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Cheddar cheese jalapenos

by Poppers

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0046704079546 · Poppers · Frozen foods. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0046704079546 · Serving size 3 PIECES (98 g)

The verdict

Cheddar cheese jalapenos by Poppers scores 95/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 56 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 1 ingredient is flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 56-component record, beginning with Water, Jalapeno Peppers, Acetic Acid. 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.

95/100
Safe safety score
1
One flagged · of 56 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

60/100

Grade C+

Ingredient Safety

95/100

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.

04079546 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Cheddar cheese jalapenos label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 95/100 FLAG-ONE 1 flagged LEN-DENSE 56 ing. REG-SPARSE 27% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-D Nutri-D RANK-SHORT Len top 14% LEAD-FLAG Caramel Coloring PHOTO-FINISH Loaded Potato Skins, · ±0 BOOK-OFF …079546 · July 2026

15 of 56 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Caramel Coloring). Source sheet 04079546 · 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: Loaded Potato Skins, Bbq Pulled Pork · Nearest score peer is Loaded Potato Skins, Bbq Pulled Pork 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. Cheddar cheese jalapenos: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Cheddar cheese jalapenos95/1002. Loaded Potato Skins, Bbq Pulled Pork: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Loaded Potato Skins, Bbq …95/1003. Cream cheese stuffed jalapenos: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Cream cheese stuffed jala…95/1004. Crispy Breading Stuffed Jalapenos: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Crispy Breading Stuffed J…95/1005. T i friday's poppers cheddar cheese stuffed jalapenos: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. T i friday's poppers ched…95/100
High-band neighbours for Cheddar cheese jalapenos (95/100) outside Poppers.
Chart values as text

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

Cheddar cheese jalapenos
95/100
Loaded Potato Skins, Bbq Pulled Pork
95/100
Cream cheese stuffed jalapenos
95/100
Crispy Breading Stuffed Jalapenos
95/100
T i friday's poppers cheddar cheese stuffed jalapenos
95/100

How It Compares to Its Category

Among the 24,982 products we've scored in the Frozen foods category, the average safety score is 92.9/100. Cheddar cheese jalapenos scores 2.1 points above that category average (95/100 vs. 92.9/100), 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 Frozen foods products

Cheddar cheese jalapenos lists 56 ingredients on its label

56 86th percentile a longer ingredient list than 86% of the 7,008 products we track

0–2: 11 products (0%). Below this entry. 2–4: 54 products (1%). Below this entry. 4–6: 54 products (1%). Below this entry. 6–8: 66 products (1%). Below this entry. 8–10: 102 products (1%). Below this entry. 10–12: 112 products (2%). Below this entry. 12–14: 184 products (3%). Below this entry. 14–16: 205 products (3%). Below this entry. 16–18: 245 products (3%). Below this entry. 18–20: 284 products (4%). Below this entry. 20–22: 264 products (4%). Below this entry. 22–24: 298 products (4%). Below this entry. 24–26: 247 products (4%). Below this entry. 26–28: 271 products (4%). Below this entry. 28–30: 284 products (4%). Below this entry. 30–32: 294 products (4%). Below this entry. 32–34: 325 products (5%). Below this entry. 34–36: 319 products (5%). Below this entry. 36–38: 314 products (4%). Below this entry. 38–40: 283 products (4%). Below this entry. 40–42: 2,792 products (40%). This entry sits in this band. This product 0 42 every published Frozen foods 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

7,008 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 56 (86th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
11 products (0%)
2–4
54 products (1%)
4–6
54 products (1%)
6–8
66 products (1%)
8–10
102 products (1%)
10–12
112 products (2%)
12–14
184 products (3%)
14–16
205 products (3%)
16–18
245 products (3%)
18–20
284 products (4%)
20–22
264 products (4%)
22–24
298 products (4%)
24–26
247 products (4%)
26–28
271 products (4%)
28–30
284 products (4%)
30–32
294 products (4%)
32–34
325 products (5%)
34–36
319 products (5%)
36–38
314 products (4%)
38–40
283 products (4%)
40 and above
2,792 products (40%)

