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Danish Strip Cheese

by Weis

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0041497102778 · Weis. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0041497102778 · Serving size 50g

The verdict

Danish Strip Cheese by Weis scores 100/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 62 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 62-component record, beginning with Enriched Wheat 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 62 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
E
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

58/100

Grade C

Ingredient Safety

100/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

E

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.

97102778 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Danish Strip Cheese label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 100/100 FLAG-CLEAN 0 flagged LEN-DENSE 62 ing. REG-SPARSE 27% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-E Nutri-E RANK-SHORT Len top 1% LEAD-RARE Casein PHOTO-FINISH Berry Full Mix · ±0 BOOK-OFF …102778 · July 2026

17 of 62 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Casein). Source sheet 97102778 · 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: Berry Full Mix · Nearest score peer is Berry Full Mix 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.

Nutri-Score assigned its lowest band to this label. The algorithm reserves that grade for nutrition panels where the values it penalises sit well above the components it credits. The two systems on this page measure genuinely different things: a product can hold this grade while carrying no additive flagged by the registries screened below, and a product graded well can carry several. Neither reading substitutes for the other, and the per-component table is where the additive picture is set out.

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. Danish Strip Cheese: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Danish Strip Cheese100/1002. Berry Full Mix: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Berry Full Mix100/1003. Jumbo Glazed Donuts: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Jumbo Glazed Donuts100/1004. Crescents: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Crescents100/1005. Home-Style Breaded Oyster, Home-Style: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Home-Style Breaded Oyster…100/100
High-band neighbours for Danish Strip Cheese (100/100) outside Weis.
Chart values as text

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

Danish Strip Cheese
100/100
Berry Full Mix
100/100
Jumbo Glazed Donuts
100/100
Crescents
100/100
Home-Style Breaded Oyster, Home-Style
100/100

Ingredient-list length vs every product we publish

Danish Strip Cheese lists 62 ingredients on its label

62 99th percentile a longer ingredient list than 99% of the 359,392 products we track

0–2: 6,050 products (2%). Below this entry. 2–4: 24,522 products (7%). Below this entry. 4–6: 31,054 products (9%). Below this entry. 6–8: 30,981 products (9%). Below this entry. 8–10: 31,618 products (9%). Below this entry. 10–12: 29,943 products (8%). Below this entry. 12–14: 28,403 products (8%). Below this entry. 14–16: 27,417 products (8%). Below this entry. 16–18: 24,508 products (7%). Below this entry. 18–20: 19,062 products (5%). Below this entry. 20–22: 14,679 products (4%). Below this entry. 22–24: 12,238 products (3%). Below this entry. 24–26: 10,830 products (3%). Below this entry. 26–28: 9,344 products (3%). Below this entry. 28–30: 7,955 products (2%). Below this entry. 30–32: 6,753 products (2%). Below this entry. 32–34: 5,918 products (2%). Below this entry. 34–36: 5,282 products (1%). Below this entry. 36–38: 4,531 products (1%). Below this entry. 38–40: 4,063 products (1%). Below this entry. 40–42: 24,241 products (7%). This entry sits in this band. This product 0 42 every published 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

359,392 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 62 (99th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

