Safe

Cheez-It Smoked Cheddar

by Cheez-It

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0024100125036 · Cheez-It · Crackers. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0024100125036 · Serving size 1 pouch (28 g)

The verdict

Cheez-It Smoked Cheddar by Cheez-It scores 100/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 44 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 44-component record, beginning with Enriched Flour, Wheat Flour, Niacin. 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 44 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.

00125036 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Cheez-It Smoked Cheddar label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 100/100 FLAG-CLEAN 0 flagged LEN-DENSE 44 ing. REG-SPARSE 23% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-E Nutri-E RANK-SHORT Len top 2% LEAD-RARE Disodium Guanylate PHOTO-FINISH Baked snack crackers · ±0 BOOK-OFF …125036 · July 2026

10 of 44 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Disodium Guanylate). Source sheet 00125036 · 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: Baked snack crackers · Nearest score peer is Baked snack crackers 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 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. Cheez-It Smoked Cheddar: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Cheez-It Smoked Cheddar100/1002. Baked snack crackers: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Baked snack crackers100/1003. Snapd: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Snapd100/1004. cheeze-it Original: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. cheeze-it Original100/1005. White chocolate peppermint bark non-alcoholic coffee creamer, white chocolate peppermint bark: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. White chocolate peppermin…100/100
High-band neighbours for Cheez-It Smoked Cheddar (100/100) outside Cheez-It.
Chart values as text

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

Cheez-It Smoked Cheddar
100/100
Baked snack crackers
100/100
Snapd
100/100
cheeze-it Original
100/100
White chocolate peppermint bark non-alcoholic coffee creamer, white chocolate peppermint bark
100/100

How It Compares to Its Category

Among the 177 products we've scored in the Crackers category, the average safety score is 98.2/100. Cheez-It Smoked Cheddar scores 1.8 points above that category average (100/100 vs. 98.2/100), 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 Crackers products

Cheez-It Smoked Cheddar lists 44 ingredients on its label

44 98th percentile a longer ingredient list than 98% of the 160 products we track

2–4: 3 products (2%). Below this entry. 4–6: 3 products (2%). Below this entry. 6–8: 8 products (5%). Below this entry. 8–10: 9 products (6%). Below this entry. 10–12: 13 products (8%). Below this entry. 12–14: 14 products (9%). Below this entry. 14–16: 9 products (6%). Below this entry. 16–18: 14 products (9%). Below this entry. 18–20: 23 products (14%). Below this entry. 20–22: 9 products (6%). Below this entry. 22–24: 6 products (4%). Below this entry. 24–26: 6 products (4%). Below this entry. 26–28: 6 products (4%). Below this entry. 28–30: 4 products (3%). Below this entry. 30–32: 7 products (4%). Below this entry. 32–34: 6 products (4%). Below this entry. 34–36: 7 products (4%). Below this entry. 36–38: 1 products (1%). Below this entry. 38–40: 4 products (3%). Below this entry. 40–42: 8 products (5%). This entry sits in this band. This product 2 42 every published Crackers 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

160 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 44 (98th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

2–4
3 products (2%)
4–6
3 products (2%)
6–8
8 products (5%)
8–10
9 products (6%)
10–12
13 products (8%)
12–14
14 products (9%)
14–16
9 products (6%)
16–18
14 products (9%)
18–20
23 products (14%)
20–22
9 products (6%)
22–24
6 products (4%)
24–26
6 products (4%)
26–28
6 products (4%)
28–30
4 products (3%)
30–32
7 products (4%)
32–34
6 products (4%)
34–36
7 products (4%)
36–38
1 products (1%)
38–40
4 products (3%)
40 and above
8 products (5%)

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 160 Crackers 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
Enriched Flour
2
Wheat Flour
3
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
4
Reduced Iron
5
Vitamin B1
6
Thiamin Mononitrate
7
Vitamin B2
8
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
9
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
10
Vegetable Oil
11
Soybean
12
Palm
13
Canola
14
High Oleic Soybean Oil With Tbhq For Freshness
15
Cheese Made With Skim Milk
16
Skim Milk
17
Whey Protein
18
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
19
Cheese Cultures
20
Enzymes
21
Annatto Extract Color
22
Cheddar Cheese
23
Cultured Milk
24
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
25
Paprika
26
Msg
27
Garlic Powder
28
Onion Powder
29
Dextrose
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, HUMECTANT, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
Cut Back GRAS
30
Buttermilk
31
Vanilla Beans
32
Sour Cream
33
Cream
34
Nonfat Milk
35
Cultures
36
Lactic Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, CURING OR PICKLING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
Safe GRAS
37
Yeast
38
Paprika Extract Color
39
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
40
Disodium Inosinate
FLAVOR ENHANCER, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
Approved
41
Disodium Guanylate
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
Approved
42
Natural Flavor
43
Including Smoke
44
Soy Lecithin

Full Ingredient List

ENRICHED FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, VITAMIN B1 [THIAMIN MONONITRATE], VITAMIN B2 [RIBOFLAVIN], FOLIC ACID), VEGETABLE OIL (SOYBEAN, PALM, CANOLA AND/OR HIGH OLEIC SOYBEAN OIL WITH TBHQ FOR FRESHNESS), CHEESE MADE WITH SKIM MILK (SKIM MILK, WHEY PROTEIN, SALT, CHEESE CULTURES, ENZYMES, ANNATTO EXTRACT COLOR), SALT, CHEDDAR CHEESE (CULTURED MILK, SALT, ENZYMES), MALTODEXTRIN, PAPRIKA, MONOSODIUM GLUTAMATE, GARLIC POWDER, ONION POWDER, DEXTROSE, BUTTERMILK, VANILLA BEANS, SOUR CREAM (CREAM, NONFAT MILK, CULTURES), LACTIC ACID, YEAST, PAPRIKA EXTRACT COLOR, CITRIC ACID, DISODIUM INOSINATE, DISODIUM GUANYLATE, NATURAL FLAVOR (INCLUDING SMOKE), ANNATTO EXTRACT COLOR, SOY LECITHIN

Other products containing High Oleic Soybean Oil With Tbhq For Freshness

High Oleic Soybean Oil With Tbhq For Freshness is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 5 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.

Categories

Crackers

High-score cross-brand comparables for Cheez-It Smoked Cheddar

Neighbours outside Cheez-It with screening scores in the same high band as Cheez-It Smoked Cheddar (100/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Cheez-It; these peers cross brands.

Read the longer label in layers

Read the longer label in layers

Cheez-It Smoked Cheddar has a longer ingredient list than 98% of its Crackers 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 0024100125036: 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.