Safe

Harvest Cheddar

by Sun Chips

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0028400147392 · Sun Chips · Snacks. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0028400147392 · Serving size 14 chips (28 g)

The verdict

Harvest Cheddar by Sun Chips scores 100/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 32 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 0 ingredients are flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 32-component record, beginning with Whole Corn, Vegetable Oil, Sunflower Oil. 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.

100/100
Safe safety score
0
None flagged · of 32 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
D
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

63/100

Grade C+

Ingredient Safety

100/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

D

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.

00147392 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Harvest Cheddar label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 100/100 FLAG-CLEAN 0 flagged LEN-DENSE 32 ing. REG-SPARSE 22% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-D Nutri-D RANK-SHORT Len top 17% LEAD-RARE Sodium Caseinate PHOTO-FINISH Spicy White Cheddar · ±0 BOOK-OFF …147392 · July 2026

7 of 32 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Sodium Caseinate). Source sheet 00147392 · 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: Spicy White Cheddar Flavored Tortilla Chips, Spicy White Cheddar · Nearest score peer is Spicy White Cheddar Flavored Tortilla Chips, Spicy White Cheddar 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.

This label falls in the fourth Nutri-Score band. The model arrives there when its penalty terms — energy density, sugars, saturated fat, sodium — carry more weight in the calculation than the fibre, protein and produce content it credits. The band covers a wide span of the points scale, so position within it is not visible from the letter alone. The grade reflects the declared nutrition panel and is unrelated to the additive ratings listed below, which come from different bodies applying different criteria.

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. Harvest Cheddar: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Harvest Cheddar100/1002. Spicy White Cheddar Flavored Tortilla Chips, Spicy White Cheddar: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Spicy White Cheddar Flavo…100/1003. Organic Spicy White Cheddar Flavored Tortilla Chips, Spicy White Cheddar: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Organic Spicy White Chedd…100/1004. White Cheddar Cheese Flavored Snacks Puffs, White Cheddar: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. White Cheddar Cheese Flav…100/1005. Original Plantain Chips, Original: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Original Plantain Chips, …100/100
High-band neighbours for Harvest Cheddar (100/100) outside Sun Chips.
Chart values as text

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

Harvest Cheddar
100/100
Spicy White Cheddar Flavored Tortilla Chips, Spicy White Cheddar
100/100
Organic Spicy White Cheddar Flavored Tortilla Chips, Spicy White Cheddar
100/100
White Cheddar Cheese Flavored Snacks Puffs, White Cheddar
100/100
Original Plantain Chips, Original
100/100

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. Harvest Cheddar scores 13.9 points above that category average (100/100 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

Harvest Cheddar lists 32 ingredients on its label

32 83rd percentile a longer ingredient list than 83% 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%). This entry sits in this band. 34–36: 1,572 products (2%). Above this entry. 36–38: 1,417 products (2%). Above this entry. 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: 32 (83rd 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

1
Whole Corn
2
Vegetable Oil
3
Sunflower Oil
4
Canola Oil
5
Whole Wheat
6
Whole Grain Brown Rice Flour
7
Whole Oat Flour
8
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
9
Corn Maltodextrin
10
2% Salt
11
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
12
Natural Flavors
13
Cheddar Cheese
14
Milk
15
Cheese Cultures
16
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
17
Enzymes
18
Onion Powder
19
Buttermilk
20
Potassium Salt
21
Romano Cheese
22
Cow's Milk
23
Yeast Extract
24
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
25
Paprika Extract
26
Color
27
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
28
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
29
Skim Milk
30
Garlic Powder
31
Lactic Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, CURING OR PICKLING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
Safe GRAS
32
Parmesan Cheese

Full Ingredient List

WHOLE CORN, VEGETABLE OIL (SUNFLOWER OIL, CANOLA OIL), WHOLE WHEAT, WHOLE GRAIN BROWN RICE FLOUR, WHOLE OAT FLOUR, SUGAR, CORN MALTODEXTRIN, 2% SALT, WHEY, NATURAL FLAVORS, CHEDDAR CHEESE (MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES), ONION POWDER, BUTTERMILK, POTASSIUM SALT, ROMANO CHEESE (COW'S MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES), YEAST EXTRACT, LACTOSE, PAPRIKA EXTRACT (COLOR), SODIUM CASEINATE, CITRIC ACID, SKIM MILK, GARLIC POWDER, LACTIC ACID, PARMESAN CHEESE (MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, ENZYMES, SALT).

Categories

Snacks Salty snacks Appetizers Biscuits and crackers Crackers (Appetizers) Puffed salty snacks Puffed salty snacks made from maize

High-score cross-brand comparables for Harvest Cheddar

Neighbours outside Sun Chips with screening scores in the same high band as Harvest Cheddar (100/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Sun Chips; these peers cross brands.

Read the longer label in layers

Read the longer label in layers

Harvest Cheddar has a longer ingredient list than 83% of its Snacks category comparison set. Use the ingredient table before relying on its single screening score.

This page describes published ingredient-list and source coverage. It is not dietary or medical advice.

Barcode 0028400147392: 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.