Caution

Lightly Sauced Roasted Potatoes With Onions & Bacon In A Cheese Sauce

by Birds Eye

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0014500015099 · Birds Eye. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0014500015099 · Serving size 140g

The verdict

Lightly Sauced Roasted Potatoes With Onions & Bacon In A Cheese Sauce by Birds Eye scores 70/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 49 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 2 ingredients are flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 49-component record, beginning with Roasted Red Potatoes, Cheese Bacon Sauce, Water. 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.

70/100
Caution safety score
2
Few flagged · of 49 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
A
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

70/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

A

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.

00015099 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Lightly Sauced Roasted Potatoes With Onions & Bacon In A Cheese Sauce label screening desk

SCORE-CAUT 70/100 FLAG-FEW 2 flagged LEN-DENSE 49 ing. REG-SPARSE 20% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-A Nutri-A RANK-SHORT Len top 3% LEAD-FLAG BHT PHOTO-FINISH Light italian dry · ±0 BOOK-OFF …015099 · July 2026

10 of 49 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: BHT). Source sheet 00015099 · 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: Light italian dry salame, light · Nearest score peer is Light italian dry salame, light 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 placed this label in its highest band. The model reaches that grade when the credit side of its ledger — fibre, protein and the fruit, vegetable and legume fraction — outweighs the energy, sugar, saturated-fat and sodium it counts against a product. The scale is computed per hundred grams from the declared nutrition panel, which is why two products with similar ingredients can grade differently on portion-heavy categories. It is a nutritional summary only, calculated independently of the additive registries screened further down this page, and it neither incorporates nor contradicts them.

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

1. Lightly Sauced Roasted Potatoes With Onions & Bacon In A Cheese Sauce: 70/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Lightly Sauced Roasted Po…70/1002. Light italian dry salame, light: 70/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Light italian dry salame,…70/1003. Italian dry salame: 70/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Italian dry salame70/1004. Deli Thin Sliced Italian Dry Salame: 70/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Deli Thin Sliced Italian …70/1005. Deli thin sliced italian dry salame: 70/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Deli thin sliced italian …70/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for Lightly Sauced Roasted Potatoes With Onions & Bacon In A Cheese Sauce (70/100 on 49 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

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

Lightly Sauced Roasted Potatoes With Onions & Bacon In A Cheese Sauce
70/100
Light italian dry salame, light
70/100
Italian dry salame
70/100
Deli Thin Sliced Italian Dry Salame
70/100
Deli thin sliced italian dry salame
70/100

Ingredient-list length vs every product we publish

Lightly Sauced Roasted Potatoes With Onions & Bacon In A Cheese Sauce lists 49 ingredients on its label

49 97th percentile a longer ingredient list than 97% of the 359,392 products we track

0–2: 6,050 products (2%). Below this entry. 2–4: 24,522 products (7%). Below this entry. 4–6: 31,054 products (9%). Below this entry. 6–8: 30,981 products (9%). Below this entry. 8–10: 31,618 products (9%). Below this entry. 10–12: 29,943 products (8%). Below this entry. 12–14: 28,403 products (8%). Below this entry. 14–16: 27,417 products (8%). Below this entry. 16–18: 24,508 products (7%). Below this entry. 18–20: 19,062 products (5%). Below this entry. 20–22: 14,679 products (4%). Below this entry. 22–24: 12,238 products (3%). Below this entry. 24–26: 10,830 products (3%). Below this entry. 26–28: 9,344 products (3%). Below this entry. 28–30: 7,955 products (2%). Below this entry. 30–32: 6,753 products (2%). Below this entry. 32–34: 5,918 products (2%). Below this entry. 34–36: 5,282 products (1%). Below this entry. 36–38: 4,531 products (1%). Below this entry. 38–40: 4,063 products (1%). Below this entry. 40–42: 24,241 products (7%). This entry sits in this band. This product 0 42 every published product, bucketed by value

