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Munchies Cheese Fix

by Munchies

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0028400742351 · Munchies · Chips. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0028400742351 · Serving size 0.75 cup (28 g)

The verdict

Munchies Cheese Fix by Munchies scores 25/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 58 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 3 ingredients are flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 58-component record, beginning with Corn, Enriched Flour, Wheat Flour. 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.

25/100
Avoid safety score
3
Few flagged · of 58 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

20/100

Grade F

Ingredient Safety

25/100

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.

00742351 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Munchies Cheese Fix label screening desk

SCORE-AVOID 25/100 FLAG-FEW 3 flagged LEN-DENSE 58 ing. REG-PART 34% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-E Nutri-E RANK-SHORT Len top 1% LEAD-FLAG Yellow 6 PHOTO-FINISH Funyuns Maruchan Hot · ±0 BOOK-OFF …742351 · July 2026

20 of 58 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Yellow 6). Source sheet 00742351 · 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: Funyuns Maruchan Hot And Spicy Chicken Ramen · Nearest score peer is Funyuns Maruchan Hot And Spicy Chicken Ramen 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. Munchies Cheese Fix: 25/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Munchies Cheese Fix25/1002. Funyuns Maruchan Hot And Spicy Chicken Ramen: 25/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Funyuns Maruchan Hot And …25/1003. Chester's Ranch Fries: 25/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Chester's Ranch Fries25/1004. Frito flavor twist queso flavored: 25/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Frito flavor twist queso …25/1005. Steakhouse Onion Flavor: 25/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Steakhouse Onion Flavor25/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for Munchies Cheese Fix (25/100 on 58 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

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

Munchies Cheese Fix
25/100
Funyuns Maruchan Hot And Spicy Chicken Ramen
25/100
Chester's Ranch Fries
25/100
Frito flavor twist queso flavored
25/100
Steakhouse Onion Flavor
25/100

How It Compares to Its Category

Among the 91 products we've scored in the Chips category, the average safety score is 94.9/100. Munchies Cheese Fix scores 69.9 points below that category average (25/100 vs. 94.9/100), 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 Chips products

Munchies Cheese Fix lists 58 ingredients on its label

58 99th percentile a longer ingredient list than 99% of the 68 products we track

2–4: 2 products (3%). Below this entry. 4–6: 3 products (4%). Below this entry. 6–8: 7 products (10%). Below this entry. 8–10: 2 products (3%). Below this entry. 10–12: 5 products (7%). Below this entry. 12–14: 4 products (6%). Below this entry. 14–16: 6 products (9%). Below this entry. 16–18: 8 products (12%). Below this entry. 18–20: 2 products (3%). Below this entry. 20–22: 5 products (7%). Below this entry. 22–24: 5 products (7%). Below this entry. 24–26: 3 products (4%). Below this entry. 26–28: 2 products (3%). Below this entry. 28–30: 4 products (6%). Below this entry. 30–32: 3 products (4%). Below this entry. 34–36: 1 products (1%). Below this entry. 38–40: 1 products (1%). Below this entry. 40–42: 5 products (7%). This entry sits in this band. This product 2 42 every published Chips 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

68 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 58 (99th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

2–4
2 products (3%)
4–6
3 products (4%)
6–8
7 products (10%)
8–10
2 products (3%)
10–12
5 products (7%)
12–14
4 products (6%)
14–16
6 products (9%)
16–18
8 products (12%)
18–20
2 products (3%)
20–22
5 products (7%)
22–24
5 products (7%)
24–26
3 products (4%)
26–28
2 products (3%)
28–30
4 products (6%)
30–32
3 products (4%)
34–36
1 products (1%)
38–40
1 products (1%)
40 and above
5 products (7%)

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 68 Chips 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 25/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (3 flagged of 58 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Corn
2
Enriched Flour
3
Wheat Flour
4
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
5
Reduced Iron
6
Thiamin Mononitrate
7
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
8
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
9
Vegetable Oil
10
Corn Oil
11
Canola Oil
12
Soybean Oil
13
Sunflower Oil
14
Enriched Corn Meal
15
Corn Meal
16
Ferrous Sulfate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PROCESSING AID, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
17
Whole Wheat
18
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
19
Brown Rice Flour
20
Corn Maltodextrin
21
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
22
Cheddar Cheese
23
Milk
24
Cheese Cultures
25
Enzymes
26
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
27
Corn Syrup
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, HUMECTANT, LEAVENING AGENT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, TEXTURIZER
Cut Back GRAS
28
Natural Flavors
29
Artificial Flavors
30
Whey Protein Concentrate
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
31
Buttermilk
32
Onion Powder
33
Msg
34
Romano Cheese
35
Cow's Milk
36
Potassium Salt
37
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
38
Ammonium Bicarbonate
DOUGH STRENGTHENER, LEAVENING AGENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
39
Corn Flour
40
Dextrose
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, HUMECTANT, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
Cut Back GRAS
41
Tomato Powder
42
Artificial Color
43
Yellow 6
Avoid Approved (certified color)
44
Yellow 5
Avoid Approved (certified color)
45
Red 40
Avoid Approved (certified color)
46
Lactic Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, CURING OR PICKLING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
Safe GRAS
47
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
48
Yeast
49
Malt Syrup
50
Garlic Powder
51
Skim Milk
52
Spices
53
Yeast Extract
54
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
55
Parmesan Cheese
56
Red Bell Pepper Powder
57
Disodium Inosinate
FLAVOR ENHANCER, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
Approved
58
Disodium Guanylate
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
Approved

Full Ingredient List

corn, enriched flour, wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid, vegetable oil, corn oil, canola oil, soybean oil, sunflower oil, enriched corn meal, corn meal, ferrous sulfate, niacin, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid, whole wheat, salt, brown rice flour, corn maltodextrin, whey, cheddar cheese, milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes, sugar, corn syrup, natural flavors, artificial flavors, whey protein concentrate, buttermilk, onion powder, monosodium glutamate, romano cheese, cow's milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes, potassium salt, lactose, ammonium bicarbonate, corn flour, dextrose, tomato powder, artificial color, yellow 6, yellow 5, red 40, lactic acid, citric acid, yeast, malt syrup, garlic powder, skim milk, spices, yeast extract, sodium caseinate, parmesan cheese, milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes, red bell pepper powder, disodium inosinate, disodium guanylate

Categories

Chips

Lower-score cross-brand comparables for Munchies Cheese Fix

Neighbours outside Munchies in the same lower screening band as Munchies Cheese Fix (25/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Munchies; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Yellow 6 is the first flagged ingredient selected from Munchies Cheese Fix's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 58-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Yellow 6. Open Yellow 6
  • Compare Munchies Cheese Fix's 3 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 0028400742351: 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.