Safe

Grated Cheese, Parmesan

by Dierbergs

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0023933008530 · Dierbergs · Dairies. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0023933008530 · Serving size 2 tsp (5 g)

The verdict

Grated Cheese, Parmesan by Dierbergs scores 100/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 5 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 0 ingredients are flagged for caution. This is a focused 5-component label led by Parmesan Cheese, Cultured Part-skim Milk, 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 5 analyzed
Group 3
Processed foods
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

65/100

Grade B-

Ingredient Safety

100/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 3

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.

33008530 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Grated Cheese, Parmesan label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 100/100 FLAG-CLEAN 0 flagged LEN-SHORT 5 ing. REG-SPARSE 20% reg. NOVA-G3 G3 processed NUTRI-E Nutri-E RANK-LONG Len top 74% LEAD-FLAG Salt PHOTO-FINISH Dark Red Kidney · ±0 BOOK-OFF …008530 · July 2026

1 of 5 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Salt). Source sheet 33008530 · 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: Dark Red Kidney Beans · Nearest score peer is Dark Red Kidney Beans 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.

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 parsed into a small number of components. On a short list the registry screen covers close to everything the packaging declares, and any single matched component accounts for a correspondingly large share of the composite. Short lists also leave less room for parsing error, since there are fewer separators and qualifiers for the extraction to resolve.

Cross-brand screening score neighbourhood

1. Grated Cheese, Parmesan: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Grated Cheese, Parmesan100/1002. Dark Red Kidney Beans: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Dark Red Kidney Beans100/1003. White Kernels Popcorn: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. White Kernels Popcorn100/1004. Yellow Round Tortilla Chips: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Yellow Round Tortilla Chi…100/1005. Valentine Candy Card Kit: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Valentine Candy Card Kit100/100
High-band neighbours for Grated Cheese, Parmesan (100/100) outside Dierbergs.
Chart values as text

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

Grated Cheese, Parmesan
100/100
Dark Red Kidney Beans
100/100
White Kernels Popcorn
100/100
Yellow Round Tortilla Chips
100/100
Valentine Candy Card Kit
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. Grated Cheese, Parmesan 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

Grated Cheese, Parmesan lists 5 ingredients on its label

5 26th percentile a longer ingredient list than 26% 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%). This entry sits in this band. 6–8: 2,694 products (13%). Above this entry. 8–10: 1,996 products (9%). Above this entry. 10–12: 1,884 products (9%). Above this entry. 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: 5 (26th 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
Parmesan Cheese
2
Cultured Part-skim Milk
3
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
4
Enzymes
5
Powdered Cellulose Added To Prevent Caking. Aged Over 10 Months

Full Ingredient List

Parmesan cheese (cultured part-skim milk, salt, enzymes), powdered cellulose added to prevent caking. aged over 10 months.

Categories

Dairies Fermented foods Fermented milk products Cheeses

High-score cross-brand comparables for Grated Cheese, Parmesan

Neighbours outside Dierbergs with screening scores in the same high band as Grated Cheese, Parmesan (100/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Dierbergs; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Salt is the first flagged ingredient selected from Grated Cheese, Parmesan's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 5-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Salt. Open Salt
  • Compare Grated Cheese, Parmesan's 0 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 0023933008530: 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.