Avoid

Layered dip

by Luisa's

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0044276018864 · Luisa's · Condiments. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0044276018864 · Serving size 2 Tbsp (32 g)

The verdict

Layered dip by Luisa's scores 20/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 56 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 4 ingredients are flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 56-component record, beginning with Whole Milk, Water, Tomatoes. 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.

20/100
Avoid safety score
4
Many flagged · of 56 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

18/100

Grade F

Ingredient Safety

20/100

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.

76018864 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Layered dip label screening desk

SCORE-AVOID 20/100 FLAG-MANY 4 flagged LEN-DENSE 56 ing. REG-PART 30% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-E Nutri-E RANK-SHORT Len top 0% LEAD-FLAG Yellow 6 PHOTO-FINISH Gelatin Snacks · ±0 BOOK-OFF …018864 · July 2026

17 of 56 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Yellow 6). Source sheet 76018864 · 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: Gelatin Snacks · Nearest score peer is Gelatin Snacks 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 lowest of the four bands. That is where labels land when registry-rated components drive the greater part of the deduction from the index. The band name is drawn from the framework's own scale and is distinct from the ratings the registries themselves assign to individual substances, which are shown per component below. A single heavily rated component and several lightly rated ones can produce the same band, so the component table is the more precise reading of the two.

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. Layered dip: 20/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Layered dip20/1002. Gelatin Snacks: 20/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Gelatin Snacks20/1003. Sugar Free Gelatin Snacks: 20/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Sugar Free Gelatin Snacks20/1004. Chocolate milk: 20/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Chocolate milk20/1005. Fall Party Cakes Creme Filled: 20/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Fall Party Cakes Creme Fi…20/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for Layered dip (20/100 on 56 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

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

Layered dip
20/100
Gelatin Snacks
20/100
Sugar Free Gelatin Snacks
20/100
Chocolate milk
20/100
Fall Party Cakes Creme Filled
20/100

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. Layered dip scores 78.3 points below that category average (20/100 vs. 98.3/100), 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 Condiments products

Layered dip lists 56 ingredients on its label

56 100th percentile a longer ingredient list than every other product we track

0–2: 186 products (1%). Below this entry. 2–4: 1,031 products (4%). Below this entry. 4–6: 1,392 products (5%). Below this entry. 6–8: 2,093 products (8%). Below this entry. 8–10: 2,811 products (10%). Below this entry. 10–12: 3,070 products (11%). Below this entry. 12–14: 2,818 products (10%). Below this entry. 14–16: 2,724 products (10%). Below this entry. 16–18: 2,451 products (9%). Below this entry. 18–20: 2,045 products (8%). Below this entry. 20–22: 1,563 products (6%). Below this entry. 22–24: 1,244 products (5%). Below this entry. 24–26: 934 products (3%). Below this entry. 26–28: 694 products (3%). Below this entry. 28–30: 551 products (2%). Below this entry. 30–32: 420 products (2%). Below this entry. 32–34: 246 products (1%). Below this entry. 34–36: 196 products (1%). Below this entry. 36–38: 135 products (0%). Below this entry. 38–40: 134 products (0%). Below this entry. 40–42: 346 products (1%). This entry sits in this band. This product 0 42 every published Condiments 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

27,084 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 56 (100th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
186 products (1%)
2–4
1,031 products (4%)
4–6
1,392 products (5%)
6–8
2,093 products (8%)
8–10
2,811 products (10%)
10–12
3,070 products (11%)
12–14
2,818 products (10%)
14–16
2,724 products (10%)
16–18
2,451 products (9%)
18–20
2,045 products (8%)
20–22
1,563 products (6%)
22–24
1,244 products (5%)
24–26
934 products (3%)
26–28
694 products (3%)
28–30
551 products (2%)
30–32
420 products (2%)
32–34
246 products (1%)
34–36
196 products (1%)
36–38
135 products (0%)
38–40
134 products (0%)
40 and above
346 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 27,084 Condiments 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 20/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (4 flagged of 56 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Whole Milk
2
Water
3
Tomatoes
4
Pinto Beans
5
Cream
6
Cheddar Cheese
7
Pasteurized Milk
8
Cheese Culture
9
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
10
Enzymes
11
Annatto
Coloring
Certain People Should Avoid
12
Color
13
Natamycin
FUMIGANT
Safe Approved
14
Mold Inhibitor
15
Tomato Paste
16
Corn Starch
17
Onion
18
Jalapeno Pepper
19
Lactic Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, CURING OR PICKLING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
Safe GRAS
20
Lime Juice Concentrate
21
Cultured Skim Milk
22
Gelatin
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, PROCESSING AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT, TEXTURIZER
Safe GRAS
23
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
24
Spice
25
Soybean Oil
26
Onion & Garlic
27
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
28
Natural Flavor
29
Nonfat Dry Milk
30
Cilantro
31
Mono & Diglycerides
32
Avocado Powder
33
Avocado
34
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
35
Potato Starch
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
36
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
37
Vitamin C
38
Vitamin E
39
Citrus Fiber
40
Spices
41
Corn Starch
42
Disodium Phosphate
43
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
44
Dried Vinegar
45
Jalapeno Powder
46
Locust Bean Gum
47
Crushed Red Pepper
48
Potassium Sorbate
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT
Safe GRAS
49
Preservative
50
Cilantro
51
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
52
Yellow 6
Avoid Approved (certified color)
53
Yellow 5
Avoid Approved (certified color)
54
Blue 1
Caution Approved (certified color)
55
Caramel Coloring
Coloring
Avoid Approved (color additive, GRAS)
56
Sodium Alginate

Full Ingredient List

Whole milk, water, tomatoes, pinto beans, cream, cheddar cheese (pasteurized milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes, annatto [color], natamycin [natural mold inhibitor]), tomato paste, modified corn starch, salt, onion, jalapeno pepper, lactic acid, lime juice concentrate, cultured skim milk, gelatin, citric acid, spice, soybean oil, dehydrated onion & garlic, whey, natural flavor, nonfat dry milk, cilantro, mono & diglycerides, avocado powder (avocado, maltodextrin, modified potato starch, citric acid, ascorbic acid (vitamin c), vitamin e), avocado, citrus fiber, spices, corn starch, disodium phosphate, sugar, vinegar, jalapeno powder, locust bean gum, crushed red pepper, natural flavor, potassium sorbate (preservative), dehydrated cilantro, xanthan gum, yellow 6, yellow 5, ascorbic acid (vitamin c), blue 1, caramel color, sodium alginate.

Categories

Condiments Sauces Dips Groceries

Lower-score cross-brand comparables for Layered dip

Neighbours outside Luisa's in the same lower screening band as Layered dip (20/100). The 3 same-brand links above stay within Luisa's; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Yellow 6 is the first flagged ingredient selected from Layered dip's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 56-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Yellow 6. Open Yellow 6
  • Compare Layered dip's 4 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 0044276018864: 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.