Concern

Salsa Queso With Real Bacon

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0033907205131 · Dairies. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0033907205131 · Serving size 2 Tbsp (30 g)

The verdict

Salsa Queso With Real Bacon scores 55/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 57 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 57-component record, beginning with Filtered Water, Cheese Premix, Dehydrated Blend Of Cheddar Cheese. 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.

55/100
Concern safety score
3
Few flagged · of 57 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
C
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

45/100

Grade D

Ingredient Safety

55/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

C

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.

07205131 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Salsa Queso With Real Bacon label screening desk

SCORE-CONC 55/100 FLAG-FEW 3 flagged LEN-DENSE 57 ing. REG-PART 37% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-C Nutri-C RANK-SHORT Len top 0% LEAD-FLAG Red 3 PHOTO-SOLO No peers BOOK-OFF …205131 · July 2026

21 of 57 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Red 3). Source sheet 07205131 · 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

Screening model notes

How Nutri-Score, NOVA, and list length read this record

This label lands in the third of four positions on the published scale. What separates that position from its neighbours is arithmetic rather than judgement: identical inputs run through the documented weighting always arrive at the same place. Anyone who works the calculation through by hand, using the methodology write-up together with the itemised ratings further down, will reproduce this number exactly — which is the reason for publishing a computed figure instead of an opinion.

Nutri-Score settled on its middle grade here, the band the algorithm produces when the penalty and credit sides of its nutrient ledger come out close to balanced. A mid-scale grade is a statement about the panel as a whole rather than about any single nutrient, and products arrive at it by very different routes: a moderate profile across every term, or high marks on some offset by heavy penalties on others. The grade is computed separately from the ingredient screen below and the two are not comparable measures.

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.

How It Compares to Its Category

Among the 23,001 products we've scored in the Dairies category, the average safety score is 97.8/100. Salsa Queso With Real Bacon scores 42.8 points below that category average (55/100 vs. 97.8/100), 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 Dairies products

Salsa Queso With Real Bacon lists 57 ingredients on its label

57 100th percentile a longer ingredient list than every other product we track

0–2: 120 products (1%). Below this entry. 2–4: 2,805 products (13%). Below this entry. 4–6: 4,714 products (22%). Below this entry. 6–8: 2,694 products (13%). Below this entry. 8–10: 1,996 products (9%). Below this entry. 10–12: 1,884 products (9%). Below this entry. 12–14: 1,734 products (8%). Below this entry. 14–16: 1,639 products (8%). Below this entry. 16–18: 1,261 products (6%). Below this entry. 18–20: 841 products (4%). Below this entry. 20–22: 481 products (2%). Below this entry. 22–24: 303 products (1%). Below this entry. 24–26: 228 products (1%). Below this entry. 26–28: 151 products (1%). Below this entry. 28–30: 122 products (1%). Below this entry. 30–32: 115 products (1%). Below this entry. 32–34: 81 products (0%). Below this entry. 34–36: 57 products (0%). Below this entry. 36–38: 45 products (0%). Below this entry. 38–40: 33 products (0%). Below this entry. 40–42: 134 products (1%). This entry sits in this band. This product 0 42 every published Dairies 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

21,438 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 57 (100th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
120 products (1%)
2–4
2,805 products (13%)
4–6
4,714 products (22%)
6–8
2,694 products (13%)
8–10
1,996 products (9%)
10–12
1,884 products (9%)
12–14
1,734 products (8%)
14–16
1,639 products (8%)
16–18
1,261 products (6%)
18–20
841 products (4%)
20–22
481 products (2%)
22–24
303 products (1%)
24–26
228 products (1%)
26–28
151 products (1%)
28–30
122 products (1%)
30–32
115 products (1%)
32–34
81 products (0%)
34–36
57 products (0%)
36–38
45 products (0%)
38–40
33 products (0%)
40 and above
134 products (1%)

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 21,438 Dairies 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 55/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (3 flagged of 57 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Filtered Water
2
Cheese Premix
3
Dehydrated Blend Of Cheddar Cheese
4
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
5
Cheddar
6
Cheese Culture
7
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
8
Enzymes
9
Whey Protein Concentrate
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
10
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
11
Maltodextrin
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, HUMECTANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT, TEXTURIZER
Safe GRAS
12
Sodium Phosphate
13
Natural Flavor
14
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
15
Lactic Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, CURING OR PICKLING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
Safe GRAS
16
Modified Food Starch
17
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
18
Corn Starch
19
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
20
Color Added
21
Annatto
Coloring
Certain People Should Avoid
22
Paprika
23
Soybean Oil
24
Roasted Tomato
25
Textured Vegetable Protein
26
Soy Flour
27
Caramel Coloring
Coloring
Avoid Approved (color additive, GRAS)
28
Red 3
Avoid FDA food listing remains in effect until Jan 15, 2027; revocation scheduled
29
Onion
30
Bacon Bits
31
Cured With Water
32
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
33
Smoke Flavoring
34
Sodium Phosphates
35
Sodium Erythorbate
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DOUGH STRENGTHENER, FLOUR TREATING AGENT, OXIDIZING OR REDUCING AGENT, PROCESSING AID, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT
Safe GRAS
36
Sodium Nitrite
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PROPELLANT
Avoid Prior Sanctioned
37
Dehydrated Bell Pepper
38
Chipotle Pepper
39
Jalapeno Pepper
40
Cilantro
41
Inactive Dried Yeast
42
Dried Vinegar
43
Artificial Flavoring
44
Hydrolyzed Cornsoy Protein
45
Autolyzed yeast extract
Flavoring
Certain People Should Avoid
46
Artificial Flavor
47
Partially Hydrogenated Soybean/cottonseed Oils
48
Disodium Inosinate
FLAVOR ENHANCER, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
Approved
49
Disodium Guanylate
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
Approved
50
Natural Smoke Flavor
51
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
52
Maple Syrup
53
Carrot
54
Garlic
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
55
Spices
56
Onion
57
Garlic
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS

Full Ingredient List

Filtered water, cheese premix (dehydrated blend of cheddar cheese [whey, cheddar {milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes}, whey protein concentrate, lactose, maltodextrin, salt, sodium phosphate, natural flavor, citric acid, lactic acid], modified food starch, whey, dextrose, salt, corn starch, maltodextrin, xanthan gum, color added [annatto, paprika]), soybean oil, roasted tomato, textured vegetable protein (soy flour, caramel color, red 3), onion, bacon bits (cured with water, salt, sugar, smoke flavoring, sodium phosphates, sodium erythorbate, sodium nitrite), bell pepper, chipotle pepper, jalapeno pepper, salt, cilantro, inactive dried yeast, natural flavor, vinegar, artificial flavoring [hydrolyzed cornsoy protein, autolyzed yeast extract, artificial flavor, partially hydrogenated soybean/cottonseed oils, dextrose, disodium inosinate, disodium guanylate), natural smoke flavor, caramel color, sugar, corn syrup, maple syrup, carrot, garlic, spices, lactic acid, dried onion, dried garlic.

Other products containing Cheese Premix

Cheese Premix is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 3 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.

Categories

Dairies Fermented foods Fermented milk products Cheeses

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Red 3 is the first flagged ingredient selected from Salsa Queso With Real Bacon's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 57-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Red 3. Open Red 3
  • Compare Salsa Queso With Real Bacon'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 0033907205131: 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.