Safe

Smooth salsa con queso

by Pace

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0041565193110 · Pace · Dairies. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0041565193110 · Serving size 1 portion (30 ml)

The verdict

Smooth salsa con queso by Pace scores 100/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 35 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 35-component record, beginning with Water, Soybean Oil, Diced Tomatoes In Tomato Juice. 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 35 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.

65193110 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Smooth salsa con queso label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 100/100 FLAG-CLEAN 0 flagged LEN-DENSE 35 ing. REG-SPARSE 29% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-D Nutri-D RANK-SHORT Len top 1% LEAD-RARE Trisodium Citrate PHOTO-FINISH Blue Cheese Crumbles · ±0 BOOK-OFF …193110 · July 2026

10 of 35 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Trisodium Citrate). Source sheet 65193110 · 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: Blue Cheese Crumbles · Nearest score peer is Blue Cheese Crumbles 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.

This label parsed into a long component list. Where many entries are screened at once, the composite tends to reflect the overall mix of registry ratings returned rather than the rating of any one entry. Longer declarations also carry more sub-listed and compound entries, where a parenthetical group is resolved into its parts, so the parsed count can exceed what a reader counts on the packaging.

Cross-brand screening score neighbourhood

1. Smooth salsa con queso: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Smooth salsa con queso100/1002. Blue Cheese Crumbles: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Blue Cheese Crumbles100/1003. Amish Blue Cheese: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Amish Blue Cheese100/1004. Gourmet Beer Fondue: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Gourmet Beer Fondue100/1005. Joan of arc, double creme slicing brie soft ripened cheese: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Joan of arc, double creme…100/100
High-band neighbours for Smooth salsa con queso (100/100) outside Pace.
Chart values as text

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

Smooth salsa con queso
100/100
Blue Cheese Crumbles
100/100
Amish Blue Cheese
100/100
Gourmet Beer Fondue
100/100
Joan of arc, double creme slicing brie soft ripened cheese
100/100

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. Smooth salsa con queso 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 Dairies products

Smooth salsa con queso lists 35 ingredients on its label

35 99th percentile a longer ingredient list than 99% of the 21,438 products we track

0–2: 120 products (1%). Below this entry. 2–4: 2,805 products (13%). Below this entry. 4–6: 4,714 products (22%). Below this entry. 6–8: 2,694 products (13%). Below this entry. 8–10: 1,996 products (9%). Below this entry. 10–12: 1,884 products (9%). Below this entry. 12–14: 1,734 products (8%). Below this entry. 14–16: 1,639 products (8%). Below this entry. 16–18: 1,261 products (6%). Below this entry. 18–20: 841 products (4%). Below this entry. 20–22: 481 products (2%). Below this entry. 22–24: 303 products (1%). Below this entry. 24–26: 228 products (1%). Below this entry. 26–28: 151 products (1%). Below this entry. 28–30: 122 products (1%). Below this entry. 30–32: 115 products (1%). Below this entry. 32–34: 81 products (0%). Below this entry. 34–36: 57 products (0%). This entry sits in this band. 36–38: 45 products (0%). Above this entry. 38–40: 33 products (0%). Above this entry. 40–42: 134 products (1%). Above this entry. This product 0 42 every published Dairies 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

21,438 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 35 (99th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
120 products (1%)
2–4
2,805 products (13%)
4–6
4,714 products (22%)
6–8
2,694 products (13%)
8–10
1,996 products (9%)
10–12
1,884 products (9%)
12–14
1,734 products (8%)
14–16
1,639 products (8%)
16–18
1,261 products (6%)
18–20
841 products (4%)
20–22
481 products (2%)
22–24
303 products (1%)
24–26
228 products (1%)
26–28
151 products (1%)
28–30
122 products (1%)
30–32
115 products (1%)
32–34
81 products (0%)
34–36
57 products (0%)
36–38
45 products (0%)
38–40
33 products (0%)
40 and above
134 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 21,438 Dairies 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
Water
2
Soybean Oil
3
Diced Tomatoes In Tomato Juice
4
Modified Food Starch
5
Pepper Jack Cheese
6
Cultured Milk
7
Jalapeno Peppers
8
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
9
Enzymes
10
Maltodextrin
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, HUMECTANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT, TEXTURIZER
Safe GRAS
11
Roasted Red Peppers
12
Neufchatel Cheese
13
Milk And Cream
14
Cultures
15
Carob Bean Gum
16
Sodium Phosphate
17
Cheddar Cheese Blend
18
Cheddar Cheese
19
Lactic Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, CURING OR PICKLING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
Safe GRAS
20
Milk Fat
21
Citric Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, ENZYME, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, LEAVENING AGENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SEQUESTRANT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT
Safe GRAS
22
Flavoring
23
Nonfat Dry Milk
24
Blue Cheese
25
Yeast Extract
26
Dried Vinegar
27
Datem
Emulsifier
Safe
28
Trisodium Citrate
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, MALTING OR FERMENTING AID, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SEQUESTRANT, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT
GRAS
29
Sodium Alginate
30
Sorbic Acid
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
Safe GRAS
31
Paprika Extract For Color
32
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
33
Annatto Extract For Color
34
Calcium Carbonate
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, LEAVENING AGENT, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, MASTICATORY SUBSTANCE, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, PROCESSING AID
GRAS
35
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back

Full Ingredient List

Water, soybean oil, diced tomatoes in tomato juice, modified food starch, pepper jack cheese (cultured milk, jalapeno peppers, salt, enzymes), maltodextrin, roasted red peppers, jalapeno peppers, neufchatel cheese (milk and cream, salt, cultures, carob bean gum), contains less than 2% of: salt, sodium phosphate, cheddar cheese blend (cheddar cheese, water, lactic acid, milk fat, citric acid, natural flavoring, nonfat dry milk, blue cheese, salt, yeast extract), vinegar, datem, trisodium citrate, sodium alginate, sorbic acid, natural flavoring, paprika extract for color, xanthan gum, annatto extract for color, calcium carbonate, sugar, lactic acid.

Categories

Dairies Fermented foods Fermented milk products Cheeses Condiments Sauces Groceries

High-score cross-brand comparables for Smooth salsa con queso

Neighbours outside Pace with screening scores in the same high band as Smooth salsa con queso (100/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Pace; these peers cross brands.

Read the longer label in layers

Read the longer label in layers

Smooth salsa con queso has a longer ingredient list than 99% of its Dairies 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 0041565193110: 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.