Safe

Kroger, mozzarella finely shredded cheese

by Kroger

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0011110501684 · Kroger · Dairies. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0011110501684 · Serving size 0.25 cup (28 g)

The verdict

Kroger, mozzarella finely shredded cheese by Kroger scores 100/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 11 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 0 ingredients are flagged for caution. This is a focused 11-component label led by Pasteurized Part - Skim Milk, Cheese Culture, Salt; 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.

100/100
Safe safety score
0
None flagged · of 11 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
D
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

63/100

Grade C+

Ingredient Safety

100/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

D

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.

10501684 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Kroger, mozzarella finely shredded cheese label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 100/100 FLAG-CLEAN 0 flagged LEN-FOCUSED 11 ing. REG-PART 36% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-D Nutri-D RANK-MID Len top 38% LEAD-RARE Natamycin PHOTO-FINISH Whole Milk · ±0 BOOK-OFF …501684 · July 2026

4 of 11 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Natamycin). Source sheet 10501684 · 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: Whole Milk · Nearest score peer is Whole Milk at the same screening score.

Screening model notes

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

Within the four-tier shelf-label framework this site publishes, the composite for this product falls in the highest band. That band is defined by a threshold on the derived score alone: it is where labels land once components carrying caution-or-worse registry ratings contribute little or nothing to the deduction. The band is a summary of what the screened registries return for the components that were parsed, so it inherits their coverage gaps — a component absent from both registries neither raises nor lowers the figure. The threshold and the weighting behind it are set out on the methodology page.

This label falls in the fourth Nutri-Score band. The model arrives there when its penalty terms — energy density, sugars, saturated fat, sodium — carry more weight in the calculation than the fibre, protein and produce content it credits. The band covers a wide span of the points scale, so position within it is not visible from the letter alone. The grade reflects the declared nutrition panel and is unrelated to the additive ratings listed below, which come from different bodies applying different criteria.

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. Kroger, mozzarella finely shredded cheese: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Kroger, mozzarella finely…100/1002. Whole Milk: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Whole Milk100/1003. 1% Lowfat Milk: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. 1% Lowfat Milk100/1004. 2% reduced fat milk: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. 2% reduced fat milk100/1005. Skim Fat Free Milk: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Skim Fat Free Milk100/100
High-band neighbours for Kroger, mozzarella finely shredded cheese (100/100) outside Kroger.
Chart values as text

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

Kroger, mozzarella finely shredded cheese
100/100
Whole Milk
100/100
1% Lowfat Milk
100/100
2% reduced fat milk
100/100
Skim Fat Free Milk
100/100

How It Compares to Its Category

Among the 23,001 products we've scored in the Dairies category, the average safety score is 97.8/100. Kroger, mozzarella finely shredded cheese scores 2.2 points above that category average (100/100 vs. 97.8/100), so it is roughly typical for shoppers screening within that category specifically, rather than against the product catalog as a whole.

Ingredient-list length vs other Dairies products

Kroger, mozzarella finely shredded cheese lists 11 ingredients on its label

11 62nd percentile a longer ingredient list than 62% of the 21,438 products we track

0–2: 120 products (1%). Below this entry. 2–4: 2,805 products (13%). Below this entry. 4–6: 4,714 products (22%). Below this entry. 6–8: 2,694 products (13%). Below this entry. 8–10: 1,996 products (9%). Below this entry. 10–12: 1,884 products (9%). This entry sits in this band. 12–14: 1,734 products (8%). Above this entry. 14–16: 1,639 products (8%). Above this entry. 16–18: 1,261 products (6%). Above this entry. 18–20: 841 products (4%). Above this entry. 20–22: 481 products (2%). Above this entry. 22–24: 303 products (1%). Above this entry. 24–26: 228 products (1%). Above this entry. 26–28: 151 products (1%). Above this entry. 28–30: 122 products (1%). Above this entry. 30–32: 115 products (1%). Above this entry. 32–34: 81 products (0%). Above this entry. 34–36: 57 products (0%). Above this entry. 36–38: 45 products (0%). Above this entry. 38–40: 33 products (0%). Above this entry. 40–42: 134 products (1%). Above this entry. This product 0 42 every published Dairies 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

21,438 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 11 (62nd percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
120 products (1%)
2–4
2,805 products (13%)
4–6
4,714 products (22%)
6–8
2,694 products (13%)
8–10
1,996 products (9%)
10–12
1,884 products (9%)
12–14
1,734 products (8%)
14–16
1,639 products (8%)
16–18
1,261 products (6%)
18–20
841 products (4%)
20–22
481 products (2%)
22–24
303 products (1%)
24–26
228 products (1%)
26–28
151 products (1%)
28–30
122 products (1%)
30–32
115 products (1%)
32–34
81 products (0%)
34–36
57 products (0%)
36–38
45 products (0%)
38–40
33 products (0%)
40 and above
134 products (1%)

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 21,438 Dairies 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

Pasteurized part - skim milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes, calcium chloride, potato starch, corn starch, dextrose and calcium sulfate (added to prevent caking), natamycin (a natural mold inhibitor).

Categories

Dairies Fermented foods Fermented milk products Cheeses

High-score cross-brand comparables for Kroger, mozzarella finely shredded cheese

Neighbours outside Kroger with screening scores in the same high band as Kroger, mozzarella finely shredded cheese (100/100 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 (100/100 here, no caution flags on the parsed list).

Trace this label’s coverage

Trace this label’s coverage

4 of 11 parsed ingredients on Kroger, mozzarella finely shredded cheese match at least one source registry. Use the ingredient records to see which entries carry source context and which remain unmatched.

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

Barcode 0011110501684: 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.