NewEvery McDonald's item ranked by sugar, salt and calories for your ageMcDonald's, ranked for your age

Doritos Chilli Heatwave nutrition

Figures from Doritos’ published nutrition information, collected by Boone. Data checks are led by Murray Dare.

Traffic lights, per single bag (40g)Colours from FSA guidance, per 100gHow
Energy196 kcal10% of RI2,050 kJ, 490 kcal per 100g
Saturates1gMedium5% of RI2.5g per 100g
Sugars0.8gLow1% of RI2g per 100g
Salt0.63gHigh11% of RI1.58g per 100g

Colours use the Food Standards Agency front-of-pack thresholds per 100g. RI is the adult reference intake. Boone does not hold fat figures for this product, so it is not shown.

How much
Who is eating
196kcal15% of the day
!Nothing is over 30% of their daily limits in single bag (40g).
CaloriesEnergy196 kcal15%
Reference 1,291 kcal
Total sugarWithin limit0.8g4%
Limit 19g free sugar (NHS)
Saturated fatWithin limit1g7%
Guide 14g: Boone estimate, 10% of energy. No NHS limit at this age
SaltWithin limit0.63g21%
Limit 3g (NHS)
ProteinTarget2.5g
No set target for this age

Single bag (40g) of Chilli Heatwave. Figures from Doritos; portion figures calculated by Boone. Free sugar cannot be worked out without the ingredient list, so total sugar is shown against the free sugar limit as an upper bound. How

Spotted something wrong? Report an errorWe check every report against the source and log what we change.

Sugar in a portion of Doritos Chilli Heatwave

Total sugar0.8gin single bag (40g)
Teaspoons0.2One teaspoon is 4g
0.2 teaspoons of sugar

Boone does not hold an ingredient list for this product, so it cannot split free sugar from sugar that occurs naturally. The shares on the right treat all of it as free sugar, so they are the most it could be.

Up to 0.8g against the NHS free sugar limit
Age 4 to 6 19g a day4%
Age 7 to 10 24g a day3%
Age 11 and over 30g a day3%

The NHS free sugar limit is 19g a day at age 4 to 6, 24g at 7 to 10 and 30g from 11.

How it compares with other crisps & savoury snacks

#71 of 117 crisps & savoury snacks for least salt per 100g.

Sorted by salt per 100gHow

Among all 117 crisps & savoury snacks

Where it sits per 100g against every crisps & savoury snacks product in the Boone database.

Sugar2g per 100g
0gMiddle 2g66.5g

More sugar than 50% of the 117 crisps & savoury snacks.

Saturated fat2.5g per 100g
0.3gMiddle 2.5g12.5g

More saturated fat than 50% of the 117 crisps & savoury snacks.

Salt1.58g per 100g
0gMiddle 1.41g5.22g

More salt than 60% of the 117 crisps & savoury snacks.

Calories490 kcal per 100g
273 kcalMiddle 505 kcal549 kcal

Fewer calories than 63% of the 117 crisps & savoury snacks.

Is Doritos Chilli Heatwave ultra-processed?

NOVA group 4
1 Unprocessed
2 Ingredients
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Group 4: ultra-processed. Made with industrial processes or ingredients. How NOVA works →

Boone does not hold a full ingredient list for this product, so the group is assigned from the type of food. Check the pack for the ingredients.

Doritos Chilli Heatwave nutrition by portion

Boone does not hold figures for fat, carbohydrate and fibre for this product.

Per100gSingle bag (40g)Large bag (80g)Sharing bag (150g)
Energy490 kcal196 kcal392 kcal735 kcal
of which saturates2.5g1.0g2.0g3.8g
of which sugars2.0g0.8g1.6g3.0g
Protein6.2g2.5g5.0g9.4g
Salt1.58g0.63g1.26g2.37g

Quick answers

How many calories are in Doritos Chilli Heatwave?+

196 kcal in single bag (40g). Per 100g it is 490 kcal.

How much sugar is in Doritos Chilli Heatwave?+

0.8g of sugar in single bag (40g), about 0.2 teaspoons. Without an ingredient list Boone cannot say how much of it is free sugar.

How much salt is in Doritos Chilli Heatwave?+

0.63g in single bag (40g): 21% of the 3g daily limit for a child aged 4 to 6 and 11% of the 6g adult limit.

Is Doritos Chilli Heatwave ultra-processed?+

Yes, NOVA group 4.

Where the figures come from

Source. Doritos’ published nutrition information, per 100g as sold.

Collected. Copied by Boone from Doritos’ published figures. Data checks are led by Murray Dare.

Calculated by Boone. Portion figures, traffic lights. Labelled where they appear.

Limits. NHS free sugar and salt limits by age; UK reference intakes for adults.

Track your day in the Boone app