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Distribution as text

359,392 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 49 (97th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
6,050 products (2%)
2–4
24,522 products (7%)
4–6
31,054 products (9%)
6–8
30,981 products (9%)
8–10
31,618 products (9%)
10–12
29,943 products (8%)
12–14
28,403 products (8%)
14–16
27,417 products (8%)
16–18
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%)
26–28
9,344 products (3%)
28–30
7,955 products (2%)
30–32
6,753 products (2%)
32–34
5,918 products (2%)
34–36
5,282 products (1%)
36–38
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 70/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (2 flagged of 49 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Roasted Red Potatoes
2
Cheese Bacon Sauce
3
Water
4
Cheddar Cheese
5
Pasteurized Whole Milk
6
Cheese Cultures
7
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
8
Enzymes
9
Annatto Color
10
Light Cream Blend
11
Cream
12
Skim Milk
13
Nonfat Milk Powder
14
Parmesan Cheese
15
Pasteurized Organic Part Skim Milk
16
Modified Food Starch
17
Cooked Bacon Bits
18
Sodium Phosphates
19
Sodium Erythorbate
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DOUGH STRENGTHENER, FLOUR TREATING AGENT, OXIDIZING OR REDUCING AGENT, PROCESSING AID, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT
Safe GRAS
20
Sodium Nitrite
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PROPELLANT
Avoid Prior Sanctioned
21
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
22
Brown Sugar
23
Natural Smoke Flavor
24
Natural And Artificial Bacon Flavor
25
Autolyzed yeast extract
Flavoring
Certain People Should Avoid
26
Maltodextrin
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, HUMECTANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT, TEXTURIZER
Safe GRAS
27
Natural Flavor
28
Bacon Fat
29
Partially Hydrogenated Soybean And Cottonseed Oil
30
Beef Fat
31
Sodium Citrate
32
Beef Extract
33
Dried Beef Stock
34
Natural Flavors
35
Spices
36
BHT
Caution GRAS
37
Preservative
38
Natural Cheddar Flavor
39
Natural Flavors
40
Lactose
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, MALTING OR FERMENTING AID, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, OXIDIZING OR REDUCING AGENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT
Certain People Should Avoid GRAS
41
Whey Powder
42
Cheddar Cheese
43
Cultured Pasteurized Milk
44
Buttermilk Powder
45
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
46
Annatto Extract
47
Color
48
Coconut Oil
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT, TEXTURIZER
Listed
49
Organic Onions

Full Ingredient List

ROASTED RED POTATOES, CHEESE BACON SAUCE (WATER, CHEDDAR CHEESE [PASTEURIZED WHOLE MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES, ANNATTO COLOR], LIGHT CREAM BLEND [CREAM, SKIM MILK, NONFAT MILK POWDER], PARMESAN CHEESE [PASTEURIZED PART SKIM MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES], MODIFIED FOOD STARCH. CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF: COOKED BACON BITS [CURED WITH: WATER, SALT, SODIUM PHOSPHATES, SODIUM ERYTHORBATE, SODIUM NITRITE, MAY CONTAIN UP TO 2% OR LESS OF: SUGAR, BROWN SUGAR, SMOKE FLAVOR], NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL BACON FLAVOR [AUTOLYZED YEAST EXTRACT, MALTODEXTRIN, SALT, NATURAL FLAVOR, SUGAR, BACON FAT, PARTIALLY HYDROGENATED SOYBEAN AND COTTONSEED OIL, BEEF FAT, SODIUM CITRATE, BEEF EXTRACT (BEEF STOCK, AUTOLYZED YEAST EXTRACT, SALT, FLAVORS), SPICES, BHT (PRESERVATIVE)], SALT, NATURAL CHEDDAR FLAVOR [NATURAL FLAVORS, LACTOSE, WHEY POWDER, AUTOLYZED YEAST EXTRACT, SALT, MALTODEXTRIN, DEHYDRATED CHEDDAR CHEESE (CULTURED PASTEURIZED MILK, SALT, ENZYMES), BUTTERMILK POWDER], XANTHAN GUM, ANNATTO EXTRACT [COLOR], NATURAL FLAVOR, COCONUT OIL), ONIONS.

Mid-score cross-brand comparables for Lightly Sauced Roasted Potatoes With Onions & Bacon In A Cheese Sauce

Neighbours outside Birds Eye near Lightly Sauced Roasted Potatoes With Onions & Bacon In A Cheese Sauce's mid-band score (70/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Birds Eye; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

BHT is the first flagged ingredient selected from Lightly Sauced Roasted Potatoes With Onions & Bacon In A Cheese Sauce's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 49-ingredient record.

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

Barcode 0014500015099: 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.