Cheese flavored corn sticks, pretzels, rice crackers, rye chips, honey roasted sesame sticks & garlic breadsticks snack fusion traditional blend, cheese
Contains 4 flagged ingredients
Cheese flavored corn sticks, pretzels, rice crackers, rye chips, honey roasted sesame sticks & garlic breadsticks snack fusion traditional blend, cheese receives a safety score of 20/100 based on ingredient analysis using FDA Substances Added to Food (SAFFA) data and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings. The product contains 4 ingredients that have been flagged for potential safety concerns by regulatory or consumer advocacy databases. Product label data is sourced from the OpenFoodFacts collaborative database. See the full ingredient breakdown and safety assessment below.
What the Data Says About
Cheese flavored corn sticks, pretzels, rice crackers, rye chips, honey roasted sesame sticks & garlic breadsticks snack fusion traditional blend, cheese carries a composite safety score of 20/100, which we classify as "Avoid" on our four-tier shelf-label framework. The score is computed by mapping each labeled ingredient against FDA Substances Added to Food (SAFFA) regulatory status and CSPI Chemical Cuisine classifications, then penalizing the overall product for each additive rated as caution-or-worse. Product data originates from the OpenFoodFacts collaborative catalog; safety annotations come from federal regulators and the Center for Science in the Public Interest.
Our scan identified 4 flagged ingredients in this product — components that at least one official source has classified as requiring caution, targeted avoidance, or further evaluation. Flagged ingredients are the items most likely to surface in FDA inspection findings, state-level ingredient bans, or outbreak-related recall notices, so the per-ingredient breakdown below is the most useful lens for anyone screening this product for a specific dietary concern.
On the NOVA processing scale, Cheese flavored corn sticks, pretzels, rice crackers, rye chips, honey roasted sesame sticks & garlic breadsticks snack fusion traditional blend, cheese is classified as Group 4 (Ultra-processed). NOVA measures industrial processing intensity rather than ingredient-level safety, so it complements the SAFFA and CSPI ratings: a product can be clean on additive flags but heavily processed, or lightly processed but carry individually flagged ingredients. Combining both lenses gives a fuller picture than either alone. The Nutri-Score grade of D reflects nutritional balance — calories, saturated fat, sugar, sodium versus fiber, protein, and produce content — which again is a distinct dimension from additive safety and worth weighing alongside the scores above.
Safety Profile at a Glance
| Metric | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| PlainFoodSafe Score | 20/100 | FDA SAFFA + CSPI composite |
| Flagged ingredients | 4 | CSPI/FDA review |
| NOVA processing group | Group 4 | OpenFoodFacts |
| Nutri-Score | D | OpenFoodFacts |
Composite metric derived from FDA SAFFA, CSPI Chemical Cuisine, OpenFoodFacts. See methodology.
Ingredient Safety Analysis
Full Ingredient List
Cheese flavored corn sticks (yellow corn masa flour, soybean oil, cheddar cheese seasoning [dehydrated cheese flavor {cheddar cheese (pasteurized milk cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), whey, salt, disodium phosphate, yellow 5, yellow 6}, dried whey, salt, buttermilk powder, dextrose, onion and garlic powders, citric acid, yellow 6 lake, extractive of turmeric {color}, paprika oleoresin {color}, lactic acid, natural and artificial flavoring]), pretzels (enriched wheat flour [wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamin mononitrate riboflavin, folic acid], salt, contains less than 2% of: high oleic canola oil and/or soybean oil, corn syrup, barley malt extract, leavening [yeast, sodium bicarbonate and/or ammonium bicarbonate]), rice crackers (glutinous rice soy sauce [water, soybeans, wheat, salt], sugar, modified tapioca starch, sesame seeds, seaweed, chili extract, yellow 6, yellow 5), rye chips (wheat flour, canola oil, rye flour, salt, 2% or less of: yeast [yeast, sorbitan monosterate, ascorbic acid], sugar, caraway, worcestershire sauce powder [molasses, vinegar, corn syrup, caramel color, garlic, sugar, spices, tamarind, natural flavor, maltodextrin], dextrose, spice, garlic powder, onion powder, yeast extract, disdoium inosinate and guanylate), honey roasted sesame sticks (enriched wheat flour [wheat flour, malted barley flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid], soybean oil, sesame seeds, honey coating [sugar, honey, wheat starch], bulgur wheat, tack blend [maltidextrin, xanthan gum], salt, beet powder [color], turmeric [color]), garlic breadsticks (enriched wheat flour [wheat flour, malted barley flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid], soybean oil, garlic powder, yeast, corn and malt syrup, salt, garlic oil), seasoning (dextrose, salt, maltodextrin, sugar, salt, caramel color, garlic, sucrose, spices, tamarind, natural flavor], dehydrated onion, mustard seed, dehydrated garlic, brewers yest extract, caramel color).
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Data Sources
Data as of 2025. Source: OpenFoodFacts, FDA SAFFA, CSPI Chemical Cuisine.
Product data from OpenFoodFacts (ODbL). Ingredient safety ratings from FDA SAFFA and CSPI Chemical Cuisine. See our methodology for details.
This information is for reference only and does not constitute dietary or medical advice.
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