Concern

Flamin' Hot Flavored Rings

by Funionis

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0028400025140 · Funionis · Snacks. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0028400025140 · Serving size 28 g (13 PIECES | ABOUT)

The verdict

Flamin' Hot Flavored Rings by Funionis scores 50/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 37 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 37-component record, beginning with Enriched Corn Meal, Corn Meal, Ferrous Sulfate. 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 37 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.

00025140 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Flamin' Hot Flavored Rings label screening desk

SCORE-CONC 50/100 FLAG-FEW 2 flagged LEN-DENSE 37 ing. REG-PART 35% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-E Nutri-E RANK-SHORT Len top 12% LEAD-FLAG Yellow 6 PHOTO-FINISH Turbos Flamas · ±0 BOOK-OFF …025140 · July 2026

13 of 37 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Yellow 6). Source sheet 00025140 · 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: Turbos Flamas · Nearest score peer is Turbos Flamas 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. Flamin' Hot Flavored Rings: 50/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Flamin' Hot Flavored Rings50/1002. Turbos Flamas: 50/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Turbos Flamas50/1003. Rold Gold Tiny Twists Cheddar Flavored Pretzels: 50/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Rold Gold Tiny Twists Che…50/1004. Sandwich crackers cheddar cheese on golden toast crackers: 50/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Sandwich crackers cheddar…50/1005. Flavored Corn Snacks: 50/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Flavored Corn Snacks50/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for Flamin' Hot Flavored Rings (50/100 on 37 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

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

Flamin' Hot Flavored Rings
50/100
Turbos Flamas
50/100
Rold Gold Tiny Twists Cheddar Flavored Pretzels
50/100
Sandwich crackers cheddar cheese on golden toast crackers
50/100
Flavored Corn Snacks
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. Flamin' Hot Flavored Rings 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

Flamin' Hot Flavored Rings lists 37 ingredients on its label

37 88th percentile a longer ingredient list than 88% 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%). This entry sits in this band. 38–40: 1,284 products (2%). Above this entry. 40–42: 8,066 products (10%). Above this entry. 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: 37 (88th 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 37 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Enriched Corn Meal
2
Corn Meal
3
Ferrous Sulfate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PROCESSING AID, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
4
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
5
Thiamin Mononitrate
6
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
7
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
8
Vegetable Oil
9
Corn
10
Canola
11
Sunflower Oil
12
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
13
Corn Starch
14
Corr Flour
15
Buttermilk
16
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
17
Msg
18
Yeast Extract
19
Cheddar Cheese
20
Milk
21
Cheese Cultures
22
Enzymes
23
Artificial Color
24
Red 40
Avoid Approved (certified color)
25
Yellow 6
Avoid Approved (certified color)
26
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
27
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
28
Onion Powder
29
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
30
Made From Corn
31
Lactose
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, MALTING OR FERMENTING AID, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, OXIDIZING OR REDUCING AGENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT
Certain People Should Avoid GRAS
32
Garlic Powder. Natural And Artificial Flavor
33
Skim Milk
34
Sodium Diacetate
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
Safe GRAS
35
Gum Arabic
36
And Onion Extracts
37
Milk Ingredients

Full Ingredient List

enriched corn meal (corn meal, ferrous sulfate, niacin, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), vegetable oil (corn, canola, and/or sunflower oil), salt, and less than 2% of the following: corn starch, corr flour, buttermilk, sugar, monosodium glutamate, yeast extract, cheddar cheese (milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), artificial color (red 40 lake, yellow 6 lake), citric acid, whey, onion powder, maltodextrin (made from corn), lactose, garlic powder. natural and artificial flavor, skim milk, sodium diacetate, gum arabic, and onion extracts. contains milk ingredients.

Categories

Snacks

Mid-score cross-brand comparables for Flamin' Hot Flavored Rings

Neighbours outside Funionis near Flamin' Hot Flavored Rings's mid-band score (50/100). No other Funionis products are linked from this barcode; these peers compare across brands only.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Yellow 6 is the first flagged ingredient selected from Flamin' Hot Flavored Rings's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 37-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Yellow 6. Open Yellow 6
  • Compare Flamin' Hot Flavored Rings'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 0028400025140: 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.