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 7,008 Frozen foods 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 95/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (1 flagged of 56 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Water
2
Jalapeno Peppers
3
Acetic Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PH CONTROL AGENT
Safe GRAS
4
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
5
Calcium Chloride
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, ENZYME, FIRMING AGENT, FREEZING OR COOLING AGENT, DIRECT CONTACT, FUMIGANT, HUMECTANT, MALTING OR FERMENTING AID, PH CONTROL AGENT, PROCESSING
GRAS
6
Sodium Benzoate
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FUMIGANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT
Certain People Should Avoid GRAS
7
Preservative
8
Wheat Flour
9
Bleached Wheat Flour
10
Cheddar Cheese
11
Cultured Pasteurized Milk
12
Enzymes
13
Soybean Oil
14
Modified Food Starch
15
Cheese Powder
16
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
17
Natural Flavors
18
Cellulose Gum
19
Yeast Extract
20
Butter
21
Cream
22
Disodium Phosphate
23
Guar Gum
24
Spice
25
Lactic Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, CURING OR PICKLING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
Safe GRAS
26
Mono & Diglycerides
27
Buttermilk
28
Nonfat Milk
29
Annatto Extract
30
Color
31
Milk Protein Concentrate
32
Canola Oil
33
Enzyme Modified Cheese
34
Sodium Phosphate
35
Milkfat
36
Wheat Starch
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
37
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
38
Sodium Hexametaphosphate
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
39
Sorbic Acid
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
Safe GRAS
40
Caramel Coloring
Coloring
Avoid Approved (color additive, GRAS)
41
Oleoresin Paprika
42
Yeast
43
Yellow Corn Flour
44
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
45
Egg Whites
46
Garlic
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
47
Onion
48
Leavening
49
Sodium Bicarbonate
EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, LEAVENING AGENT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, PROCESSING AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
GRAS
50
Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DOUGH STRENGTHENER, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FLOUR TREATING AGENT, FORMULATION AID, LEAVENING AGENT, OXIDIZING OR REDUCING AGENT, SEQUESTRANT
GRAS
51
Monocalcium Phosphate
52
Nonfat Dry Milk
53
Sodium Alginate
54
Spice Extract
55
Spices
56
Apocarotenal

Full Ingredient List

Water, jalapeno peppers (contains water, acetic acid, salt, calcium chloride, sodium benzoate [preservative]), wheat flour, bleached wheat flour, cheddar cheese (cultured pasteurized milk, salt, enzymes), soybean oil, modified food starch, cheese powder (whey, modified food starch, natural flavors, cheddar cheese [cultured pasteurized milk, salt, enzymes], salt, cellulose gum, yeast extract, butter [cream, salt], disodium phosphate, guar gum, spice, lactic acid, mono & diglycerides, buttermilk, nonfat milk, annatto extract [color]), contains less than 2% of: milk protein concentrate, canola oil, salt, enzyme modified cheese (cultured pasteurized milk, water, sodium phosphate, milkfat, salt, enzymes), wheat starch, sodium phosphate, sugar, lactic acid, sodium hexametaphosphate, sorbic acid, annatto extract (color), caramel color, oleoresin paprika (color), yeast, yellow corn flour, dextrose, dried egg whites, dried garlic, dried onion, leavening (sodium bicarbonate, sodium acid pyrophosphate, monocalcium phosphate), nonfat dry milk, sodium alginate, spice extract, spices, apocarotenal (color).

Categories

Frozen foods

High-score cross-brand comparables for Cheddar cheese jalapenos

Neighbours outside Poppers with screening scores in the same high band as Cheddar cheese jalapenos (95/100 here). The 4 same-brand links above stay within Poppers; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Caramel Coloring is the first flagged ingredient selected from Cheddar cheese jalapenos'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 Caramel Coloring. Open Caramel Coloring
  • Compare Cheddar cheese jalapenos's 1 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 0046704079546: 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.