date=January 4, 2016 |website=[[Huffington Post]]}}</ref>
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