# Is there a scientific word for 'Cheeto chaff?' **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 9, 2019, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-scientific-word-for-cheeto-chaff/836768 "2019-07-09T13:52:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2019, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-scientific-word-for-cheeto-chaff/836768/1 "2019-07-09T13:52:52Z")
You know, the residue that cakes on the fingers after eating a bag or three of you favorite cheese-flavored corn puff snacks? You also get it in smaller amounts going thru a back of barbecue potato chips and various other fired bagged junk food. ---
**Author:** ![scr4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/59ef9b/32.png) [@scr4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scr4)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2019, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-scientific-word-for-cheeto-chaff/836768/2 "2019-07-09T13:55:18Z")
[Palatant](https://healthypets.mercola.com/sites/healthypets/archive/2017/09/02/dry-pet-food-palatants.aspx)? šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![yanceylebeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yanceylebeef/32/12290_2.png) [@yanceylebeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yanceylebeef)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2019, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-scientific-word-for-cheeto-chaff/836768/3 "2019-07-09T15:53:41Z")
Birth Control. ---
**Author:** ![Yodalicious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yodalicious/32/8195_2.png) [@Yodalicious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yodalicious)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2019, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-scientific-word-for-cheeto-chaff/836768/4 "2019-07-09T16:47:15Z")
According to Rich Hall - [Cheedle](https://www.astro.umd.edu/~avondale/extra/Humor/MiscellaneousHumor/Sniglets.html). ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2019, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-scientific-word-for-cheeto-chaff/836768/5 "2019-07-09T17:03:22Z")
Wasnā€™t that the guy who played War Machine in the Marvel movies? You could certainly call it ā€œresidueā€, but thatā€™s a lot more general than just snack food powder. Probably the best you can do with standard, recognized terms is ā€œCheeto residueā€. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2019, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-scientific-word-for-cheeto-chaff/836768/6 "2019-07-09T17:19:00Z")
I always thought of it as cheeto dust. ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2019, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-scientific-word-for-cheeto-chaff/836768/7 "2019-07-09T18:10:17Z")
I donā€™t know what to call it, but you can avoid it by eating the Cheetos with chop sticks. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2019, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-scientific-word-for-cheeto-chaff/836768/8 "2019-07-09T18:22:11Z")
Itā€™s cheddar cheese powder. You can purchase it on its own, Iā€™ve read that itā€™s awesome to put on mac and cheese. > **[Amazon.com: Cheddar Cheese Powder by Hoosier Hill Farm, 1 lb : Grocery &...](https://www.amazon.com/Cheddar-Cheese-Hoosier-Hill-Farm/dp/B008GG9ZS8)** > > Amazon.com: Cheddar Cheese Powder by Hoosier Hill Farm, 1 lb : Grocery & Gourmet Food On the ingredients list of a bag of Cheetos, they call it: **Cheese Seasoning (Whey, Cheddar Cheese [Milk, Cheese Cultures, Salt, Enzymes] Canola Oil, Maltodextrin [Made from Corn], Natural and Artificial Flavors, Salt, Whey Protein Concentrate, Monosodium Glutamate, Lactic Acid, Citric Acid, Artificial Color [Yellow 6])** The New Yorker wrote an article about cheese powder, read it if youā€™re interested: > **[Object of Interest: Cheese Powder](https://www.newyorker.com/tech/annals-of-technology/object-of-interest-cheese-powder)** > > Cheese may be ā€œmilkā€™s leap toward immortality,ā€ but until the development of processed cheese in the early twentieth century, it still readily spoiled. ---
**Author:** ![psychonaut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/psychonaut/32/4655_2.png) [@psychonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychonaut)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2019, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-scientific-word-for-cheeto-chaff/836768/9 "2019-07-09T18:42:24Z")
> [@Yllaria](#): > > I donā€™t know what to call it, but you can avoid it by eating the Cheetos with chop sticks. This is genius. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2019, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-scientific-word-for-cheeto-chaff/836768/10 "2019-07-09T22:30:08Z")
Fairy dust. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2019, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-scientific-word-for-cheeto-chaff/836768/11 "2019-07-09T22:45:29Z")
Moved to Cafe Society. Colibri General Questions Moderator ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2019, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-scientific-word-for-cheeto-chaff/836768/12 "2019-07-10T20:31:45Z")
Topical carotenosis. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2019, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-scientific-word-for-cheeto-chaff/836768/13 "2019-07-10T21:45:48Z")
Crumbs. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2019, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-scientific-word-for-cheeto-chaff/836768/14 "2019-07-11T17:00:11Z")
> [@Yodalicious](#): > > According to Rich Hall - [Cheedle](https://www.astro.umd.edu/~avondale/extra/Humor/MiscellaneousHumor/Sniglets.html). Seconded. One of the few Sniglets I still use on a regular basis. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2019, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-scientific-word-for-cheeto-chaff/836768/15 "2019-07-11T17:32:43Z")
Whatever itā€™s called, you donā€™t want to eat Cheetos while watching porn flicks. ā˜¹