Why do Cheetos make my fingers so weird and sticky?

I can't say why your fingers are weird, but the same characteristics that makes the coating stick to the Cheetos are also making them also stick to your fingers. read more

I can't say why your fingers are weird, but the same characteristics that makes the coating stick to the Cheetos are also making them also stick to your fingers. The cheese 'dust' in Cheetos is made from glutamate, whey isolate, lactic acid, citric acid, malto dextrine and cheese powder. read more

Getting sticky, tangy orange dust everywhere is usually considered a drawback of snacking on Cheetos. But that messy, colorful coating is actually one of the reasons people love Cheetos so much. Or at least that's what companies analyzing our brain activity think. read more