Light Natural Microwave Popcorn
by Weis Quality
Open Food Facts label for barcode 0041497523146 · Weis Quality · Unknown. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.
The verdict
Light Natural Microwave Popcorn by Weis Quality scores 85/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 5 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 1 ingredient is flagged for caution. This is a focused 5-component label led by Popcorn, Palm Oil With Preservative, TBHQ; compare those leading ingredients with the product's processing and nutrition fields before deciding whether it fits your goal. This is not a recall, allergy, medical, or dietary-safety determination.
- 85/100
- Caution safety score
- 1
- One flagged · of 5 analyzed
- Group 3
- Processed foods
- 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
85/100
FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening
Processing Level
NOVA 3
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.
97523146 · Open Food Facts · July 2026
Light Natural Microwave Popcorn label screening desk
3 of 5 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: TBHQ). Source sheet 97523146 · 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: Light butter popcorn · Nearest score peer is Light butter popcorn 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 second band of the four-tier framework. That band collects labels whose registry-rated components pull the derived score down measurably without dominating it. Position inside a band is not visible from the band name, and two labels sharing it can differ in how many components were rated and how severely. This is a threshold on an index computed here from public data, not a regulatory classification of any kind; the exact cut-offs are published 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 parsed into a small number of components. On a short list the registry screen covers close to everything the packaging declares, and any single matched component accounts for a correspondingly large share of the composite. Short lists also leave less room for parsing error, since there are fewer separators and qualifiers for the extraction to resolve.
Cross-brand screening score neighbourhood
How It Compares to Its Category
Among the 48 products we've scored in the Unknown category, the average safety score is 97/100. Light Natural Microwave Popcorn scores 12 points below that category average (85/100 vs. 97/100), 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 Unknown products
Light Natural Microwave Popcorn lists 5 ingredients on its label
5 27th percentile a longer ingredient list than 27% of the 45 products we track
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Distribution as text
- 2–4
- 9 products (20%)
- 4–6
- 8 products (18%)
- 6–8
- 14 products (31%)
- 8–10
- 9 products (20%)
- 10–12
- 1 products (2%)
- 16–18
- 1 products (2%)
- 22–24
- 1 products (2%)
- 28–30
- 1 products (2%)
- 36 and above
- 1 products (2%)
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 45 Unknown 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 85/100 score is built
Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (1 flagged of 5 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.
Full Ingredient List
POPCORN, PALM OIL WITH PRESERVATIVE (TBHQ), SALT, POTASSIUM CHLORIDE.
Other products containing Palm Oil With Preservative
Palm Oil With Preservative is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 108 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.
Categories
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High-score cross-brand comparables for Light Natural Microwave Popcorn
Neighbours outside Weis Quality with screening scores in the same high band as Light Natural Microwave Popcorn (85/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Weis Quality; these peers cross brands.
Same high-band screening score
Nearest cross-brand products by screening score (1 flagged of 5 on 0041497523146).
Short-label peers (≤8 ingredients)
Nearest cross-brand labels by linked ingredient count (5 on 0041497523146).
Follow the flagged-label evidence
Follow the flagged-label evidence
TBHQ is the first flagged ingredient selected from Light Natural Microwave Popcorn's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 5-ingredient record.
- Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to TBHQ. Open TBHQ
- Compare Light Natural Microwave Popcorn's 1 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 0041497523146: 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.