Concern

Cheez-It Crackers Snack Mix Double Cheese

by Sunshine

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0024100577217 · Sunshine · Snacks. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0024100577217 · Serving size 1/2 cup (26 g)

The verdict

Cheez-It Crackers Snack Mix Double Cheese by Sunshine scores 50/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 73 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 73-component record, beginning with Cheese Crackers, Enriched Flour, Wheat Flour. 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.

50/100
Concern safety score
2
Few flagged · of 73 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

33/100

Grade F

Ingredient Safety

50/100

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.

00577217 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Cheez-It Crackers Snack Mix Double Cheese label screening desk

SCORE-CONC 50/100 FLAG-FEW 2 flagged LEN-DENSE 73 ing. REG-SPARSE 25% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-E Nutri-E RANK-SHORT Len top 0% LEAD-FLAG Yellow 6 PHOTO-FINISH Double cheese snack · ±0 BOOK-OFF …577217 · July 2026

18 of 73 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Yellow 6). Source sheet 00577217 · 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: Double cheese snack mix · Nearest score peer is Double cheese snack mix at the same screening score.

Screening model notes

How Nutri-Score, NOVA, and list length read this record

This label lands in the third of four positions on the published scale. What separates that position from its neighbours is arithmetic rather than judgement: identical inputs run through the documented weighting always arrive at the same place. Anyone who works the calculation through by hand, using the methodology write-up together with the itemised ratings further down, will reproduce this number exactly — which is the reason for publishing a computed figure instead of an opinion.

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 Crackers Snack Mix Double Cheese: 50/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Cheez-It Crackers Snack M…50/1002. Double cheese snack mix: 50/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Double cheese snack mix50/1003. Cheddar Jack Baked Snack Crackers: 50/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Cheddar Jack Baked Snack …50/1004. DUOZ Sharp Cheddar & Parmesan baked snack crackers: 50/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. DUOZ Sharp Cheddar & Parm…50/1005. Cheez-It cheddar jack: 50/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Cheez-It cheddar jack50/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for Cheez-It Crackers Snack Mix Double Cheese (50/100 on 73 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

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

Cheez-It Crackers Snack Mix Double Cheese
50/100
Double cheese snack mix
50/100
Cheddar Jack Baked Snack Crackers
50/100
DUOZ Sharp Cheddar & Parmesan baked snack crackers
50/100
Cheez-It cheddar jack
50/100

How It Compares to Its Category

Among the 88,006 products we've scored in the Snacks category, the average safety score is 86.1/100. Cheez-It Crackers Snack Mix Double Cheese scores 36.1 points below that category average (50/100 vs. 86.1/100), 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 Snacks products

Cheez-It Crackers Snack Mix Double Cheese lists 73 ingredients on its label

73 100th percentile a longer ingredient list than every other product we track

0–2: 275 products (0%). Below this entry. 2–4: 2,901 products (4%). Below this entry. 4–6: 4,248 products (5%). Below this entry. 6–8: 5,408 products (7%). Below this entry. 8–10: 5,486 products (7%). Below this entry. 10–12: 5,840 products (7%). Below this entry. 12–14: 6,252 products (8%). Below this entry. 14–16: 6,724 products (8%). Below this entry. 16–18: 6,221 products (8%). Below this entry. 18–20: 5,168 products (6%). Below this entry. 20–22: 4,508 products (6%). Below this entry. 22–24: 3,809 products (5%). Below this entry. 24–26: 3,567 products (4%). Below this entry. 26–28: 2,829 products (3%). Below this entry. 28–30: 2,282 products (3%). Below this entry. 30–32: 1,905 products (2%). Below this entry. 32–34: 1,715 products (2%). Below this entry. 34–36: 1,572 products (2%). Below this entry. 36–38: 1,417 products (2%). Below this entry. 38–40: 1,284 products (2%). Below this entry. 40–42: 8,066 products (10%). This entry sits in this band. This product 0 42 every published Snacks 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

81,477 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 73 (100th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
275 products (0%)
2–4
2,901 products (4%)
4–6
4,248 products (5%)
6–8
5,408 products (7%)
8–10
5,486 products (7%)
10–12
5,840 products (7%)
12–14
6,252 products (8%)
14–16
6,724 products (8%)
16–18
6,221 products (8%)
18–20
5,168 products (6%)
20–22
4,508 products (6%)
22–24
3,809 products (5%)
24–26
3,567 products (4%)
26–28
2,829 products (3%)
28–30
2,282 products (3%)
30–32
1,905 products (2%)
32–34
1,715 products (2%)
34–36
1,572 products (2%)
36–38
1,417 products (2%)
38–40
1,284 products (2%)
40 and above
8,066 products (10%)

