Caution

Onion rings

by Andy Capp's

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0026200231907 · Andy Capp's · Plant-based foods and beverages. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0026200231907 · Serving size 1 bag (57 g)

The verdict

Onion rings by Andy Capp's scores 85/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 25 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 1 ingredient is flagged for caution. The 25-component label is layered, beginning with Degermed Yellow Cornmeal, Vegetable Oil, Palm. Start with any flagged rows, then check the nutrition grade and serving size instead of treating one roll-up score as the whole decision. This is not a recall, allergy, medical, or dietary-safety determination.

85/100
Caution safety score
1
One flagged · of 25 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

50/100

Grade C-

Ingredient Safety

85/100

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.

00231907 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Onion rings label screening desk

SCORE-CAUT 85/100 FLAG-ONE 1 flagged LEN-LAYERED 25 ing. REG-SPARSE 28% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-E Nutri-E RANK-SHORT Len top 15% LEAD-FLAG TBHQ PHOTO-FINISH Original Snack Size · ±0 BOOK-OFF …231907 · July 2026

7 of 25 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: TBHQ). Source sheet 00231907 · 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: Original Snack Size Sticks · Nearest score peer is Original Snack Size Sticks 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 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.

This label parsed into a long component list. Where many entries are screened at once, the composite tends to reflect the overall mix of registry ratings returned rather than the rating of any one entry. Longer declarations also carry more sub-listed and compound entries, where a parenthetical group is resolved into its parts, so the parsed count can exceed what a reader counts on the packaging.

Cross-brand screening score neighbourhood

1. Onion rings: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Onion rings85/1002. Original Snack Size Sticks: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Original Snack Size Sticks85/1003. Beef Jerky, Teriyaki: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Beef Jerky, Teriyaki85/1004. Slim Jim, Dare, Beef Jerky, Freakin' Hot Habanero, Freakin' Hot Habanero: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Slim Jim, Dare, Beef Jerk…85/1005. Slim Jim, Dare, Beef Jerky, Kinda Hot Chili Pepper, Kinda Hot Chili Pepper: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Slim Jim, Dare, Beef Jerk…85/100
High-band neighbours for Onion rings (85/100) outside Andy Capp's.
Chart values as text

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

Onion rings
85/100
Original Snack Size Sticks
85/100
Beef Jerky, Teriyaki
85/100
Slim Jim, Dare, Beef Jerky, Freakin' Hot Habanero, Freakin' Hot Habanero
85/100
Slim Jim, Dare, Beef Jerky, Kinda Hot Chili Pepper, Kinda Hot Chili Pepper
85/100

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. Onion rings scores 1.1 points below that category average (85/100 vs. 86.1/100), 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 Plant-based foods and beverages products

Onion rings lists 25 ingredients on its label

25 85th percentile a longer ingredient list than 85% of the 63,434 products we track

0–2: 3,907 products (6%). Below this entry. 2–4: 7,921 products (12%). Below this entry. 4–6: 8,845 products (14%). Below this entry. 6–8: 7,032 products (11%). Below this entry. 8–10: 6,320 products (10%). Below this entry. 10–12: 4,190 products (7%). Below this entry. 12–14: 3,449 products (5%). Below this entry. 14–16: 3,051 products (5%). Below this entry. 16–18: 2,493 products (4%). Below this entry. 18–20: 2,053 products (3%). Below this entry. 20–22: 1,808 products (3%). Below this entry. 22–24: 1,758 products (3%). Below this entry. 24–26: 1,623 products (3%). This entry sits in this band. 26–28: 1,606 products (3%). Above this entry. 28–30: 1,360 products (2%). Above this entry. 30–32: 1,198 products (2%). Above this entry. 32–34: 1,081 products (2%). Above this entry. 34–36: 901 products (1%). Above this entry. 36–38: 649 products (1%). Above this entry. 38–40: 534 products (1%). Above this entry. 40–42: 1,655 products (3%). Above this entry. This product 0 42 every published Plant-based foods and beverages 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

63,434 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 25 (85th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
3,907 products (6%)
2–4
7,921 products (12%)
4–6
8,845 products (14%)
6–8
7,032 products (11%)
8–10
6,320 products (10%)
10–12
4,190 products (7%)
12–14
3,449 products (5%)
14–16
3,051 products (5%)
16–18
2,493 products (4%)
18–20
2,053 products (3%)
20–22
1,808 products (3%)
22–24
1,758 products (3%)
24–26
1,623 products (3%)
26–28
1,606 products (3%)
28–30
1,360 products (2%)
30–32
1,198 products (2%)
32–34
1,081 products (2%)
34–36
901 products (1%)
36–38
649 products (1%)
38–40
534 products (1%)
40 and above
1,655 products (3%)

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 63,434 Plant-based foods and beverages products we publish with a parsed label, not against the whole catalogue, because list length varies far more between categories than within one.

Full Ingredient List

DEGERMED YELLOW CORNMEAL, VEGETABLE OIL (PALM AND/OR COTTONSEED OIL), ONION POWDER, WATER, SALT, LESS THAN 2% OF: SUGAR, TORULA YEAST, OAT FIBER, GARLIC POWDER, TBHQ (FOR FRESHNESS), CORN MALTODEXTRIN, BLACK PEPPER, NATURAL FLAVOR, POTATO MALTODEXTRIN, YEAST EXTRACT, CULTURED WHEY, TRICALCIUM PHOSPHATE, MODIFIED TAPIOCA STARCH, TAPIOCA MALTODEXTRIN, SWEET POTATO MALTODEXTRIN, GARLIC JUICE CONCENTRATE, DIMETHYLPOLYSILOXANE

Categories

Plant-based foods and beverages Plant-based foods Snacks Salty snacks Appetizers Chips and fries Frozen foods Crisps Frozen plant-based foods Frozen plant-based foods mixes Breaded onion rings Corn chips Onion-crisps

High-score cross-brand comparables for Onion rings

Neighbours outside Andy Capp's with screening scores in the same high band as Onion rings (85/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Andy Capp's; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

TBHQ is the first flagged ingredient selected from Onion rings's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 25-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to TBHQ. Open TBHQ
  • Compare Onion rings'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 0026200231907: 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.