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Cheddar penguins baked snack crackers, cheddar

by Essential Everyday

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0041303061800 · Essential Everyday · Snacks. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0041303061800 · Serving size 52 CRACKERS (30 g)

The verdict

Cheddar penguins baked snack crackers, cheddar by Essential Everyday scores 100/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 41 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 41-component record, beginning with Enriched Flour, Wheat Flour, Niacin. 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 41 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

63/100

Grade C+

Ingredient Safety

100/100

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.

03061800 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Cheddar penguins baked snack crackers, cheddar label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 100/100 FLAG-CLEAN 0 flagged LEN-DENSE 41 ing. REG-SPARSE 29% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-D Nutri-D RANK-SHORT Len top 9% LEAD-RARE Sodium Metabisulfite PHOTO-FINISH Loaded Potato Skins · ±0 BOOK-OFF …061800 · July 2026

12 of 41 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Sodium Metabisulfite). Source sheet 03061800 · 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: Loaded Potato Skins · Nearest score peer is Loaded Potato Skins 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.

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

1. Cheddar penguins baked snack crackers, cheddar: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Cheddar penguins baked sn…100/1002. Loaded Potato Skins: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Loaded Potato Skins100/1003. Gourmet Onion Rings: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Gourmet Onion Rings100/1004. Cookies: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Cookies100/1005. Fig Bars: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Fig Bars100/100
High-band neighbours for Cheddar penguins baked snack crackers, cheddar (100/100) outside Essential Everyday.
Chart values as text

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

Cheddar penguins baked snack crackers, cheddar
100/100
Loaded Potato Skins
100/100
Gourmet Onion Rings
100/100
Cookies
100/100
Fig Bars
100/100

How It Compares to Its Category

Among the 88,006 products we've scored in the Snacks category, the average safety score is 86.1/100. Cheddar penguins baked snack crackers, cheddar scores 13.9 points above that category average (100/100 vs. 86.1/100), so it is a comparatively strong pick for shoppers screening within that category specifically, rather than against the product catalog as a whole.

Ingredient-list length vs other Snacks products

Cheddar penguins baked snack crackers, cheddar lists 41 ingredients on its label

41 91st percentile a longer ingredient list than 91% of the 81,477 products we track

0–2: 275 products (0%). Below this entry. 2–4: 2,901 products (4%). Below this entry. 4–6: 4,248 products (5%). Below this entry. 6–8: 5,408 products (7%). Below this entry. 8–10: 5,486 products (7%). Below this entry. 10–12: 5,840 products (7%). Below this entry. 12–14: 6,252 products (8%). Below this entry. 14–16: 6,724 products (8%). Below this entry. 16–18: 6,221 products (8%). Below this entry. 18–20: 5,168 products (6%). Below this entry. 20–22: 4,508 products (6%). Below this entry. 22–24: 3,809 products (5%). Below this entry. 24–26: 3,567 products (4%). Below this entry. 26–28: 2,829 products (3%). Below this entry. 28–30: 2,282 products (3%). Below this entry. 30–32: 1,905 products (2%). Below this entry. 32–34: 1,715 products (2%). Below this entry. 34–36: 1,572 products (2%). Below this entry. 36–38: 1,417 products (2%). Below this entry. 38–40: 1,284 products (2%). Below this entry. 40–42: 8,066 products (10%). This entry sits in this band. This product 0 42 every published Snacks 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

81,477 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 41 (91st percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
275 products (0%)
2–4
2,901 products (4%)
4–6
4,248 products (5%)
6–8
5,408 products (7%)
8–10
5,486 products (7%)
10–12
5,840 products (7%)
12–14
6,252 products (8%)
14–16
6,724 products (8%)
16–18
6,221 products (8%)
18–20
5,168 products (6%)
20–22
4,508 products (6%)
22–24
3,809 products (5%)
24–26
3,567 products (4%)
26–28
2,829 products (3%)
28–30
2,282 products (3%)
30–32
1,905 products (2%)
32–34
1,715 products (2%)
34–36
1,572 products (2%)
36–38
1,417 products (2%)
38–40
1,284 products (2%)
40 and above
8,066 products (10%)

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 81,477 Snacks 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
Enriched Flour
2
Wheat Flour
3
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
4
Reduced Iron
5
Thiamin Mononitrate
6
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
7
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
8
Organic Sunflower
9
High Oleic Canola Oil With Rosemary Extract And Ascorbic Acid For Freshness
10
Cheese Flavor
11
Skim Milk Cheese
12
Pasteurized Skim Milk
13
Whey Protein
14
Cheese Cultures
15
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
16
Enzymes
17
Cheddar Cheese
18
Pasteurized Milk
19
Enzymes
20
Water
21
Natural Flavors
22
Cream
23
Yeast Extract
24
Sodium Phosphate
25
Potassium Sorbate
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT
Safe GRAS
26
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
27
Sodium Citrate
28
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
29
Malted Barley Extract
30
Inactive Dried Yeast
31
Leavening
32
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
33
Ammonium Bicarbonate
DOUGH STRENGTHENER, LEAVENING AGENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
34
Baking Soda
35
Calcium Phosphate
36
Milk
37
Calcium Chloride
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, ENZYME, FIRMING AGENT, FREEZING OR COOLING AGENT, DIRECT CONTACT, FUMIGANT, HUMECTANT, MALTING OR FERMENTING AID, PH CONTROL AGENT, PROCESSING
GRAS
38
Lactic Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, CURING OR PICKLING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
Safe GRAS
39
Annatto Extract
40
Color
41
Sodium Metabisulfite
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DOUGH STRENGTHENER, FLOUR TREATING AGENT, FREEZING OR COOLING AGENT, DIRECT CONTACT, OXIDIZING OR REDUCING AGENT
GRAS

Full Ingredient List

Enriched flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), sunflower and/or high oleic canola oil with rosemary extract and ascorbic acid for freshness), natural cheese flavor (skim milk cheese [pasteurized skim milk, whey protein, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes], cheddar cheese [pasteurized milk, cheese cultures, salt, and enzymes], water, natural flavors, salt, cream, yeast extract, sodium phosphate, potassium sorbate, xanthan gum, sodium citrate), sugar, contains 2% or less of each of: salt, malted barley extract, inactive yeast, leavening (sodium acid pyrophosphate, ammonium bicarbonate, baking soda, calcium phosphate), cheddar cheese (milk, cheese cultures, salt, calcium chloride, enzymes), lactic acid, annatto extract (color), sodium metabisulfite, enzymes.

Other products containing High Oleic Canola Oil With Rosemary Extract And Ascorbic Acid For Freshness

High Oleic Canola Oil With Rosemary Extract And Ascorbic Acid For Freshness is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 5 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.

Categories

Snacks Salty snacks Appetizers Biscuits and crackers Crackers (Appetizers)

High-score cross-brand comparables for Cheddar penguins baked snack crackers, cheddar

Neighbours outside Essential Everyday with screening scores in the same high band as Cheddar penguins baked snack crackers, cheddar (100/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Essential Everyday; these peers cross brands.

Read the longer label in layers

Read the longer label in layers

Cheddar penguins baked snack crackers, cheddar has a longer ingredient list than 91% of its Snacks 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 0041303061800: 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.