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Hanover, veggie chips, ranch

by Hanover

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0028800146247 · Hanover · Snacks. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0028800146247 · Serving size 1 ONZ (28 g)

The verdict

Hanover, veggie chips, ranch by Hanover scores 0/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 45 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 4 ingredients are flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 45-component record, beginning with Potato Flour, Potato Starch, Vegetable 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.

0/100
Avoid safety score
4
Many flagged · of 45 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.

00146247 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Hanover, veggie chips, ranch label screening desk

SCORE-AVOID 0/100 FLAG-MANY 4 flagged LEN-DENSE 45 ing. REG-PART 33% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-D Nutri-D RANK-SHORT Len top 7% LEAD-FLAG Yellow 6 PHOTO-FINISH Party Animal · ±0 BOOK-OFF …146247 · July 2026

15 of 45 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Yellow 6). Source sheet 00146247 · 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: Party Animal · Nearest score peer is Party Animal 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. Hanover, veggie chips, ranch: 0/100 · 0% of the leader · rank #11. Hanover, veggie chips, ra…0/1002. Party Animal: 0/100 · 0% of the leader · rank #22. Party Animal0/1003. Chewing Gum: 0/100 · 0% of the leader · rank #33. Chewing Gum0/1004. Spice Drops Candy: 0/100 · 0% of the leader · rank #44. Spice Drops Candy0/1005. Hostess S'Mores Cupcakes: 0/100 · 0% of the leader · rank #55. Hostess S'Mores Cupcakes0/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for Hanover, veggie chips, ranch (0/100 on 45 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

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

Hanover, veggie chips, ranch
0/100
Party Animal
0/100
Chewing Gum
0/100
Spice Drops Candy
0/100
Hostess S'Mores Cupcakes
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. Hanover, veggie chips, ranch 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

Hanover, veggie chips, ranch lists 45 ingredients on its label

45 93rd percentile a longer ingredient list than 93% 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: 45 (93rd 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 (4 flagged of 45 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Potato Flour
2
Potato Starch
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
3
Vegetable Oil
4
Canola
5
Corn
6
Cottonseed
7
Safflower
8
Soybean
9
Organic Sunflower
10
Tomato Paste
11
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
12
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
13
Spinach Powder
14
Buttermilk
15
Tomato Powder
16
Corn Syrup Solids
17
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
18
Onion Powder
19
Garlic Powder
20
Beetroot Powder
21
Turmeric
22
Msg
23
Corn Starch
24
Cheddar Cheese
25
Cultured Milk
26
Enzymes
27
Nonfat Dry Milk
28
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
29
Malic Acid
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SYNERGIST
Safe GRAS
30
Natural And Artificial Flavors
31
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
32
Sodium Diacetate
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
Safe GRAS
33
Mono And Diglycerides
34
Spice
35
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
36
Sodium Citrate
37
Disodium Phosphate
38
Gum Arabic
39
Disodium Inosinate
FLAVOR ENHANCER, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
Approved
40
Disodium Guanylate
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
Approved
41
Artificial Colors
42
Yellow 5
Avoid Approved (certified color)
43
Yellow 6
Avoid Approved (certified color)
44
Red 40
Avoid Approved (certified color)
45
Blue 1
Caution Approved (certified color)

Full Ingredient List

Potato flour, potato starch, vegetable oil (contains one more of the following: canola, corn, cottonseed, safflower, soybean and/or sunflower), tomato paste, salt, sugar, spinach powder, buttermilk, tomato powder, corn syrup solids, whey, onion powder, garlic powder, beetroot powder, turmeric, monosodium glutamate, corn starch, cheddar cheese (cultured milk, salt, enzymes), nonfat dry milk, dextrose, malic acid, natural and artificial flavors, sodium caseinate, sodium diacetate, mono and diglycerides, spice, citric acid, sodium citrate, disodium phosphate, gum arabic, disodium inosinate, disodium guanylate, artificial colors (fd&c yellow #5, fd&c yellow #6, fd&c red #40, fd&c blue #1).

Categories

Snacks

Lower-score cross-brand comparables for Hanover, veggie chips, ranch

Neighbours outside Hanover in the same lower screening band as Hanover, veggie chips, ranch (0/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Hanover; these peers cross brands.

Long-label peers (21+ ingredients)

Nearest cross-brand labels by linked ingredient count (45 on 0028800146247).

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Yellow 6 is the first flagged ingredient selected from Hanover, veggie chips, ranch's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 45-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Yellow 6. Open Yellow 6
  • Compare Hanover, veggie chips, ranch's 4 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 0028800146247: 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.