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Ruffled Double Crunch Spicy Cheddar Jack Flavored

by Ruffles

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0028400516372 · Ruffles · Plant-based foods and beverages. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0028400516372

The verdict

Ruffled Double Crunch Spicy Cheddar Jack Flavored by Ruffles scores 0/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 41 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 6 ingredients are flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 41-component record, beginning with Potatoes, Vegetable Oil, Organic Sunflower. 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
6
Many flagged · of 41 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

13/100

Grade F

Ingredient Safety

0/100

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.

00516372 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Ruffled Double Crunch Spicy Cheddar Jack Flavored label screening desk

SCORE-AVOID 0/100 FLAG-MANY 6 flagged LEN-DENSE 41 ing. REG-SPARSE 22% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-D Nutri-D RANK-SHORT Len top 2% LEAD-FLAG Yellow 6 PHOTO-FINISH Spicy Nacho · ±0 BOOK-OFF …516372 · July 2026

9 of 41 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Yellow 6). Source sheet 00516372 · 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 Nacho · Nearest score peer is Spicy Nacho 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.

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.

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. Ruffled Double Crunch Spicy Cheddar Jack Flavored: 0/100 · 0% of the leader · rank #11. Ruffled Double Crunch Spi…0/1002. Spicy Nacho: 0/100 · 0% of the leader · rank #22. Spicy Nacho0/1003. Tapatío: 0/100 · 0% of the leader · rank #33. Tapatío0/1004. Doritos Spicy Nacho: 0/100 · 0% of the leader · rank #44. Doritos Spicy Nacho0/1005. Salsa verde corn tortilla chips: 0/100 · 0% of the leader · rank #55. Salsa verde corn tortilla…0/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for Ruffled Double Crunch Spicy Cheddar Jack Flavored (0/100 on 41 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

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

Ruffled Double Crunch Spicy Cheddar Jack Flavored
0/100
Spicy Nacho
0/100
Tapatío
0/100
Doritos Spicy Nacho
0/100
Salsa verde corn tortilla chips
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. Ruffled Double Crunch Spicy Cheddar Jack Flavored 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 Plant-based foods and beverages products

Ruffled Double Crunch Spicy Cheddar Jack Flavored lists 41 ingredients on its label

41 98th percentile a longer ingredient list than 98% 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%). Below this entry. 26–28: 1,606 products (3%). Below this entry. 28–30: 1,360 products (2%). Below this entry. 30–32: 1,198 products (2%). Below this entry. 32–34: 1,081 products (2%). Below this entry. 34–36: 901 products (1%). Below this entry. 36–38: 649 products (1%). Below this entry. 38–40: 534 products (1%). Below this entry. 40–42: 1,655 products (3%). This entry sits in this band. This product 0 42 every published Plant-based foods and beverages product, bucketed by value

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Distribution as text

63,434 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 41 (98th 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.

Ingredient Safety Analysis

How the 0/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (6 flagged of 41 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

Full Ingredient List

potatoes, vegetable oil (sunflower, com, and/or canola oil), maltodextrin (made from com), salt, whey, cheddar cheese (milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), natural flavors, monosodium glutamate, spices, onion powder, tomato powder, cream, garlic powder, corn flour, sodium (milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), paprika extracts, blue cheese (milk cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), swiss cheese (milk, cheeso cuiltures, salt enzymes), jalapeño penner monterey jack cheese (milk, cheese cutures diacetate, butter (cream, salt), artificial color (yellow 6 lake, yellow 5 lake, blue 1 lake, yellow 5, red 40, blue 1), yeast extract, parmesan cheese pam, skim milk).

Categories

Plant-based foods and beverages Plant-based foods Snacks Cereals and potatoes Salty snacks Appetizers Chips and fries Crisps Potato crisps

Lower-score cross-brand comparables for Ruffled Double Crunch Spicy Cheddar Jack Flavored

Neighbours outside Ruffles in the same lower screening band as Ruffled Double Crunch Spicy Cheddar Jack Flavored (0/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Ruffles; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Yellow 6 is the first flagged ingredient selected from Ruffled Double Crunch Spicy Cheddar Jack Flavored's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 41-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Yellow 6. Open Yellow 6
  • Compare Ruffled Double Crunch Spicy Cheddar Jack Flavored's 6 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 0028400516372: 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.