Safe

Salsa Con Queso

by Martin's

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0033049109458 · Martin's. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0033049109458 · Serving size 31g

The verdict

Salsa Con Queso by Martin's scores 95/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 31 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 1 ingredient is flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 31-component record, beginning with Buttermilk, Water, Partially Hydrogenated Soybean 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.

95/100
Safe safety score
1
One flagged · of 31 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

60/100

Grade C+

Ingredient Safety

95/100

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.

49109458 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Salsa Con Queso label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 95/100 FLAG-ONE 1 flagged LEN-DENSE 31 ing. REG-SPARSE 23% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-D Nutri-D RANK-SHORT Len top 13% LEAD-FLAG Caramel Coloring PHOTO-FINISH Pumpkin Pie · ±0 BOOK-OFF …109458 · July 2026

7 of 31 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Caramel Coloring). Source sheet 49109458 · 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: Pumpkin Pie · Nearest score peer is Pumpkin Pie 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. Salsa Con Queso: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Salsa Con Queso95/1002. Pumpkin Pie: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Pumpkin Pie95/1003. Pumpkin Pie: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Pumpkin Pie95/1004. Pumpkin Pie: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Pumpkin Pie95/1005. Apple Pie: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Apple Pie95/100
High-band neighbours for Salsa Con Queso (95/100) outside Martin's.
Chart values as text

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

Salsa Con Queso
95/100
Pumpkin Pie
95/100
Pumpkin Pie
95/100
Pumpkin Pie
95/100
Apple Pie
95/100

Ingredient-list length vs every product we publish

Salsa Con Queso lists 31 ingredients on its label

31 87th percentile a longer ingredient list than 87% of the 359,392 products we track

0–2: 6,050 products (2%). Below this entry. 2–4: 24,522 products (7%). Below this entry. 4–6: 31,054 products (9%). Below this entry. 6–8: 30,981 products (9%). Below this entry. 8–10: 31,618 products (9%). Below this entry. 10–12: 29,943 products (8%). Below this entry. 12–14: 28,403 products (8%). Below this entry. 14–16: 27,417 products (8%). Below this entry. 16–18: 24,508 products (7%). Below this entry. 18–20: 19,062 products (5%). Below this entry. 20–22: 14,679 products (4%). Below this entry. 22–24: 12,238 products (3%). Below this entry. 24–26: 10,830 products (3%). Below this entry. 26–28: 9,344 products (3%). Below this entry. 28–30: 7,955 products (2%). Below this entry. 30–32: 6,753 products (2%). This entry sits in this band. 32–34: 5,918 products (2%). Above this entry. 34–36: 5,282 products (1%). Above this entry. 36–38: 4,531 products (1%). Above this entry. 38–40: 4,063 products (1%). Above this entry. 40–42: 24,241 products (7%). Above this entry. This product 0 42 every published 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

359,392 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 31 (87th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
6,050 products (2%)
2–4
24,522 products (7%)
4–6
31,054 products (9%)
6–8
30,981 products (9%)
8–10
31,618 products (9%)
10–12
29,943 products (8%)
12–14
28,403 products (8%)
14–16
27,417 products (8%)
16–18
24,508 products (7%)
18–20
19,062 products (5%)
20–22
14,679 products (4%)
22–24
12,238 products (3%)
24–26
10,830 products (3%)
26–28
9,344 products (3%)
28–30
7,955 products (2%)
30–32
6,753 products (2%)
32–34
5,918 products (2%)
34–36
5,282 products (1%)
36–38
4,531 products (1%)
38–40
4,063 products (1%)
40 and above
24,241 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. No category with enough published products was available for this record, so the comparison runs against the whole published catalogue.

Ingredient Safety Analysis

How the 95/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (1 flagged of 31 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Buttermilk
2
Water
3
Partially Hydrogenated Soybean Oil
4
Modified Food Starch
5
Cheddar Cheese
6
Cultured Milk
7
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
8
Enzymes
9
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
10
Crushed Tomatoes
11
Jalapeno Peppers
12
Glucono-delta-lactone
13
Organic Onions
14
Xanthan Gum
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FORMULATION AID, PROCESSING AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT, TEXTURIZER
Approved
15
Autolyzed yeast extract
Flavoring
Certain People Should Avoid
16
Spices
17
Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DOUGH STRENGTHENER, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FLOUR TREATING AGENT, FORMULATION AID, LEAVENING AGENT, OXIDIZING OR REDUCING AGENT, SEQUESTRANT
GRAS
18
Sodium Benzoate
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FUMIGANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT
Certain People Should Avoid GRAS
19
Preservative
20
Mono And Diglycerides
21
Apo/beta Carotenal Color
22
Granulated Garlic
23
Dried Red Bell Peppers
24
Natural And Artificial Flavor
25
Chili Pepper Powder
26
Worcestershire Concentrate
27
Dried Vinegar
28
Hydrolyzed Soy Protein
29
Caramel Coloring
Coloring
Avoid Approved (color additive, GRAS)
30
Garlic Powder
31
Spice Extractives And Malt Extract

Full Ingredient List

BUTTERMILK, WATER, PARTIALLY HYDROGENATED SOYBEAN OIL, FOOD STARCH MODIFIED, CHEDDAR CHEESE (CULTURED MILK, SALT, ENZYMES), CORN SYRUP, CONCENTRATED CRUSHED TOMATOES, SALT, JALAPENO PEPPERS, GLUCONO-DELTA-LACTONE, DEHYDRATED ONIONS, XANTHAN GUM, AUTOLYZED YEAST EXTRACT, SPICES, SODIUM ACID PYROPHOSPHATE, SODIUM BENZOATE (PRESERVATIVE), MONO AND DIGLYCERIDES, APO/BETA CAROTENAL COLOR, GRANULATED GARLIC, DEHYDRATED RED BELL PEPPERS, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, CHILI PEPPER POWDER, WORCESTERSHIRE CONCENTRATE (WATER, VINEGAR, HYDROLYZED SOY PROTEIN, CARAMEL COLOR, GARLIC POWDER, SPICE EXTRACTIVES AND MALT EXTRACT).

High-score cross-brand comparables for Salsa Con Queso

Neighbours outside Martin's with screening scores in the same high band as Salsa Con Queso (95/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Martin's; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Caramel Coloring is the first flagged ingredient selected from Salsa Con Queso's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 31-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Caramel Coloring. Open Caramel Coloring
  • Compare Salsa Con Queso's 1 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 0033049109458: 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.