Fantastico light cheese dressing
by Bernstein's
Open Food Facts label for barcode 0041321016141 · Bernstein's · Condiments. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.
The verdict
Fantastico light cheese dressing by Bernstein's scores 100/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 37 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 37-component record, beginning with Water, Distilled Vinegar, Soybean Oil. 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 37 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.
21016141 · Open Food Facts · July 2026
Fantastico light cheese dressing label screening desk
10 of 37 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Sorbic Acid). Source sheet 21016141 · 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: Raspberry Hazelnut Vinaigrette Salad Dressing · Nearest score peer is Raspberry Hazelnut Vinaigrette Salad Dressing 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
How It Compares to Its Category
Among the 31,268 products we've scored in the Condiments category, the average safety score is 98.3/100. Fantastico light cheese dressing scores 1.7 points above that category average (100/100 vs. 98.3/100), 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 Condiments products
Fantastico light cheese dressing lists 37 ingredients on its label
37 98th percentile a longer ingredient list than 98% of the 27,084 products we track
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Distribution as text
- 0–2
- 186 products (1%)
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- 1,031 products (4%)
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- 1,392 products (5%)
- 6–8
- 2,093 products (8%)
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- 2,811 products (10%)
- 10–12
- 3,070 products (11%)
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- 2,818 products (10%)
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- 2,724 products (10%)
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- 2,451 products (9%)
- 18–20
- 2,045 products (8%)
- 20–22
- 1,563 products (6%)
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- 1,244 products (5%)
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- 934 products (3%)
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- 694 products (3%)
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- 551 products (2%)
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- 135 products (0%)
- 38–40
- 134 products (0%)
- 40 and above
- 346 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 27,084 Condiments 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
Full Ingredient List
Water, distilled vinegar, soybean oil, salt, maltodextrin, parmesan cheese (pasteurized part skim milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), romano cheese (pasteurized part skim milk, salt, cheese cultures, enzymes), contains less than 2% of sugar, food starch-modified, onion*, cheese* (cultured pasteurized milk, salt, enzymes), granular and provolone cheese (pasteurized milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), malted barley extract and corn grits, spices, garlic*, natural flavors (includes soybean), buttermilk solids, sorbic acid, sodium benzoate (a preservative), carrot*, pectin, lactic acid, xanthan gum, monosodium glutamate, milk solids, disodium phosphate, paprika, disodium inosinate and disodium guanylate, whey, calcium disodium edta added to protect flavor.
Other products containing Granular And Provolone Cheese
Granular And Provolone Cheese is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 4 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.
Categories
More from Bernstein's
High-score cross-brand comparables for Fantastico light cheese dressing
Neighbours outside Bernstein's with screening scores in the same high band as Fantastico light cheese dressing (100/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Bernstein's; these peers cross brands.
Same high-band screening score
Nearest cross-brand products by screening score (100/100 here, no caution flags on the parsed list).
Long-label peers (21+ ingredients)
Nearest cross-brand labels by linked ingredient count (37 on 0041321016141).
Read the longer label in layers
Read the longer label in layers
Fantastico light cheese dressing has a longer ingredient list than 98% of its Condiments category comparison set. Use the ingredient table before relying on its single screening score.
- Open Sorbic Acid first, then work through the remaining 37 parsed entries. Inspect ingredients
- Compare this longer label with a cross-brand product of similar list depth. Compare label depth
- Use the methodology to separate a derived screening score from dietary or medical advice. Read the boundary
This page describes published ingredient-list and source coverage. It is not dietary or medical advice.
Barcode 0041321016141: 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.