Hormel, gatherings, chili cheese dip
by Hormel
Open Food Facts label for barcode 0037600117371 · Hormel · Dairies. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.
The verdict
Hormel, gatherings, chili cheese dip by Hormel scores 65/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 77 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 77-component record, beginning with Water, Pasteurized Process Cheese Spread, Cultured Milk And Skim Milk. 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.
- 65/100
- Concern safety score
- 3
- Few flagged · of 77 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
45/100
Grade D
Ingredient Safety
65/100
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.
00117371 · Open Food Facts · July 2026
Hormel, gatherings, chili cheese dip label screening desk
15 of 77 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Polysorbate 80). Source sheet 00117371 · 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: Shots micro sized ice beads · Nearest score peer is Shots micro sized ice beads at the same screening score.
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.
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
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. Hormel, gatherings, chili cheese dip scores 32.8 points below that category average (65/100 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
Hormel, gatherings, chili cheese dip lists 77 ingredients on its label
77 100th percentile a longer ingredient list than every other product we track
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
- 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 65/100 score is built
Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (3 flagged of 77 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.
Full Ingredient List
Water, pasteurized process cheese spread (cultured milk and skim milk, buttermilk, sweet whey, cream, salt, contains 2% or less of sodium phosphate, lactic acid, guar gum, xanthan gum, enzymes, colored with apocarotenal and annatto extract), sauce (water, skim milk, cheddar cheese flavor [cheddar cheese {pasteurized milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes}, whey, salt, disodium phosphate], butter [cream, salt], contains 2% or less of natural flavors, maltodextrin, yeast extract, corn syrup solids, soybean oil, pasteurized milk, cultures, salt, enzymes, water, disodium phosphate, xanthan gum, gum arabic, mono - & diglycerides, propylene glycol alginate, corn syrup solids, annatto extract, guar gum, yellow 6), beef, cheese flavor (american cheese [pasteurized milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes], water, skim milk, canola oil, palm oil, milk protein concentrate, sodium phosphate, salt, oleoresin of paprika, annatto color), chili no beans (water, beef, textured vegetable protein [soy flour, caramel color], oatmeal, corn flour, chili powder [chili peppers, flavoring], contains 2% or less of modified cornstarch, tomatoes [water, tomato paste], sugar, salt, hydrolyzed soy, corn, and wheat protein, flavoring, autolyzed yeast, monosodium glutamate, spice), modified cornstarch, contains 2% or less of seasoning (masa corn flour, maltodextrin, hydrolyzed yeast protein, green bell pepper powder, autolyzed yeast extract, natural flavor, spice, extractive of paprika [color], salt), textured vegetable protein (soy flour, caramel color), chili powder (chili peppers, flavoring), salt, flavoring, potassium sorbate (preservative), sodium benzoate (preservative), spices, chili flavor (polysorbate 80, propylene glycol, natural flavor).
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Mid-score cross-brand comparables for Hormel, gatherings, chili cheese dip
Neighbours outside Hormel near Hormel, gatherings, chili cheese dip's mid-band score (65/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Hormel; these peers cross brands.
Same mid-band screening score
Nearest cross-brand products by screening score (3 flagged of 77 on 0037600117371).
Long-label peers (21+ ingredients)
Nearest cross-brand labels by linked ingredient count (77 on 0037600117371).
Follow the flagged-label evidence
Follow the flagged-label evidence
Polysorbate 80 is the first flagged ingredient selected from Hormel, gatherings, chili cheese dip's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 77-ingredient record.
- Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Polysorbate 80. Open Polysorbate 80
- Compare Hormel, gatherings, chili cheese dip'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 0037600117371: 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.