Safe

Cheese Dip

by TGI Friday's

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0046704065020 · TGI Friday's · Condiments. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0046704065020 · Serving size 2 Tbsp (28 g)

The verdict

Cheese Dip by TGI Friday's 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 Water, Spinach, Artichoke Hearts. 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
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.

04065020 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Cheese Dip label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 100/100 FLAG-CLEAN 0 flagged LEN-DENSE 47 ing. REG-SPARSE 26% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-D Nutri-D RANK-SHORT Len top 1% LEAD-RARE Sodium Caseinate PHOTO-FINISH Battered Cheddar Nuggets · ±0 BOOK-OFF …065020 · July 2026

12 of 47 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Sodium Caseinate). Source sheet 04065020 · 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: Battered Cheddar Nuggets · Nearest score peer is Battered Cheddar Nuggets 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.

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. Cheese Dip: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Cheese Dip100/1002. Battered Cheddar Nuggets: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Battered Cheddar Nuggets100/1003. Tomato Ketchup: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Tomato Ketchup100/1004. Mild Jalapenos Stuffed With Cream Cheese In A Crispy Breading: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Mild Jalapenos Stuffed Wi…100/1005. Cream Cheese Jalapeno Minis: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Cream Cheese Jalapeno Min…100/100
High-band neighbours for Cheese Dip (100/100) outside TGI Friday's.
Chart values as text

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

Cheese Dip
100/100
Battered Cheddar Nuggets
100/100
Tomato Ketchup
100/100
Mild Jalapenos Stuffed With Cream Cheese In A Crispy Breading
100/100
Cream Cheese Jalapeno Minis
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. Cheese Dip 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 Condiments products

Cheese Dip lists 47 ingredients on its label

47 99th percentile a longer ingredient list than 99% of the 27,084 products 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: 47 (99th 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

1
Water
2
Spinach
3
Artichoke Hearts
4
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
5
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
6
Part-skim Mozzarella Cheese
7
Cultured Part Skim Milk
8
Enzymes
9
Parmesan Cheese
10
Cultured Part-skim Milk
11
Neufchatel Cheese
12
Cultured Milk And Cream
13
Stabilizers
14
Carob Bean
15
Guar
16
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
17
Cream Powder
18
Modified Food Starch
19
Cheese Powder
20
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
21
Milk
22
Enriched Flour
23
Bleached Wheat Flour
24
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
25
Iron
26
Thiamine Mononitrate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
27
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
28
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
29
Skim Milk
30
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
31
Sunflower Oil
32
Garlic Powder
33
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
34
Cellulose Gum
35
Mono & Diglycerides
36
Enzyme Modified Romano Cheese
37
Romano Cheese
38
Cultured Pasteurized Organic Cow's Milk
39
Annatto
Coloring
Certain People Should Avoid
40
Color
41
Flavor Enhancer
42
Disodium Inosinate & Disodium Guanylate
43
Natural Flavors
44
Spice
45
Lactic Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, CURING OR PICKLING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
Safe GRAS
46
Sodium Phosphate
47
Yeast Extract

Full Ingredient List

Water, spinach, artichoke hearts (artichoke hearts, water, salt, citric acid), part-skim mozzarella cheese (cultured part skim milk, salt, enzymes), parmesan cheese (cultured part-skim milk, salt, enzymes), neufchatel cheese (cultured milk and cream, salt, stabilizers [carob bean, guar, and/or xanthan gum]), contains less than 2% of: cream powder, modified food starch, cheese powder, whey (milk), enriched flour (bleached wheat flour, niacin, iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), skim milk, salt, maltodextrin, sunflower oil, garlic powder, sodium caseinate, modified cellulose gum, mono & diglycerides, xanthan gum, enzyme modified romano cheese (romano cheese [cultured pasteurized cow's milk, salt, enzymes] water, salt), annatto (color), flavor enhancer (disodium inosinate & disodium guanylate), natural flavors, spice, citric acid, lactic acid, sodium phosphate, yeast extract.

Categories

Condiments Sauces Dips Groceries

High-score cross-brand comparables for Cheese Dip

Neighbours outside TGI Friday's with screening scores in the same high band as Cheese Dip (100/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within TGI Friday's; these peers cross brands.

Read the longer label in layers

Read the longer label in layers

Cheese Dip has a longer ingredient list than 99% of its Condiments 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 0046704065020: 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.