Caution

Cheesy Baked Potato

by Campbell's Chunky

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0051000128041 · Campbell's Chunky · Meats and their products. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0051000128041 · Serving size 1 can (553 g)

The verdict

Cheesy Baked Potato by Campbell's Chunky scores 85/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 50 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 50-component record, beginning with Water, Chicken Stock, Potatoes. 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.

85/100
Caution safety score
1
One flagged · of 50 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
B
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

65/100

Grade B-

Ingredient Safety

85/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

B

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.

00128041 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Cheesy Baked Potato label screening desk

SCORE-CAUT 85/100 FLAG-ONE 1 flagged LEN-DENSE 50 ing. REG-SPARSE 16% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-B Nutri-B RANK-SHORT Len top 1% LEAD-FLAG Sodium Nitrite PHOTO-FINISH Chicken Fried Beef · ±0 BOOK-OFF …128041 · July 2026

8 of 50 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Sodium Nitrite). Source sheet 00128041 · 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: Chicken Fried Beef Steak Bowl · Nearest score peer is Chicken Fried Beef Steak Bowl 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 second band of the four-tier framework. That band collects labels whose registry-rated components pull the derived score down measurably without dominating it. Position inside a band is not visible from the band name, and two labels sharing it can differ in how many components were rated and how severely. This is a threshold on an index computed here from public data, not a regulatory classification of any kind; the exact cut-offs are published on the methodology page.

The Nutri-Score algorithm returned its second band for this label. That grade typically describes a nutrition panel whose favourable components register clearly in the model without fully offsetting its energy or sodium terms. Because the calculation is a single points balance rather than a set of independent thresholds, a strong fibre or protein figure can lift a panel into this band even where one penalised nutrient sits high. The grade summarises the declared panel alone and carries no information about the additive ratings screened below.

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. Cheesy Baked Potato: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Cheesy Baked Potato85/1002. Chicken Fried Beef Steak Bowl: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Chicken Fried Beef Steak …85/1003. V splash tropical blend juice: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. V splash tropical blend j…85/1004. Cesar With Bacon Dressing: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Cesar With Bacon Dressing85/1005. Campbell'S, Chunky, Grilled Chicken & Sausage Gumbo Soup: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Campbell'S, Chunky, Grill…85/100
High-band neighbours for Cheesy Baked Potato (85/100) outside Campbell's Chunky.
Chart values as text

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

Cheesy Baked Potato
85/100
Chicken Fried Beef Steak Bowl
85/100
V splash tropical blend juice
85/100
Cesar With Bacon Dressing
85/100
Campbell'S, Chunky, Grilled Chicken & Sausage Gumbo Soup
85/100

How It Compares to Its Category

Among the 15,626 products we've scored in the Meals category, the average safety score is 93.6/100. Cheesy Baked Potato scores 8.6 points below that category average (85/100 vs. 93.6/100), 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 Meats and their products products

Cheesy Baked Potato lists 50 ingredients on its label

50 99th percentile a longer ingredient list than 99% of the 11,159 products we track

0–2: 79 products (1%). Below this entry. 2–4: 430 products (4%). Below this entry. 4–6: 612 products (5%). Below this entry. 6–8: 1,397 products (13%). Below this entry. 8–10: 1,485 products (13%). Below this entry. 10–12: 1,698 products (15%). Below this entry. 12–14: 1,463 products (13%). Below this entry. 14–16: 996 products (9%). Below this entry. 16–18: 734 products (7%). Below this entry. 18–20: 489 products (4%). Below this entry. 20–22: 377 products (3%). Below this entry. 22–24: 277 products (2%). Below this entry. 24–26: 234 products (2%). Below this entry. 26–28: 140 products (1%). Below this entry. 28–30: 145 products (1%). Below this entry. 30–32: 92 products (1%). Below this entry. 32–34: 83 products (1%). Below this entry. 34–36: 66 products (1%). Below this entry. 36–38: 74 products (1%). Below this entry. 38–40: 50 products (0%). Below this entry. 40–42: 238 products (2%). This entry sits in this band. This product 0 42 every published Meats and their products 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

