Cheese & Garlic Croutons
by Kroger
Open Food Facts label for barcode 0011110091253 · Kroger · Null. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.
The verdict
Cheese & Garlic Croutons by Kroger scores 85/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 47 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 1 ingredient is flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 47-component record, beginning with Enriched Flour, Wheat Flour, Barley Malt. That density can include amounts and label fragments, so verify the physical label before relying on ingredient order or completeness. This is not a recall, allergy, medical, or dietary-safety determination.
- 85/100
- Caution safety score
- 1
- One flagged · of 47 analyzed
- Group 4
- Ultra-processed
- E
- Nutri-Score nutrition grade
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
50/100
Grade C-
Ingredient Safety
85/100
FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening
Processing Level
NOVA 4
Ultra-processed foods
Nutrition Grade
E
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.
10091253 · Open Food Facts · July 2026
Cheese & Garlic Croutons label screening desk
16 of 47 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: TBHQ). Source sheet 10091253 · 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: Classic White Bread · Nearest score peer is Classic White Bread 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.
Nutri-Score assigned its lowest band to this label. The algorithm reserves that grade for nutrition panels where the values it penalises sit well above the components it credits. The two systems on this page measure genuinely different things: a product can hold this grade while carrying no additive flagged by the registries screened below, and a product graded well can carry several. Neither reading substitutes for the other, and the per-component table is where the additive picture is set out.
The declared list is among the longer ones in this catalogue. A component set this wide means the screen returns many individual ratings, and the composite accumulates a large number of small contributions instead of turning on a handful of entries. At this length the per-component table below is substantially more informative than the single figure, because the figure compresses a great deal of variation into one number.
Cross-brand screening score neighbourhood
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. Cheese & Garlic Croutons 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
Cheese & Garlic Croutons lists 47 ingredients on its label
47 99th percentile a longer ingredient list than 99% of the 1,052 products we track
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
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- 33 products (3%)
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- 47 products (4%)
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- 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.
Ingredient Safety Analysis
How the 85/100 score is built
Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (1 flagged of 47 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.
Full Ingredient List
ENRICHED FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, BARLEY MALT, NIACIAN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMIN MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), PARTIALLY HYDROGENATED SOYBEAN OIL, HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP, DEHYDRATED CHEDDAR, PARMESAN AND ROMANO CHEESE (WHEY,BUTTERMILK [PASTEURIZED CULTURED MILK, ENZYMES],REDUCED LACTOSE WHEY, MALTODEXTRIN, SODIUM PHOSPHATE, MILK, CREAM, CULTURES, SODIUM SASEINATE, CITRIC ACID, LACTIC ACID), SALT, YEAST. CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF WHEAT GLAUTEN, NONFAT DRY MILK, ONION, GARLIC,PARSLEY, CALCIUM PROPIONATE (PRESERVATIVE), DOUGH CONDITIONERS (MAY CONTAIN ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING: SODIUM STEQROYL LACTYLATE, CALCIUMSTEAROYL LACTYLATE, CALCIUM PEROXIDE, CALCIUM SULFATE, AMMONIUM SULFATE, CALCIUM IODATE, ASCORBIC ACID), NATURAL FLAVORS, PAPRIKA, CHIVES, VINEGAR, TBHQ (TO PRESERVE FRESHNESS).
Categories
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High-score cross-brand comparables for Cheese & Garlic Croutons
Neighbours outside Kroger with screening scores in the same high band as Cheese & Garlic Croutons (85/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Kroger; these peers cross brands.
Same high-band screening score
Nearest cross-brand products by screening score (1 flagged of 47 on 0011110091253).
Long-label peers (21+ ingredients)
Nearest cross-brand labels by linked ingredient count (47 on 0011110091253).
Follow the flagged-label evidence
Follow the flagged-label evidence
TBHQ is the first flagged ingredient selected from Cheese & Garlic Croutons's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 47-ingredient record.
- Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to TBHQ. Open TBHQ
- Compare Cheese & Garlic Croutons'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 0011110091253: 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.