Taco Bell 的玉米片奶酪酱里没有奶酪。成分列表以脱脂牛奶和奶酪乳清开头。

玉米片奶酪酱的成分包括脱脂牛奶、奶酪乳清、水、植物油、改性食品淀粉、麦芽糊精，然后是 2% 或更少的天然香料、海盐、墨西哥辣椒泥、醋、水解酵母提取物、乳酸、纤维素胶、磷酸二钾、柠檬酸、柠檬酸钾、硬脂酰乳酰钠，以及胭脂树色素和辣椒红素以提供颜色。

奶酪乳清是牛奶凝固后、凝乳被取出制成奶酪时剩下的液体。它很便宜，带有一些奶酪的味道，但没有奶酪的质感，所以油和改性淀粉补充了质感，而酵母提取物则补充了鲜味。橙色来自胭脂树色素和辣椒红素，而不是来自切达奶酪，因为里面根本没有奶酪。

Taco Bell 将其列为认证素食，确实是。

Taco Bell's nacho cheese sauce has no cheese in it. The list starts with nonfat milk and cheese whey.

Nacho cheese sauce reads nonfat milk, cheese whey, water, vegetable oil, modified food starch, maltodextrin, then 2% or less of natural flavors, sea salt, jalapeno puree, vinegar, autolyzed yeast extract, lactic acid, cellulose gum, dipotassium phosphate, citric acid, potassium citrate, sodium stearoyl lactylate, and annatto and oleoresin paprika for color.

Cheese whey is the liquid left over after milk is curdled and the curd is taken out to become cheese. It's cheap, it carries some of the cheese taste, but it has none of the body, so the oil and the modified starch put the body back while the yeast extract puts the savory back. The orange comes from annatto and paprika, not from cheddar, because there isn't any.

Taco Bell lists it as certified vegetarian, which it is.