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Buttermilk Ranch

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0041780271723 · Chips and fries. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0041780271723

The verdict

Buttermilk Ranch scores 100/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 27 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 0 ingredients are flagged for caution. The 27-component label is layered, beginning with Potatoes, Vegetable Oil, Cottonseed Oil. Start with any flagged rows, then check the nutrition grade and serving size instead of treating one roll-up score as the whole decision. This is not a recall, allergy, medical, or dietary-safety determination.

100/100
Safe safety score
0
None flagged · of 27 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.

80271723 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Buttermilk Ranch label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 100/100 FLAG-CLEAN 0 flagged LEN-LAYERED 27 ing. REG-PART 30% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-E Nutri-E RANK-SHORT Len top 19% LEAD-RARE Sodium Caseinate PHOTO-SOLO No peers BOOK-OFF …271723 · July 2026

8 of 27 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Sodium Caseinate). Source sheet 80271723 · 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

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.

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.

How It Compares to Its Category

Among the 2,997 products we've scored in the Chips and fries category, the average safety score is 93/100. Buttermilk Ranch scores 7 points above that category average (100/100 vs. 93/100), 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 Chips and fries products

Buttermilk Ranch lists 27 ingredients on its label

27 81st percentile a longer ingredient list than 81% of the 63 products we track

2–4: 4 products (6%). Below this entry. 4–6: 6 products (10%). Below this entry. 6–8: 5 products (8%). Below this entry. 8–10: 4 products (6%). Below this entry. 10–12: 7 products (11%). Below this entry. 12–14: 3 products (5%). Below this entry. 14–16: 8 products (13%). Below this entry. 18–20: 5 products (8%). Below this entry. 20–22: 3 products (5%). Below this entry. 22–24: 1 products (2%). Below this entry. 24–26: 5 products (8%). Below this entry. 26–28: 2 products (3%). This entry sits in this band. 28–30: 3 products (5%). Above this entry. 30–32: 2 products (3%). Above this entry. 32–34: 1 products (2%). Above this entry. 34–36: 2 products (3%). Above this entry. 40–42: 2 products (3%). Above this entry. This product 2 42 every published Chips and fries 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

63 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 27 (81st percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

2–4
4 products (6%)
4–6
6 products (10%)
6–8
5 products (8%)
8–10
4 products (6%)
10–12
7 products (11%)
12–14
3 products (5%)
14–16
8 products (13%)
18–20
5 products (8%)
20–22
3 products (5%)
22–24
1 products (2%)
24–26
5 products (8%)
26–28
2 products (3%)
28–30
3 products (5%)
30–32
2 products (3%)
32–34
1 products (2%)
34–36
2 products (3%)
40 and above
2 products (3%)

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 63 Chips and fries 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
Potatoes
 2
Vegetable Oil
 3
Cottonseed Oil
 4
Corn Oil
 5
Sunflower Oil
 6
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
7
Buttermilk
 8
Natural Flavors Maltodextrin
 9
Coconut Oil
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT, TEXTURIZER
Listed
10
Garlic Powder
 11
Yeast Extract
 12
Sour Cream
 13
Cream
 14
Nonfat Milk
 15
Cultures
 16
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
17
Onion Powder
 18
Tomato Powder
 19
Spices
 20
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
21
Cultured Nonfat Milk
 22
Paprika
 23
Lactic Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, CURING OR PICKLING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
Safe GRAS
24
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
25
Malic Acid
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SYNERGIST
Safe GRAS
26
Dried Vinegar
 27
Sodium Caseinate
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS

Full Ingredient List

Potatoes, Vegetable Oil (Contains One Or More Of The Following: Cottonseed Oil, Corn Oil And/Or Sunflower Oil), Salt, Buttermilk, Natural Flavors Maltodextrin, Coconut Oil, Garlic Powder, Yeast Extract, Sour Cream (Cream, Nonfat Milk, Cultures), Dextrose*, Onion Powder, Tomato Powder, Spices, Cream, Citric Acid, Cultured Nonfat Milk, Paprika, Lactic Acid, Sugar*, Malic Acid, Vinegar, Nonfat Milk, Sodium Caseinate.

Other products containing Natural Flavors Maltodextrin

Natural Flavors Maltodextrin is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 3 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.

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Categories

Chips and fries

Read the longer label in layers

Read the longer label in layers

Buttermilk Ranch has a longer ingredient list than 81% of its Chips and fries 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 0041780271723: 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.