Safe

Ritz

by Spicy Cheddar

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0044000084059 · Spicy Cheddar. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0044000084059 · Serving size 1 pack (38 g)

The verdict

Ritz by Spicy Cheddar scores 100/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 47 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 47-component record, beginning with Unbleached Enriched 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 47 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
0044000084059
Barcode (UPC/EAN)

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

70/100

Grade B

Ingredient Safety

100/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

N/A

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.

00084059 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Ritz label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 100/100 FLAG-CLEAN 0 flagged LEN-DENSE 47 ing. REG-SPARSE 28% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-UNK Nutri n/a RANK-SHORT Len top 4% LEAD-RARE Sodium Caseinate PHOTO-FINISH Wheat Thins Original · ±0 BOOK-OFF …084059 · July 2026

13 of 47 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Sodium Caseinate). Source sheet 00084059 · 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: Wheat Thins Original Star Wars · Nearest score peer is Wheat Thins Original Star Wars 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.

No Nutri-Score grade is present for this record in the OpenFoodFacts snapshot this page is built from. The nutritional dimension is absent rather than assessed and withheld: the grade depends on a complete declared nutrition panel, and community-contributed records vary in how much of that panel they carry. Nothing about the missing grade implies anything either way about the panel itself. The screen below covers additive ratings only and does not depend on the nutrition figures.

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. Ritz: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Ritz100/1002. Wheat Thins Original Star Wars: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Wheat Thins Original Star…100/1003. Reeses: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Reeses100/1004. Ritz Sun-kissed Crackers: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Ritz Sun-kissed Crackers100/1005. Cinnimon Brown Sugar Crackers: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Cinnimon Brown Sugar Crac…100/100
High-band neighbours for Ritz (100/100) outside Spicy Cheddar.
Chart values as text

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

Ritz
100/100
Wheat Thins Original Star Wars
100/100
Reeses
100/100
Ritz Sun-kissed Crackers
100/100
Cinnimon Brown Sugar Crackers
100/100

Ingredient-list length vs every product we publish

Ritz lists 47 ingredients on its label

47 96th percentile a longer ingredient list than 96% 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: 47 (96th 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
Unbleached Enriched Flour
2
Wheat Flour
3
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
4
Reduced Iron
5
Thiamine Mononitrate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
6
Vitamin B1
7
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
8
Vitamin B2
9
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
10
Palm Oil
11
Soybean
12
Canola Oil
13
Whey
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FORMULATION AID, MALTING OR FERMENTING AID, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PROCESSING AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
14
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
15
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
16
Semi-soft Cheese Powder
17
Pasteurized Milk
18
Cheese Culture
19
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
20
Enzymes
21
Buttermilk
22
Leavening
23
Calcium Phosphate
24
Baking Soda
25
Natural Flavor
26
Includes Cinnamon
27
Chili Peppers
28
Soy Lecithin
29
Garlic Powder
30
Lactic Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, CURING OR PICKLING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
Safe GRAS
31
Sodium Phosphate
32
Sriracha Chili Sauce Powder
33
Chili Peppers
34
Distilled Vinegar
35
Garlic
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
36
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
37
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
38
Turmeric Extract
39
For Color
40
Cayenne Pepper Sauce Powder
41
Aged Red Peppers
42
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
43
Cheese
44
Cheddar Cheese
45
Milk
46
Annatto Extract
47
Cheddar Cheese Powder

Full Ingredient List

unbleached enriched flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate [vitamin B1], riboflavin [vitamin B2], folic acid), palm oil, soybean and/or canola oil, whey, cornstarch, sugar, semi-soft cheese powder (pasteurized milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes), buttermilk, leavening (calcium phosphate, baking soda), natural flavor (includes cinnamon), dried chili peppers, soy lecithin, garlic powder, lactic acid, sodium phosphate, sriracha chili sauce powder (chili peppers, distilled vinegar, garlic, sugar, salt, natural flavor, xanthan gum), sodium caseinate, turmeric extract (for color), cayenne pepper sauce powder (aged red peppers, distilled vinegar, salt, garlic, citric acid, enzymes), modified cheese (cheddar cheese [milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes], whey, annatto extract [for color]), cheddar cheese powder (milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes)

High-score cross-brand comparables for Ritz

Neighbours outside Spicy Cheddar with screening scores in the same high band as Ritz (100/100 here). No other Spicy Cheddar products are linked from this barcode; these peers compare across brands only.

Read the longer label in layers

Read the longer label in layers

Ritz has a longer ingredient list than 96% 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 0044000084059: 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.