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Cheez-It Duoz Baked Snack Crackers

by Cheez-It

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0024100577309 · Cheez-It · Snacks. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0024100577309 · Serving size 25 Crackers (30 g)

The verdict

Cheez-It Duoz Baked Snack Crackers by Cheez-It scores 95/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 53 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 1 ingredient is flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 53-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.

95/100
Safe safety score
1
One flagged · of 53 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

55/100

Grade C

Ingredient Safety

95/100

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.

00577309 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Cheez-It Duoz Baked Snack Crackers label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 95/100 FLAG-ONE 1 flagged LEN-DENSE 53 ing. REG-SPARSE 28% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-E Nutri-E RANK-SHORT Len top 3% LEAD-FLAG Polysorbate 80 PHOTO-FINISH Mini ice cream · ±0 BOOK-OFF …577309 · July 2026

15 of 53 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Polysorbate 80). Source sheet 00577309 · 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: Mini ice cream sandwiches · Nearest score peer is Mini ice cream sandwiches 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 Duoz Baked Snack Crackers: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Cheez-It Duoz Baked Snack…95/1002. Mini ice cream sandwiches: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Mini ice cream sandwiches95/1003. salted caramel: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. salted caramel95/1004. Kosher Dill Wholes: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Kosher Dill Wholes95/1005. Hood, smooth & creamy frozen yogurt, chocolate chip cookie dough: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Hood, smooth & creamy fro…95/100
High-band neighbours for Cheez-It Duoz Baked Snack Crackers (95/100) outside Cheez-It.
Chart values as text

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

Cheez-It Duoz Baked Snack Crackers
95/100
Mini ice cream sandwiches
95/100
salted caramel
95/100
Kosher Dill Wholes
95/100
Hood, smooth & creamy frozen yogurt, chocolate chip cookie dough
95/100

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 Duoz Baked Snack Crackers scores 8.9 points above that category average (95/100 vs. 86.1/100), so it is a comparatively strong 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 Duoz Baked Snack Crackers lists 53 ingredients on its label

53 97th percentile a longer ingredient list than 97% of the 81,477 products 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: 53 (97th 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 95/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (1 flagged of 53 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

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
Soybean And Palm Oil With Tbhq For Freshness
11
Cheese Made With Skim Milk
12
Skim Milk
13
Whey Protein
14
Cheese Cultures
15
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
16
Enzymes
17
Annatto Color
18
White Cheddar Cheese
19
Milk
20
Two Percent Or Less Of Salt
21
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
22
Buttermilk
23
Paprika
24
Cheddar And Monterey Jack Cheese
25
Msg
26
Parmesan Cheese
27
Part-skim Milk
28
Cultured Nonfat Milk
29
Leavening
30
Yeast
31
Baking Soda
32
Garlic
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
33
Tomato
34
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
35
Natural And Artificial Flavors
36
Onion
37
Corn Syrup Solids
38
Spices
39
Malic Acid
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SYNERGIST
Safe GRAS
40
Sodium Caseinate
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
41
Autolyzed yeast extract
Flavoring
Certain People Should Avoid
42
Paprika Oleoresin
43
Disodium Inosinate
FLAVOR ENHANCER, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
Approved
44
Disodium Guanylate
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
Approved
45
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
46
Sodium Phosphate
47
Dehydrated Parsley
48
Turmeric Extract For Color
49
Yellow #6
50
Yellow #5
51
Sodium stearoyl lactylate
Other
Safe
52
Polysorbate 80
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT
Caution Approved
53
Soy Lecithin

Full Ingredient List

Enriched flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, vitamin b1 [thiamin mononitrate], vitamin b2 [riboflavin], folic acid), soybean and palm oil with tbhq for freshness, cheese made with skim milk (skim milk, whey protein, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes, annatto color), white cheddar cheese (milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), contains two percent or less of salt, whey, buttermilk, paprika, cheddar and monterey jack cheese (milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), monosodium glutamate, parmesan cheese (part-skim milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), cultured nonfat milk, leavening (yeast, baking soda), garlic, tomato, sugar, natural and artificial flavors, onion, corn syrup solids, spices, malic acid, annatto color, sodium caseinate, autolyzed yeast extract, paprika oleoresin, disodium inosinate, disodium guanylate, citric acid, sodium phosphate, parsley, turmeric extract for color, yellow #6, yellow #5, sodium stearoyl lactylate, polysorbate 80, soy lecithin.

Categories

Snacks Salty snacks Sweet snacks Appetizers Biscuits and cakes Biscuits and crackers Biscuits Crackers (Appetizers)

High-score cross-brand comparables for Cheez-It Duoz Baked Snack Crackers

Neighbours outside Cheez-It with screening scores in the same high band as Cheez-It Duoz Baked Snack Crackers (95/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Cheez-It; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Polysorbate 80 is the first flagged ingredient selected from Cheez-It Duoz Baked Snack Crackers's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 53-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Polysorbate 80. Open Polysorbate 80
  • Compare Cheez-It Duoz Baked Snack Crackers's 1 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 0024100577309: 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.