Concern

Market basket, crunchy cheese sticks, jalapeno

by Market Basket

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0049705105788 · Market Basket · Snacks. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0049705105788 · Serving size 1 ONZ (28 g)

The verdict

Market basket, crunchy cheese sticks, jalapeno by Market Basket scores 50/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 35 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 2 ingredients are flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 35-component record, beginning with Corn Meal, Corn Oil, Maltodextrin. 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.

50/100
Concern safety score
2
Few flagged · of 35 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

33/100

Grade F

Ingredient Safety

50/100

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.

05105788 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Market basket, crunchy cheese sticks, jalapeno label screening desk

SCORE-CONC 50/100 FLAG-FEW 2 flagged LEN-DENSE 35 ing. REG-PART 34% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-E Nutri-E RANK-SHORT Len top 14% LEAD-FLAG Yellow 6 PHOTO-FINISH Applewood Smoked Bacon · ±0 BOOK-OFF …105788 · July 2026

12 of 35 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Yellow 6). Source sheet 05105788 · 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: Applewood Smoked Bacon · Nearest score peer is Applewood Smoked Bacon at the same screening score.

Screening model notes

How Nutri-Score, NOVA, and list length read this record

This label lands in the third of four positions on the published scale. What separates that position from its neighbours is arithmetic rather than judgement: identical inputs run through the documented weighting always arrive at the same place. Anyone who works the calculation through by hand, using the methodology write-up together with the itemised ratings further down, will reproduce this number exactly — which is the reason for publishing a computed figure instead of an opinion.

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. Market basket, crunchy cheese sticks, jalapeno: 50/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Market basket, crunchy ch…50/1002. Applewood Smoked Bacon: 50/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Applewood Smoked Bacon50/1003. Fourstar Group, Icing Decorations: 50/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Fourstar Group, Icing Dec…50/1004. Pica Fresca: 50/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Pica Fresca50/1005. Lemon Iced Yogurt Loaf: 50/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Lemon Iced Yogurt Loaf50/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for Market basket, crunchy cheese sticks, jalapeno (50/100 on 35 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

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

Market basket, crunchy cheese sticks, jalapeno
50/100
Applewood Smoked Bacon
50/100
Fourstar Group, Icing Decorations
50/100
Pica Fresca
50/100
Lemon Iced Yogurt Loaf
50/100

How It Compares to Its Category

Among the 88,006 products we've scored in the Snacks category, the average safety score is 86.1/100. Market basket, crunchy cheese sticks, jalapeno scores 36.1 points below that category average (50/100 vs. 86.1/100), 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 Snacks products

Market basket, crunchy cheese sticks, jalapeno lists 35 ingredients on its label

35 86th percentile a longer ingredient list than 86% of the 81,477 products we track

0–2: 275 products (0%). Below this entry. 2–4: 2,901 products (4%). Below this entry. 4–6: 4,248 products (5%). Below this entry. 6–8: 5,408 products (7%). Below this entry. 8–10: 5,486 products (7%). Below this entry. 10–12: 5,840 products (7%). Below this entry. 12–14: 6,252 products (8%). Below this entry. 14–16: 6,724 products (8%). Below this entry. 16–18: 6,221 products (8%). Below this entry. 18–20: 5,168 products (6%). Below this entry. 20–22: 4,508 products (6%). Below this entry. 22–24: 3,809 products (5%). Below this entry. 24–26: 3,567 products (4%). Below this entry. 26–28: 2,829 products (3%). Below this entry. 28–30: 2,282 products (3%). Below this entry. 30–32: 1,905 products (2%). Below this entry. 32–34: 1,715 products (2%). Below this entry. 34–36: 1,572 products (2%). This entry sits in this band. 36–38: 1,417 products (2%). Above this entry. 38–40: 1,284 products (2%). Above this entry. 40–42: 8,066 products (10%). Above this entry. This product 0 42 every published Snacks 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

81,477 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 35 (86th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
275 products (0%)
2–4
2,901 products (4%)
4–6
4,248 products (5%)
6–8
5,408 products (7%)
8–10
5,486 products (7%)
10–12
5,840 products (7%)
12–14
6,252 products (8%)
14–16
6,724 products (8%)
16–18
6,221 products (8%)
18–20
5,168 products (6%)
20–22
4,508 products (6%)
22–24
3,809 products (5%)
24–26
3,567 products (4%)
26–28
2,829 products (3%)
28–30
2,282 products (3%)
30–32
1,905 products (2%)
32–34
1,715 products (2%)
34–36
1,572 products (2%)
36–38
1,417 products (2%)
38–40
1,284 products (2%)
40 and above
8,066 products (10%)

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 81,477 Snacks 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 50/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (2 flagged of 35 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Corn Meal
2
Corn Oil
3
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
4
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
5
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
6
Msg
7
Cheddar Cheese
8
Pasteurized Milk
9
Cheese Culture
10
Enzymes
11
Sunflower Oil
12
Nonfat Milk
13
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
14
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
15
Spices
16
Onion Powder
17
Garlic Powder
18
Green Bell Pepper Powder
19
Torula yeast
Flavoring
Safe
20
Tapioca Starch
NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
21
Sodium Diacetate
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
Safe GRAS
22
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
23
Chipotle Pepper
24
Dehydrated Parsley
25
Partially Hydrogenated Soybean Oil
26
Corn Starch
27
Disodium Inosinate And Disodium Guanylate
28
Spice Extracts
29
Paprika Extract
30
Natural And Artificial Flavors
31
Butter
32
Natural Flavor
33
Lactic Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, CURING OR PICKLING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
Safe GRAS
34
Yellow 6
Avoid Approved (certified color)
35
Yellow 5
Avoid Approved (certified color)

Full Ingredient List

Corn meal, corn oil, maltodextrin, whey, salt, monosodium glutamate, cheddar cheese (pasteurized milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes), sunflower oil, nonfat milk, sugar, dextrose, spices, onion powder, garlic powder, green bell pepper powder, torula yeast, modified tapioca starch, sodium diacetate, citric acid, chipotle pepper, dried parsley, partially hydrogenated soybean oil, modified corn starch, disodium inosinate and disodium guanylate, spice extracts, paprika extract, natural and artificial flavors, butter, natural flavor, lactic acid, yellow 6, and yellow 5.

Categories

Snacks

Mid-score cross-brand comparables for Market basket, crunchy cheese sticks, jalapeno

Neighbours outside Market Basket near Market basket, crunchy cheese sticks, jalapeno's mid-band score (50/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Market Basket; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Yellow 6 is the first flagged ingredient selected from Market basket, crunchy cheese sticks, jalapeno's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 35-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Yellow 6. Open Yellow 6
  • Compare Market basket, crunchy cheese sticks, jalapeno's 2 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 0049705105788: 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.