Bac'N Buds
by Kroeger
Open Food Facts label for barcode 0011110684318 · Kroeger · Condiments. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.
The verdict
Bac'N Buds by Kroeger scores 45/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 19 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 3 ingredients are flagged for caution. The 19-component label is layered, beginning with Soy Flour, Soybean Oil With Tbhq Added To Protect Freshness, Less Than 2% Of Hydrolyzed Soy Protein. Start with any flagged rows, then check the nutrition grade and serving size instead of treating one roll-up score as the whole decision. This is not a recall, allergy, medical, or dietary-safety determination.
- 45/100
- Avoid safety score
- 3
- Few flagged · of 19 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
35/100
Grade F
Ingredient Safety
45/100
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.
10684318 · Open Food Facts · July 2026
Bac'N Buds label screening desk
6 of 19 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Red 3). Source sheet 10684318 · 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: Kroger, bac'n buds chips · Nearest score peer is Kroger, bac'n buds chips 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.
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
How It Compares to Its Category
Among the 31,268 products we've scored in the Condiments category, the average safety score is 98.3/100. Bac'N Buds scores 53.3 points below that category average (45/100 vs. 98.3/100), 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 Condiments products
Bac'N Buds lists 19 ingredients on its label
19 73rd percentile a longer ingredient list than 73% of the 27,084 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
- 0–2
- 186 products (1%)
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- 1,031 products (4%)
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- 1,392 products (5%)
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- 2,093 products (8%)
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- 3,070 products (11%)
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- 2,818 products (10%)
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- 2,724 products (10%)
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- 2,451 products (9%)
- 18–20
- 2,045 products (8%)
- 20–22
- 1,563 products (6%)
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- 1,244 products (5%)
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- 934 products (3%)
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- 694 products (3%)
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- 551 products (2%)
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- 246 products (1%)
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- 38–40
- 134 products (0%)
- 40 and above
- 346 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 27,084 Condiments 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 45/100 score is built
Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (3 flagged of 19 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.
Full Ingredient List
Soy flour, soybean oil with tbhq added to protect freshness, less than 2% of hydrolyzed soy protein, yeast extract, natural smoke flavor, sunflower oil, sugar, partially hydrogenated soybean oil, dextrose, dried yeast, caramel color, red 3, red 40, hydrolyzed vegetable protein (hydrolyzed soy and corn protein, partially hydrogenated vegetable oil (cotton seed oil and soybean oil), soy lecithin, natural flavor.
Categories
More from Kroeger
Lower-score cross-brand comparables for Bac'N Buds
Neighbours outside Kroeger in the same lower screening band as Bac'N Buds (45/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Kroeger; these peers cross brands.
Nearest screening score
Nearest cross-brand products by screening score (3 flagged of 19 on 0011110684318).
Medium-label peers (9–20 ingredients)
Nearest cross-brand labels by linked ingredient count (19 on 0011110684318).
Follow the flagged-label evidence
Follow the flagged-label evidence
Red 3 is the first flagged ingredient selected from Bac'N Buds's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 19-ingredient record.
- Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Red 3. Open Red 3
- Compare Bac'N Buds'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 0011110684318: 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.