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Cheddar Fries

by Andy Capp's

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0026200471587 · Andy Capp's · Snacks. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0026200471587 · Serving size 50 whole fries (28 g)

The verdict

Cheddar Fries by Andy Capp's scores 0/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 49 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 5 ingredients are flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 49-component record, beginning with Degermed Yellow Cornmeal, Vegetable Oil, Palm. 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.

0/100
Avoid safety score
5
Many flagged · of 49 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

8/100

Grade F

Ingredient Safety

0/100

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.

00471587 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Cheddar Fries label screening desk

SCORE-AVOID 0/100 FLAG-MANY 5 flagged LEN-DENSE 49 ing. REG-SPARSE 24% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-E Nutri-E RANK-SHORT Len top 5% LEAD-FLAG TBHQ PHOTO-FINISH Superscoops wafers sandwiches · ±0 BOOK-OFF …471587 · July 2026

12 of 49 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: TBHQ). Source sheet 00471587 · 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: Superscoops wafers sandwiches · Nearest score peer is Superscoops wafers sandwiches 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 lowest of the four bands. That is where labels land when registry-rated components drive the greater part of the deduction from the index. The band name is drawn from the framework's own scale and is distinct from the ratings the registries themselves assign to individual substances, which are shown per component below. A single heavily rated component and several lightly rated ones can produce the same band, so the component table is the more precise reading of the two.

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. Cheddar Fries: 0/100 · 0% of the leader · rank #11. Cheddar Fries0/1002. Superscoops wafers sandwiches: 0/100 · 0% of the leader · rank #22. Superscoops wafers sandwi…0/1003. Assorted pops: 0/100 · 0% of the leader · rank #33. Assorted pops0/1004. Christmas Cookies: 0/100 · 0% of the leader · rank #44. Christmas Cookies0/1005. Deluxe Christmas Cookies: 0/100 · 0% of the leader · rank #55. Deluxe Christmas Cookies0/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for Cheddar Fries (0/100 on 49 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

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

Cheddar Fries
0/100
Superscoops wafers sandwiches
0/100
Assorted pops
0/100
Christmas Cookies
0/100
Deluxe Christmas Cookies
0/100

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. Cheddar Fries scores 86.1 points below that category average (0/100 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

Cheddar Fries lists 49 ingredients on its label

49 95th percentile a longer ingredient list than 95% 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: 49 (95th 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 0/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (5 flagged of 49 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Degermed Yellow Cornmeal
2
Vegetable Oil
3
Palm
4
Cottonseed Oil
5
Potatoes
6
Water
7
Cheese Powder
8
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
9
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
10
Buttermilk Solids
11
Reduced Lactose Whey
12
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
13
Msg
14
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
15
Cheddar
16
Blue Cheese
17
Pasteurized Milk
18
Cheese Culture
19
Enzymes
20
Yellow 5
Avoid Approved (certified color)
21
Yellow 6
Avoid Approved (certified color)
22
Autolyzed yeast extract
Flavoring
Certain People Should Avoid
23
Spice
24
Artificial Flavor
25
Canola Oil
26
Disodium Phosphate
27
Yellow 5
Avoid Approved (certified color)
28
Yellow 6
Avoid Approved (certified color)
29
Lactic Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, CURING OR PICKLING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
Safe GRAS
30
Onion Powder
31
TBHQ
Preservative
Avoid Approved (preservative, 21 CFR 172.185)
32
Preservative
33
Shortening Powder
34
Soybean Oil
35
Corn Syrup Solids
36
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
37
Mono
38
Diglycerides
39
Mono - And Diglycerides
40
Natural Cheddar Cheese Flavor
41
Natural Flavor
42
Whey Solids
43
Chives
44
Dehydrated Parsley
45
Extractives Of Paprika
46
Hydrolyzed Corn Protein
47
Natural Flavor
48
Whey Powder
49
Milk

Full Ingredient List

degermed yellow cornmeal, vegetable oil (palm and/or cottonseed oil), dried potatoes, water, cheese powder (whey, salt, buttermilk solids, reduced lactose whey, maltodextrin, monosodium glutamate, citric acid, cheddar , blue cheese [pasteurized milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes], yellow 5 lake, yellow 6 lake, autolyzed yeast extract, spice, artificial flavor, canola oil, disodium phosphate, yellow 5, yellow 6, lactic acid), less than 2% of: salt, onion powder, monosodium glutamate, tbhq (preservative), shortening powder (soybean oil, corn syrup solids, sodium caseinate, mono , diglycerides), mono - and diglycerides, cheddar cheese flavor (maltodextrin, flavor, whey solids, salt, disodium phosphate), citric acid, dried chives, dried parsley, extractives of paprika, hydrolyzed corn protein, natural flavor, whey powder, yellow 5 lake, yellow 6 lake,contains: milk,

Categories

Snacks

Lower-score cross-brand comparables for Cheddar Fries

Neighbours outside Andy Capp's in the same lower screening band as Cheddar Fries (0/100). 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 Cheddar Fries's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 49-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to TBHQ. Open TBHQ
  • Compare Cheddar Fries's 5 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 0026200471587: 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.