Caution

Flavored Lemon Pepper Seasoning

by Kroger

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0011110003065 · Kroger · Null. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0011110003065 · Serving size 1g

The verdict

Flavored Lemon Pepper Seasoning by Kroger scores 85/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 15 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 1 ingredient is flagged for caution. This is a focused 15-component label led by Salt, Black Pepper, Citric Acid; compare those leading ingredients with the product's processing and nutrition fields before deciding whether it fits your goal. This is not a recall, allergy, medical, or dietary-safety determination.

85/100
Caution safety score
1
One flagged · of 15 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
0011110003065
Barcode (UPC/EAN)

Computed directly from OpenFoodFacts ingredient data cross-referenced with FDA SAFFA and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings. See our methodology for the scoring formula.

Composite profile score

One verdict from three independent sources

60/100

Grade C+

Ingredient Safety

85/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

N/A

Nutri-Score front-of-pack nutrition grade

Weighted 50% ingredient safety / 25% processing level / 25% nutrition grade. A dimension with no data for this product (common: source coverage is partial) is dropped and its weight redistributes across the remaining dimensions, so missing data never silently lowers the score. See the full benchmark table.

10003065 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Flavored Lemon Pepper Seasoning label screening desk

SCORE-CAUT 85/100 FLAG-ONE 1 flagged LEN-FOCUSED 15 ing. REG-PART 40% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-UNK Nutri n/a RANK-MID Len top 50% LEAD-FLAG BHA PHOTO-FINISH Hot dog buns · ±0 BOOK-OFF …003065 · July 2026

6 of 15 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: BHA). Source sheet 10003065 · Open Food Facts · July 2026. The screening score and flag counts are in the verdict band above. This desk is the provenance stamp, not a second scorecard. Methodology · Read with nearest score peer: Hot dog buns · Nearest score peer is Hot dog buns at the same screening score.

Screening model notes

How Nutri-Score, NOVA, and list length read this record

The composite for this product falls in the second band of the four-tier framework. That band collects labels whose registry-rated components pull the derived score down measurably without dominating it. Position inside a band is not visible from the band name, and two labels sharing it can differ in how many components were rated and how severely. This is a threshold on an index computed here from public data, not a regulatory classification of any kind; the exact cut-offs are published on the methodology page.

No Nutri-Score grade is present for this record in the OpenFoodFacts snapshot this page is built from. The nutritional dimension is absent rather than assessed and withheld: the grade depends on a complete declared nutrition panel, and community-contributed records vary in how much of that panel they carry. Nothing about the missing grade implies anything either way about the panel itself. The screen below covers additive ratings only and does not depend on the nutrition figures.

A mid-length component list was parsed from this label. There are enough separate entries for the screen to match several independently, while each matched entry still carries visible weight in the resulting index. Lists of this size are the most common shape in the catalogue, which makes the composite here easier to place against comparable products than at either extreme.

Cross-brand screening score neighbourhood

1. Flavored Lemon Pepper Seasoning: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Flavored Lemon Pepper Sea…85/1002. Hot dog buns: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Hot dog buns85/1003. Four Wheat Whole Grain Wide Pan Bread: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Four Wheat Whole Grain Wi…85/1004. Kroger hamburger buns: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Kroger hamburger buns85/1005. All-Beef Hot Dogs made with Premium Beef: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. All-Beef Hot Dogs made wi…85/100
High-band neighbours for Flavored Lemon Pepper Seasoning (85/100) outside Kroger.
Chart values as text

Unit: PlainFoodSafe screening score out of 100. Data current as of July 2026.

Flavored Lemon Pepper Seasoning
85/100
Hot dog buns
85/100
Four Wheat Whole Grain Wide Pan Bread
85/100
Kroger hamburger buns
85/100
All-Beef Hot Dogs made with Premium Beef
85/100

How It Compares to Its Category

Among the 1,202 products we've scored in the Null category, the average safety score is 95.1/100. Flavored Lemon Pepper Seasoning scores 10.1 points below that category average (85/100 vs. 95.1/100), so it is a comparatively weaker pick for shoppers screening within that category specifically, rather than against the product catalog as a whole.

