Cheddar Cheese Instant Grits
by Kroger
Open Food Facts label for barcode 0011110666710 · Kroger. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.
The verdict
Cheddar Cheese Instant Grits by Kroger scores 35/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 35 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 3 ingredients are flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 35-component record, beginning with Degerminated White Corn Grits, Cheese Powder, Whey. 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.
- 35/100
- Avoid safety score
- 3
- Few flagged · of 35 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
30/100
Grade F
Ingredient Safety
35/100
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.
10666710 · Open Food Facts · July 2026
Cheddar Cheese Instant Grits label screening desk
16 of 35 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Titanium Dioxide). Source sheet 10666710 · 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: Instant Drink Mix · Nearest score peer is Instant Drink Mix 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 lowest of the four bands. That is where labels land when registry-rated components drive the greater part of the deduction from the index. The band name is drawn from the framework's own scale and is distinct from the ratings the registries themselves assign to individual substances, which are shown per component below. A single heavily rated component and several lightly rated ones can produce the same band, so the component table is the more precise reading of the two.
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.
This label parsed into a long component list. Where many entries are screened at once, the composite tends to reflect the overall mix of registry ratings returned rather than the rating of any one entry. Longer declarations also carry more sub-listed and compound entries, where a parenthetical group is resolved into its parts, so the parsed count can exceed what a reader counts on the packaging.
Cross-brand screening score neighbourhood
Ingredient-list length vs every product we publish
Cheddar Cheese Instant Grits lists 35 ingredients on its label
35 90th percentile a longer ingredient list than 90% of the 359,392 products we track
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Distribution as text
- 0–2
- 6,050 products (2%)
- 2–4
- 24,522 products (7%)
- 4–6
- 31,054 products (9%)
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- 30,981 products (9%)
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- 31,618 products (9%)
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- 29,943 products (8%)
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- 28,403 products (8%)
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- 27,417 products (8%)
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- 24,508 products (7%)
- 18–20
- 19,062 products (5%)
- 20–22
- 14,679 products (4%)
- 22–24
- 12,238 products (3%)
- 24–26
- 10,830 products (3%)
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- 9,344 products (3%)
- 28–30
- 7,955 products (2%)
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- 6,753 products (2%)
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- 5,918 products (2%)
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- 5,282 products (1%)
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- 4,531 products (1%)
- 38–40
- 4,063 products (1%)
- 40 and above
- 24,241 products (7%)
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. No category with enough published products was available for this record, so the comparison runs against the whole published catalogue.
Ingredient Safety Analysis
How the 35/100 score is built
Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (3 flagged of 35 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.
Full Ingredient List
DEGERMINATED WHITE CORN GRITS, DEHYDRATED CHEESE POWDER, (MODIFIED WHEY, PARTIALLY HYDROGENATED VEGETABLE OIL [SOYBEAN, COCONUT AND/OR COTTONSEED], SALT, CHEDDAR CHEESE [CULTURED MILK, SALT AND ENZYMES], MONOSODIUM GLUTAMATE, CITRIC ACID, LACTIC ACID, NATURAL FLAVOR, SODIUM PHOSPHATE, YELLOW 5, YELLOW 6), SALT, CALCIUM CARBONATE, FERRIC PHOSPHATE, SOY LECITHIN, BHA AND CITRIC ACID (AS PRESERVATIVES), NIACIN, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID, WHEY, TITANIUM DIOXIDE (FOR COLOR), SODIUM CASEINATE, PARTIALLY HYDROGENATED SOYBEAN OIL, CORN SYRUP, SOLIDS, POTASSIUM PHOSPHATE.
Other products containing Bha And Citric Acid
Bha And Citric Acid is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 21 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.
More from Kroger
Lower-score cross-brand comparables for Cheddar Cheese Instant Grits
Neighbours outside Kroger in the same lower screening band as Cheddar Cheese Instant Grits (35/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Kroger; these peers cross brands.
Nearest screening score
Nearest cross-brand products by screening score (3 flagged of 35 on 0011110666710).
Long-label peers (21+ ingredients)
Nearest cross-brand labels by linked ingredient count (35 on 0011110666710).
Follow the flagged-label evidence
Follow the flagged-label evidence
Titanium Dioxide is the first flagged ingredient selected from Cheddar Cheese Instant Grits's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 35-ingredient record.
- Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Titanium Dioxide. Open Titanium Dioxide
- Compare Cheddar Cheese Instant Grits's 3 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 0011110666710: 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.