Safe

Cut broccoli in a creamy cheddar, monterey jack and romano cheese sauce vegetables in sauce, broccoli with cheese sauce

by Topco Associates Inc.

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0036800415737 · Topco Associates Inc. · Plant-based foods and beverages. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0036800415737 · Serving size 1 cup (105 g)

The verdict

Cut broccoli in a creamy cheddar, monterey jack and romano cheese sauce vegetables in sauce, broccoli with cheese sauce by Topco Associates Inc. scores 100/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 33 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 0 ingredients are flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 33-component record, beginning with Broccoli, Water, Annatto. 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.

100/100
Safe safety score
0
None flagged · of 33 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
B
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

73/100

Grade B

Ingredient Safety

100/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

B

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.

00415737 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Cut broccoli in a creamy cheddar, monterey jack and romano cheese sauce vegetables in sauce, broccoli with cheese sauce label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 100/100 FLAG-CLEAN 0 flagged LEN-DENSE 33 ing. REG-SPARSE 27% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-B Nutri-B RANK-SHORT Len top 7% LEAD-RARE Whey Protein Concentrate PHOTO-FINISH Applesauce · ±0 BOOK-OFF …415737 · July 2026

9 of 33 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Whey Protein Concentrate). Source sheet 00415737 · 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: Applesauce · Nearest score peer is Applesauce 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.

The Nutri-Score algorithm returned its second band for this label. That grade typically describes a nutrition panel whose favourable components register clearly in the model without fully offsetting its energy or sodium terms. Because the calculation is a single points balance rather than a set of independent thresholds, a strong fibre or protein figure can lift a panel into this band even where one penalised nutrient sits high. The grade summarises the declared panel alone and carries no information about the additive ratings screened below.

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. Cut broccoli in a creamy cheddar, monterey jack and romano cheese sauce vegetables in sauce, broccoli with cheese sauce: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Cut broccoli in a creamy …100/1002. Applesauce: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Applesauce100/1003. Applesauce: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Applesauce100/1004. English Muffin Breakfast Sandwiches: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. English Muffin Breakfast …100/1005. English Muffins Breakfast Sandwiches: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. English Muffins Breakfast…100/100
High-band neighbours for Cut broccoli in a creamy cheddar, monterey jack and romano cheese sauce vegetables in sauce, broccoli with cheese sauce (100/100) outside Topco Associates Inc..
Chart values as text

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

Cut broccoli in a creamy cheddar, monterey jack and romano cheese sauce vegetables in sauce, broccoli with cheese sauce
100/100
Applesauce
100/100
Applesauce
100/100
English Muffin Breakfast Sandwiches
100/100
English Muffins Breakfast Sandwiches
100/100

How It Compares to Its Category

Among the 78,450 products we've scored in the Plant-based foods and beverages category, the average safety score is 97.7/100. Cut broccoli in a creamy cheddar, monterey jack and romano cheese sauce vegetables in sauce, broccoli with cheese sauce scores 2.3 points above that category average (100/100 vs. 97.7/100), so it is roughly typical 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

Cut broccoli in a creamy cheddar, monterey jack and romano cheese sauce vegetables in sauce, broccoli with cheese sauce lists 33 ingredients on its label

33 93rd percentile a longer ingredient list than 93% 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%). This entry sits in this band. 34–36: 901 products (1%). Above this entry. 36–38: 649 products (1%). Above this entry. 38–40: 534 products (1%). Above this entry. 40–42: 1,655 products (3%). Above this entry. This product 0 42 every published Plant-based foods and beverages 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

63,434 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 33 (93rd 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

1
Broccoli
2
Water
3
Annatto
Coloring
Certain People Should Avoid
4
Vegetable Color
5
Butter Oil
6
Canola Oil
7
Cheddar Cheese
8
Pasteurized Milk
9
Cheese Culture
10
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
11
Enzymes
12
Corn Starch
13
Cream
14
Gelatin
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, PROCESSING AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT, TEXTURIZER
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
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
17
Monterey Jack Cheese
18
Natural Flavor
19
Palm Oil
20
Paprika
21
Color
22
Romano Cheese
23
Pasteurized Cow's Milk
24
Sodium Alginate
25
Sodium Phosphate
26
Soy Lecithin
27
Soybean Oil
28
Starter Distillate
29
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
30
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
31
Whey Protein Concentrate
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
32
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
33
Yeast Extract

Full Ingredient List

Broccoli, water, contains less than 2% of: annatto (vegetable color), butter oil, canola oil, cheddar cheese (pasteurized milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes), corn starch, cream, gelatin, lactic acid, maltodextrin, monterey jack cheese (pasteurized milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes), natural flavor, palm oil, paprika (color), romano cheese (pasteurized cow's milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes), salt, sodium alginate, sodium phosphate, soy lecithin, soybean oil, starter distillate, sugar, whey, whey protein concentrate, xanthan gum, yeast extract.

Categories

Plant-based foods and beverages Plant-based foods Fruits and vegetables based foods Vegetables based foods Frozen foods Frozen plant-based foods Frozen vegetables

High-score cross-brand comparables for Cut broccoli in a creamy cheddar, monterey jack and romano cheese sauce vegetables in sauce, broccoli with cheese sauce

Neighbours outside Topco Associates Inc. with screening scores in the same high band as Cut broccoli in a creamy cheddar, monterey jack and romano cheese sauce vegetables in sauce, broccoli with cheese sauce (100/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Topco Associates Inc.; these peers cross brands.

Read the longer label in layers

Read the longer label in layers

Cut broccoli in a creamy cheddar, monterey jack and romano cheese sauce vegetables in sauce, broccoli with cheese sauce has a longer ingredient list than 93% of its Plant-based foods and beverages category comparison set. Use the ingredient table before relying on its single screening score.

This page describes published ingredient-list and source coverage. It is not dietary or medical advice.

Barcode 0036800415737: 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.