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 81,477 Snacks 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 50/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (2 flagged of 73 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Cheese Crackers
2
Enriched Flour
3
Wheat Flour
4
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
5
Reduced Iron
6
Vitamin B1
7
Thiamin Mononitrate
8
Vitamin B2
9
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
10
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
11
Vegetable Oil
12
High Oleic Soybean
13
Soybean
14
Palm
15
Canola Oil With Tbhq For Freshness
16
Cheese Made With Skim Milk
17
Skim Milk
18
Whey Protein
19
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
20
Cheese Cultures
21
Enzymes
22
Annatto Extract Color
23
White Cheddar Cheese
24
Milk
25
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
26
Cheddar Cheese
27
Paprika
28
Msg
29
Yeast
30
Whey Protein Concentrate
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
31
Butter
32
Cream
33
Baking Soda
34
Natural And Artificial Flavors
35
Calcium Lactate
DOUGH STRENGTHENER, FIRMING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, LEAVENING AGENT, MALTING OR FERMENTING AID, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
36
Lactic Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, CURING OR PICKLING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
Safe GRAS
37
Paprika Extract Color
38
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
39
Turmeric Extract Color
40
Soy Lecithin
41
Pretzels
42
Dextrin
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
Safe GRAS
43
Canola Oil
44
Malt Syrup
45
With Rosemary Extract And Ascorbic Acid For Freshness
46
Bread Slices
47
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
48
Malt
ENZYME
Approved
49
Wheat Gluten
FIRMING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
50
Cheese Curls
51
Degerminated Yellow Corn Meal
52
Corn
53
Canola
54
Cottonseed
55
Soybean Oil
56
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
57
Yeast
58
Disodium Phosphate
59
Sour Cream
60
Nonfat Milk
61
Cultures
62
Yeast Extract
63
Yellow 6
Avoid Approved (certified color)
64
Sunflower Oil
65
Yellow 5
Avoid Approved (certified color)
66
Disodium Inosinate
FLAVOR ENHANCER, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
Approved
67
Disodium Guanylate
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
Approved
68
Butterfat
69
With Tbhq For Freshness
70
Or Less Of Cheddar Cheese
71
Onion Powder
72
Buttermilk
73
Garlic Powder

Full Ingredient List

Cheese crackers (enriched flour [wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, vitamin b1 (thiamin mononitrate), vitamin b2 (riboflavin), folic acid], vegetable oil [high oleic soybean, soybean, palm, and/or canola oil with tbhq for freshness], cheese made with skim milk [skim milk, whey protein, salt, cheese cultures, enzymes, annatto extract color], white cheddar cheese [milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes], salt, whey, cheddar cheese [milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes], paprika, monosodium glutamate, yeast, whey protein concentrate, butter [cream, salt], baking soda, natural and artificial flavors, calcium lactate, lactic acid, paprika extract color, citric acid, turmeric extract color, annatto extract color, soy lecithin), pretzels (enriched flour [wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, vitamin b1 (thiamin mononitrate), vitamin b2 (riboflavin), folic acid], dextrin, salt, canola oil, malt syrup, rosemary extract and ascorbic acid for freshness), bread slices (enriched flour [wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, vitamin b1 (thiamin mononitrate), vitamin b2 (riboflavin), folic acid], canola oil, yeast, salt, sugar, malt, wheat gluten, baking soda), cheese curls (degerminated yellow corn meal, vegetable oil [corn, canola, cottonseed and/or soybean oil], whey, salt, maltodextrin, cheddar cheese [milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes], monosodium glutamate, dried yeast, disodium phosphate, sour cream [cream, nonfat milk, cultures], yeast extract, yellow 6, sunflower oil, natural and artificial flavors, yellow 5, disodium inosinate, disodium guanylate, butterfat), soybean oil (with tbhq for freshness). contains 2% or less of cheddar cheese (milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), salt, whey, butter (cream, salt), monosodium glutamate, onion powder, buttermilk, garlic powder, nonfat milk, natural and artificial flavors, citric acid, yellow 5, yellow 6, disodium inosinate, disodium guanylate, yeast, soy lecithin.

Other products containing Or Less Of Cheddar Cheese

Or Less Of Cheddar Cheese is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 5 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.

Categories

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Mid-score cross-brand comparables for Cheez-It Crackers Snack Mix Double Cheese

Neighbours outside Sunshine near Cheez-It Crackers Snack Mix Double Cheese's mid-band score (50/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Sunshine; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Yellow 6 is the first flagged ingredient selected from Cheez-It Crackers Snack Mix Double Cheese's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 73-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Yellow 6. Open Yellow 6
  • Compare Cheez-It Crackers Snack Mix Double Cheese's 2 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 0024100577217: 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.