Ingredient-list length vs other Null products

Flavored Lemon Pepper Seasoning lists 15 ingredients on its label

15 50th percentile a longer ingredient list than 50% of the 1,052 products we track

0–2: 33 products (3%). Below this entry. 2–4: 56 products (5%). Below this entry. 4–6: 51 products (5%). Below this entry. 6–8: 73 products (7%). Below this entry. 8–10: 54 products (5%). Below this entry. 10–12: 112 products (11%). Below this entry. 12–14: 95 products (9%). Below this entry. 14–16: 132 products (13%). This entry sits in this band. 16–18: 191 products (18%). Above this entry. 18–20: 119 products (11%). Above this entry. 20–22: 47 products (4%). Above this entry. 22–24: 12 products (1%). Above this entry. 24–26: 13 products (1%). Above this entry. 26–28: 7 products (1%). Above this entry. 28–30: 10 products (1%). Above this entry. 30–32: 4 products (0%). Above this entry. 32–34: 11 products (1%). Above this entry. 34–36: 5 products (0%). Above this entry. 36–38: 2 products (0%). Above this entry. 38–40: 2 products (0%). Above this entry. 40–42: 23 products (2%). Above this entry. This product 0 42 every published Null product, bucketed by value

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more products. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Distribution as text

1,052 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 15 (50th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
33 products (3%)
2–4
56 products (5%)
4–6
51 products (5%)
6–8
73 products (7%)
8–10
54 products (5%)
10–12
112 products (11%)
12–14
95 products (9%)
14–16
132 products (13%)
16–18
191 products (18%)
18–20
119 products (11%)
20–22
47 products (4%)
22–24
12 products (1%)
24–26
13 products (1%)
26–28
7 products (1%)
28–30
10 products (1%)
30–32
4 products (0%)
32–34
11 products (1%)
34–36
5 products (0%)
36–38
2 products (0%)
38–40
2 products (0%)
40 and above
23 products (2%)

Source Open Food Facts, product label ingredient lists · July 2026

Ingredient-list length is a descriptive property of the label, not a safety rating. A longer list is not automatically worse and a shorter one is not automatically better; the count is shown so the label can be placed against a comparable population. The comparison here runs against the 1,052 Null products we publish with a parsed label, not against the whole catalogue, because list length varies far more between categories than within one.

Full Ingredient List

SALT, BLACK PEPPER, CITRIC ACID, ONION*, GARLIC*, SUGAR, SPICE, CALCIUM STEARATE AND SILICON DIOXIDE (ANTICAKING AGENTS), MALTODEXTRIN, ACACIA GUM, NATURAL LEMON FLAVOR, BHA (ANTIOXIDANT), YELLOW LAKE 5. *DEHYDRATED.

Categories

Null

High-score cross-brand comparables for Flavored Lemon Pepper Seasoning

Neighbours outside Kroger with screening scores in the same high band as Flavored Lemon Pepper Seasoning (85/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Kroger; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

BHA is the first flagged ingredient selected from Flavored Lemon Pepper Seasoning's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 15-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to BHA. Open BHA
  • Compare Flavored Lemon Pepper Seasoning's 1 flagged ingredients with a product from the same score neighbourhood. Compare labels
  • Check how caution flags contribute to the derived screening score before drawing a dietary conclusion. Read the method

This page describes published ingredient-list and source coverage. It is not dietary or medical advice.

Barcode 0011110003065: product data from Open Food Facts (July 2026). Screening from FDA SAFFA and CSPI Chemical Cuisine where attached. Figures are computed from those sources, not editor-typed. Methodology. Reference only, not dietary or medical advice.