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

1
Enriched Wheat Flour
2
Wheat Flour
3
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
4
Reduced Iron
5
Thiamine Mononitrate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
6
Riboflavin And Folic Acid
7
Neufchatel Cheese Blend
8
Milk
9
Neufchatel Cheese
10
Pasteurized Milk And Cream
11
Cheese Culture
12
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
13
Carob Bean Gum
14
Skim Milk
15
Palm Oil
16
Milk Protein Concentrate
17
Cheese Cultures
18
Lactic Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, CURING OR PICKLING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
Safe GRAS
19
Mono - And Diglycerides
20
Citric Acid As A Preservative
21
Apocarotenal
22
Color
23
Margarine
24
Partially Hydrogenated Soybean And Cottonseed Oils
25
Water
26
Vegetable Mono & Diglycerides
27
Non-fat Dry Milk Solids
28
Soy Lecithin
29
Artificial Flavor
30
Beta Carotene
31
Vitamin A Palmitate Added
32
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
33
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
34
Cornstarch
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, NON-NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
35
Whole Eggs
36
High-fructose corn syrup
Sweetener
Cut Back
37
Shortening
38
Partially Hydrogenated Soybean And Cottonseed Oil
39
Annatto Extract
40
Corn Syrup
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, HUMECTANT, LEAVENING AGENT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, TEXTURIZER
Cut Back GRAS
41
Yeast
42
Emulsifier
43
Mono And Diglycerides With Mixed Tocopherols
44
Ascorbic Acid And Citric Acid
45
Modified Food Starch
46
Microcrystalline Cellulose
47
Lemon Juice
48
Lemon Juice
49
Tapioca Dextrin
50
Sodium stearoyl lactylate
Other
Safe
51
Lactic Acid Powder
52
Calcium Lactate
DOUGH STRENGTHENER, FIRMING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, LEAVENING AGENT, MALTING OR FERMENTING AID, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
53
Casein
EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PROCESSING AID, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT, TEXTURIZER
Certain People Should Avoid GRAS
54
Non-fat Milk And Whey Solids
55
Agar
56
Dextrose
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, HUMECTANT, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
Cut Back GRAS
57
Artificial Color
58
Sodium Bicarbonate
EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, LEAVENING AGENT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, PROCESSING AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
GRAS
59
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
60
Ascorbic Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DOUGH STRENGTHENER, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SEQUESTRANT, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
61
Potassium Sorbate
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT
Safe GRAS
62
Preservative

Full Ingredient List

ENRICHED WHEAT FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN AND FOLIC ACID), NEUFCHATEL CHEESE BLEND [MILK, NEUFCHATEL CHEESE (PASTEURIZED MILK AND CREAM, CHEESE CULTURE, SALT, CAROB BEAN GUM), SKIM MILK, PALM OIL, MILK PROTEIN CONCENTRATE, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, CAROB BEAN GUM, LACTIC ACID, MONO - AND DIGLYCERIDES, CITRIC ACID AS A PRESERVATIVE, APOCAROTENAL (COLOR)], MARGARINE [PARTIALLY HYDROGENATED SOYBEAN AND COTTONSEED OILS, WATER, SALT, VEGETABLE MONO & DIGLYCERIDES, NON-FAT DRY MILK SOLIDS, SOY LECITHIN, ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, BETA CAROTENE, VITAMIN A PALMITATE ADDED], WATER, POWDERED SUGAR (SUGAR, CORNSTARCH), WHOLE EGGS, SUGAR, HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP, SHORTENING [PARTIALLY HYDROGENATED SOYBEAN AND COTTONSEED OIL, ANNATTO EXTRACT (COLOR)], CORN SYRUP, PARTIALLY HYDROGENATED SOYBEAN AND COTTONSEED OILS. CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF EACH OF THE FOLLOWING: YEAST, EMULSIFIER [MONO AND DIGLYCERIDES WITH MIXED TOCOPHEROLS, ASCORBIC ACID AND CITRIC ACID], SALT, FOOD STARCH MODIFIED, MICROCRYSTALLINE CELLULOSE, LEMON JUICE (WATER, CONCENTRATED LEMON JUICE), TAPIOCA DEXTRIN, ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, SODIUM STEAROYL LACTYLATE , LACTIC ACID POWDER, CALCIUM LACTATE, CASEIN (MILK), NON-FAT MILK AND WHEY SOLIDS, AGAR, DEXTROSE, ARTIFICIAL COLOR, SODIUM BICARBONATE, XANTHAN GUM, ASCORBIC ACID, POTASSIUM SORBATE (PRESERVATIVE).

Other products containing Mono And Diglycerides With Mixed Tocopherols

Mono And Diglycerides With Mixed Tocopherols is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 7 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.

High-score cross-brand comparables for Danish Strip Cheese

Neighbours outside Weis with screening scores in the same high band as Danish Strip Cheese (100/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Weis; these peers cross brands.

Read the longer label in layers

Read the longer label in layers

Danish Strip Cheese has a longer ingredient list than 99% of its published 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 0041497102778: 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.