Do Takis Fuego give you cancer?

Answer 1

The ingredients of Takis: Fuego are: corn flour, hydrogenated soybean and/or canola and/or palm and/or sunflower oil, seasoning [salt, sugar, natural flavor, artificial flavor, citric acid, soybean protein, yeast extract, monosodium glutamate, maltodextrin, sodium diacetate, partially hydrogenated soybean oil, artificial colors (fd&c red no. 40 lake, fd&c yellow no. 6 lake), onion powder, Chile extract, sodium bicarbonate, sodium guanylate, sodium inosinate and silicon dioxide (no more than 2% as anticaking agent)] and antioxidants (bht and/or tbhq and/or propylene glycol and/or bha).

Hydrogenated and partially hydrogenated oils can be carcinogenic. Some of the other ingredients, like Yellow #6 also have harmful, but not cancer causing properties. Takis: Fuego chips are highly processed and have minimal nutritional value.