Safe

Cheese Dip & Pretzels

by Walgreen Co.

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0049022777736 · Walgreen Co. · Dairies. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0049022777736 · Serving size 1 UNIT (19 g)

The verdict

Cheese Dip & Pretzels by Walgreen Co. scores 100/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 34 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 34-component record, beginning with 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 34 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.

22777736 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Cheese Dip & Pretzels label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 100/100 FLAG-CLEAN 0 flagged LEN-DENSE 34 ing. REG-PART 35% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-E Nutri-E RANK-SHORT Len top 1% LEAD-RARE Sorbic Acid PHOTO-FINISH Wafers · ±0 BOOK-OFF …777736 · July 2026

12 of 34 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Sorbic Acid). Source sheet 22777736 · 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: Wafers · Nearest score peer is Wafers 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.

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.

Cross-brand screening score neighbourhood

1. Cheese Dip & Pretzels: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Cheese Dip & Pretzels100/1002. Wafers: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Wafers100/1003. Smile & Save, Chocolate Wafers: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Smile & Save, Chocolate W…100/1004. Chocolate & Caramel Truffle Cookies: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Chocolate & Caramel Truff…100/1005. Milk Chocolate Castle Cookies: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Milk Chocolate Castle Coo…100/100
High-band neighbours for Cheese Dip & Pretzels (100/100) outside Walgreen Co..
Chart values as text

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

Cheese Dip & Pretzels
100/100
Wafers
100/100
Smile & Save, Chocolate Wafers
100/100
Chocolate & Caramel Truffle Cookies
100/100
Milk Chocolate Castle Cookies
100/100

How It Compares to Its Category

Among the 23,001 products we've scored in the Dairies category, the average safety score is 97.8/100. Cheese Dip & Pretzels scores 2.2 points above that category average (100/100 vs. 97.8/100), 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 Dairies products

Cheese Dip & Pretzels lists 34 ingredients on its label

34 99th percentile a longer ingredient list than 99% of the 21,438 products we track

0–2: 120 products (1%). Below this entry. 2–4: 2,805 products (13%). Below this entry. 4–6: 4,714 products (22%). Below this entry. 6–8: 2,694 products (13%). Below this entry. 8–10: 1,996 products (9%). Below this entry. 10–12: 1,884 products (9%). Below this entry. 12–14: 1,734 products (8%). Below this entry. 14–16: 1,639 products (8%). Below this entry. 16–18: 1,261 products (6%). Below this entry. 18–20: 841 products (4%). Below this entry. 20–22: 481 products (2%). Below this entry. 22–24: 303 products (1%). Below this entry. 24–26: 228 products (1%). Below this entry. 26–28: 151 products (1%). Below this entry. 28–30: 122 products (1%). Below this entry. 30–32: 115 products (1%). Below this entry. 32–34: 81 products (0%). Below this entry. 34–36: 57 products (0%). This entry sits in this band. 36–38: 45 products (0%). Above this entry. 38–40: 33 products (0%). Above this entry. 40–42: 134 products (1%). Above this entry. This product 0 42 every published Dairies 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

21,438 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 34 (99th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
120 products (1%)
2–4
2,805 products (13%)
4–6
4,714 products (22%)
6–8
2,694 products (13%)
8–10
1,996 products (9%)
10–12
1,884 products (9%)
12–14
1,734 products (8%)
14–16
1,639 products (8%)
16–18
1,261 products (6%)
18–20
841 products (4%)
20–22
481 products (2%)
22–24
303 products (1%)
24–26
228 products (1%)
26–28
151 products (1%)
28–30
122 products (1%)
30–32
115 products (1%)
32–34
81 products (0%)
34–36
57 products (0%)
36–38
45 products (0%)
38–40
33 products (0%)
40 and above
134 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 21,438 Dairies 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
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
Water Chedder And Other Natural Cheese
11
Pasteurized Milk
12
Cheese Culture
13
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
14
Enzymes Annatto
15
Vegetable Color
16
Vegetable Oil
17
Partially Hydrogenated Soybean Oil And /Or Canola Oil
18
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
19
Or Less Of Maltodextrin
20
Sodium Phosphate
21
Corn Syrup Solids
22
Lactic Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, CURING OR PICKLING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
Safe GRAS
23
Sorbic Acid
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
Safe GRAS
24
Preservative
25
Apo-carotenal
26
Color
27
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
28
Sodium Alginate
29
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
30
Natural Falvor
31
Distilled Monoglycerides
32
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
33
Barley Malt Extract
34
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

Full Ingredient List

Enriched flour [wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate (vitamin b1), riboflavin (vitamin b2), folic acid], water chedder and other natural cheese [pasteurized milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes annatto (vegetable color)], vegetable oil (partially hydrogenated soybean oil and /or canola oil), whey, contains 2% or less of maltodextrin, sodium phosphate, corn syrup solids, salt, lactic acid, sorbic acid (preservative), apo-carotenal (color), xanthan gum, sodium alginate, sugar, natural falvor, distilled monoglycerides, ascorbic acid, barley malt extract, citric acid.

Categories

Dairies Fermented foods Fermented milk products Cheeses

High-score cross-brand comparables for Cheese Dip & Pretzels

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

Read the longer label in layers

Read the longer label in layers

Cheese Dip & Pretzels has a longer ingredient list than 99% of its Dairies 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 0049022777736: 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.