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Fresh creative foods, smoked gouda pimento spread

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0013454376843 · Dairies. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0013454376843 · Serving size 2 Tbsp (30 g)

The verdict

Fresh creative foods, smoked gouda pimento spread scores 100/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 65 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 0 ingredients are flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 65-component record, beginning with Smoked Gouda Cheese, Pasteurized Milk, Cheese Culture. 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.

100/100
Safe safety score
0
None flagged · of 65 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

58/100

Grade C

Ingredient Safety

100/100

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.

54376843 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Fresh creative foods, smoked gouda pimento spread label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 100/100 FLAG-CLEAN 0 flagged LEN-DENSE 65 ing. REG-SPARSE 17% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-E Nutri-E RANK-SHORT Len top 0% LEAD-RARE Natamycin PHOTO-SOLO No peers BOOK-OFF …376843 · July 2026

11 of 65 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Natamycin). Source sheet 54376843 · 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

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.

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.

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. Fresh creative foods, smoked gouda pimento spread 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

Fresh creative foods, smoked gouda pimento spread lists 65 ingredients on its label

65 100th percentile a longer ingredient list than every other product 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%). Below this entry. 12–14: 1,734 products (8%). Below this entry. 14–16: 1,639 products (8%). Below this entry. 16–18: 1,261 products (6%). Below this entry. 18–20: 841 products (4%). Below this entry. 20–22: 481 products (2%). Below this entry. 22–24: 303 products (1%). Below this entry. 24–26: 228 products (1%). Below this entry. 26–28: 151 products (1%). Below this entry. 28–30: 122 products (1%). Below this entry. 30–32: 115 products (1%). Below this entry. 32–34: 81 products (0%). Below this entry. 34–36: 57 products (0%). Below this entry. 36–38: 45 products (0%). Below this entry. 38–40: 33 products (0%). Below this entry. 40–42: 134 products (1%). This entry sits in this band. 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: 65 (100th 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.

Ingredient Safety Analysis

1
Smoked Gouda Cheese
2
Pasteurized Milk
3
Cheese Culture
4
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
5
Enzymes
6
Annatto
Coloring
Certain People Should Avoid
7
Vegetable Color
8
Smoke Flavoring
9
Natamycin
FUMIGANT
Safe Approved
10
Natural Mold Inhibitor
11
Dried Cream Cheese
12
Pasteurized Cultured Milk And Cream
13
Stabilizers
14
Xanthan Gum
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FORMULATION AID, PROCESSING AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT, TEXTURIZER
Approved
15
Carob Bean Gum
16
Guar Gum
17
Pimientos
18
Water
19
Citric Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, ENZYME, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, LEAVENING AGENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SEQUESTRANT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT
Safe GRAS
20
Pasteurized Process Cheese Spread
21
Cheddar Cheese
22
Milk
23
Whey
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FORMULATION AID, MALTING OR FERMENTING AID, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PROCESSING AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
24
Whey Protein Concentrate
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
25
Sodium Phosphate
26
Skim Milk
27
Milkfat
28
Sodium Alginate
29
Apocarotenal
30
Color
31
Organic Creme Fraiche
32
Pasteurized Cultured Cream
33
Vitamin C
34
Mayonnaise
35
Soybean Oil
36
Corn Syrup
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, HUMECTANT, LEAVENING AGENT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, TEXTURIZER
Cut Back GRAS
37
Egg Yolks
38
Distilled Vinegar
39
Spice
40
Calcium Disodium Edta Added To Protect Flavor
41
Cheese Cultures
42
Coloring
43
Parmesan And Romano Cheese Base
44
Parmesan And Romano Cheese
45
Cultures
46
Food-starch Modified
47
Natural Flavor
48
Yeast Extract
49
Corn Oil
50
Lactic Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, CURING OR PICKLING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
Safe GRAS
51
Preservative
52
Worcestershire Sauce
53
Distilled White Vinegar
54
Molasses
55
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
56
Organic Onions
57
Anchovies
58
Garlic
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
59
Organic Cloves
60
Tamarind Extract
61
Flavorings
62
Chili Pepper Extract
63
Roasted Garlic Puree
64
Glucono Delta-lactone
65
Sodium Benzoate And Potassium Sorbate Added To Protect Flavor

Full Ingredient List

Smoked gouda cheese (pasteurized milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes, annatto [vegetable color], natural smoke flavoring, natamycin [a natural mold inhibitor]), cream cheese (pasteurized cultured milk and cream, salt, stabilizers [xanthan gum, carob bean gum, and guar gum]), pimientos (pimientos, water, citric acid), pasteurized process cheese spread (cheddar cheese [milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes], water, whey, whey protein concentrate, sodium phosphate, skim milk, milkfat, salt, sodium alginate, apocarotenal [color], annatto [color]), creme fraiche (pasteurized cultured cream, citric acid, vitamin c [to protect freshness]), mayonnaise (soybean oil, corn syrup, water, egg yolks, distilled vinegar, contains less than 2% of: salt, spice, citric acid, calcium disodium edta added to protect flavor), cheddar cheese (pasteurized milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes, annatto [coloring]), parmesan and romano cheese base (parmesan and romano cheese [milk, cultures, enzymes, salt], water, whey, salt, food-starch modified, natural flavor, yeast extract, corn oil, xanthan gum, lactic acid [preservative ]), yeast extract, corn oil, xanthan gum, lactic acid [preservative]), worcestershire sauce (distilled white vinegar, molasses, water, sugar, onions, anchovies, salt, garlic, cloves, tamarind extract, natural flavorings, chili pepper extract), roasted garlic puree (garlic, water), glucono delta-lactone, water, sodium benzoate and potassium sorbate added to protect flavor, citric acid, spice.

Categories

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Read the longer label in layers

Fresh creative foods, smoked gouda pimento spread has a longer ingredient list than 100% of its Dairies category comparison set. Use the ingredient table before relying on its single screening score.

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

Barcode 0013454376843: 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.