11,159 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 50 (99th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
79 products (1%)
2–4
430 products (4%)
4–6
612 products (5%)
6–8
1,397 products (13%)
8–10
1,485 products (13%)
10–12
1,698 products (15%)
12–14
1,463 products (13%)
14–16
996 products (9%)
16–18
734 products (7%)
18–20
489 products (4%)
20–22
377 products (3%)
22–24
277 products (2%)
24–26
234 products (2%)
26–28
140 products (1%)
28–30
145 products (1%)
30–32
92 products (1%)
32–34
83 products (1%)
34–36
66 products (1%)
36–38
74 products (1%)
38–40
50 products (0%)
40 and above
238 products (2%)

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 11,159 Meats and their products 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 85/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (1 flagged of 50 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Water
2
Chicken Stock
3
Potatoes
4
Baked Potatoes
5
Roasted Russet Potatoes
6
Vegetable Oil
7
Corn
8
Canola
9
Soybean
10
Modified Food Starch
11
Cheese Flavor Base
12
Cheddar Cheese
13
Milk
14
Cultures
15
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
16
Enzymes
17
Sodium Phosphate
18
Bacon Bits
19
Bacon
20
Cured With Water
21
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
22
Smoke Flavoring
23
Sodium Erythorbate
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DOUGH STRENGTHENER, FLOUR TREATING AGENT, OXIDIZING OR REDUCING AGENT, PROCESSING AID, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT
Safe GRAS
24
Sodium Nitrite
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PROPELLANT
Avoid Prior Sanctioned
25
Skim Milk
26
Organic Onions
27
Cream
28
Wheat Flour
29
Yeast Extract
30
Soy Protein Concentrate
31
Flavoring
32
Pork
33
Pork Fat
34
Spices
35
Pork Stock
36
Wheat Starch
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
37
Beef Extract
38
Sunflower Lecithin
39
Onion Extract
40
Butter
41
Cream
42
Buttermilk
43
Enzyme Modified Butter
44
Whey Protein Concentrate
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
45
Enzyme Modified Butter Fat And Oil
46
Enzyme Modified Cheddar Cheese
47
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
48
Disodium Phosphate
49
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
50
Soy Lecithin

Full Ingredient List

water, chicken stock, potatoes, baked potatoes, roasted russet potatoes, vegetable oil (corn, canola, and/or soybean), contains less than 2% of: modified food starch, cheese flavor base (cheddar cheese [milk, cultures, salt, enzymes], water, sodium phosphate), bacon bits (bacon [cured with water, salt, sugar, natural smoke flavoring, sodium phosphate, sodium erythorbate, sodium nitrite]), skim milk, dehydrated onions, salt, dehydrated cream, wheat flour, yeast extract, soy protein concentrate, sugar, flavoring, pork, pork fat, spices, pork stock, wheat starch, natural smoke flavoring, beef extract, sunflower lecithin, onion extract, dehydrated butter (cream, salt), buttermilk, enzyme modified butter, whey protein concentrate, enzyme modified butter fat and oil, enzyme modified cheddar cheese (cheddar cheese [milk, cultures, salt, enzymes, calcium chloride], water, disodium phosphate), whey, soy lecithin,

Categories

Meats and their products Meals Meals with meat Soups Poultry meals Meals with chicken

High-score cross-brand comparables for Cheesy Baked Potato

Neighbours outside Campbell's Chunky with screening scores in the same high band as Cheesy Baked Potato (85/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Campbell's Chunky; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Sodium Nitrite is the first flagged ingredient selected from Cheesy Baked Potato's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 50-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Sodium Nitrite. Open Sodium Nitrite
  • Compare Cheesy Baked Potato'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 0051000128041: 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.