Snack Kit
by Hormel
Open Food Facts label for barcode 0037600139946 · Hormel. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.
The verdict
Snack Kit by Hormel scores 0/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 66 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 7 ingredients are flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 66-component record, beginning with Cracker, Enriched Flour, Wheat Flour. 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
- 7
- Many flagged · of 66 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.
00139946 · Open Food Facts · July 2026
Snack Kit label screening desk
23 of 66 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: BHA). Source sheet 00139946 · 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: Lollipop Treat · Nearest score peer is Lollipop Treat 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
Ingredient-list length vs every product we publish
Snack Kit lists 66 ingredients on its label
66 99th percentile a longer ingredient list than 99% of the 359,392 products we track
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Distribution as text
- 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 0/100 score is built
Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (7 flagged of 66 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.
Full Ingredient List
CRACKER (ENRICHED FLOUR [WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMIN MONONITRATE {VITAMIN B1}, RIBOFLAVIN {VITAMIN B2}, FOLIC ACID], WHOLE WHEAT FLOUR, VEGETABLE OIL [PARTIALLY HYDROGENATED SOYBEAN, CANOLA AND /OR COTTONSEED OIL WITH TBHQ FOR FRESHNESS], SUGAR, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OR SALT, ONION, WHEY, MALT EXTRACT, CORN SYRUP, LEAVENING [BAKING SODA, SODIUM ACID PYROPHOSPHATE, MONOCALCIUM PHOSPHATE], CARAMEL COLOR, SOY LECITHIN), HORMEL PEPPERONI (PORK, BEEF, SALT, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF WATER, DEXTROSE, SPICES, LACTIC ACID STARTER CULTURE, OLEORESIN OF PAPRIKA, GARLIC POWDER, SODIUM NITRITE, BHA, BHT, CITRIC ACID), CHEDDAR CHEESE SAUCE (WATER, SOYBEAN OIL, MILK, WHEY, SODIUM PHOSPHATE, WHEY PROTEIN CONCENTRATE, LESS THAN 2% MALTODEXTRIN, SALT, DATEM, NATURAL FLAVOR, MUSTARD FLOUR, LACTIC ACID, SODIUM ALGINATE, XANTHAN GUM, GUAR GUM, WORCESTERSHIRE SORBIC ACID [ A PRESERVATIVE], CHEESE CULTURES, ENZYMES, ARTIFICIAL COLOR [YELLOW 5, YELLOW 6]), WONKA NERDS CANDY (DEXTROSE, SUGAR, MALIC ACID, AND LESS THAN 2% OF CORN SYRUP, ARTIFICIAL FLAVORS, CARNAUBA WAX, COLOR ADDED, RED 40 LAKE, MAY CONTAIN EGG)
Other products containing Less Than 2% Maltodextrin
Less Than 2% Maltodextrin is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 4 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.
More from Hormel
Lower-score cross-brand comparables for Snack Kit
Neighbours outside Hormel in the same lower screening band as Snack Kit (0/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Hormel; these peers cross brands.
Nearest screening score
Nearest cross-brand products by screening score (7 flagged of 66 on 0037600139946).
Long-label peers (21+ ingredients)
Nearest cross-brand labels by linked ingredient count (66 on 0037600139946).
Follow the flagged-label evidence
Follow the flagged-label evidence
BHA is the first flagged ingredient selected from Snack Kit's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 66-ingredient record.
- Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to BHA. Open BHA
- Compare Snack Kit's 7 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 0037600139946: 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.