Caution

Chunky Baked Potato With Cheddar & Bacon Bits Soup

by Campbell's

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0051000219497 · Campbell's · Canned foods. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0051000219497 · Serving size 1 cup (240 ml)

The verdict

Chunky Baked Potato With Cheddar & Bacon Bits Soup by Campbell's scores 85/100 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, 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 56 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
C
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

85/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

C

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.

00219497 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Chunky Baked Potato With Cheddar & Bacon Bits Soup label screening desk

SCORE-CAUT 85/100 FLAG-ONE 1 flagged LEN-DENSE 56 ing. REG-SPARSE 20% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-C Nutri-C RANK-SHORT Len top 0% LEAD-FLAG Sodium Nitrite PHOTO-FINISH V8, Splash, Beverage, · ±0 BOOK-OFF …219497 · July 2026

11 of 56 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Sodium Nitrite). Source sheet 00219497 · 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: V8, Splash, Beverage, Mango Peach, Mango Peach · Nearest score peer is V8, Splash, Beverage, Mango Peach, Mango Peach 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.

Nutri-Score settled on its middle grade here, the band the algorithm produces when the penalty and credit sides of its nutrient ledger come out close to balanced. A mid-scale grade is a statement about the panel as a whole rather than about any single nutrient, and products arrive at it by very different routes: a moderate profile across every term, or high marks on some offset by heavy penalties on others. The grade is computed separately from the ingredient screen below and the two are not comparable measures.

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. Chunky Baked Potato With Cheddar & Bacon Bits Soup: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Chunky Baked Potato With …85/1002. V8, Splash, Beverage, Mango Peach, Mango Peach: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. V8, Splash, Beverage, Man…85/1003. V8 Splash Beverage Tropical: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. V8 Splash Beverage Tropic…85/1004. V8 Splash Beverage Citrus: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. V8 Splash Beverage Citrus85/1005. Sauce, Garlic & Cheese: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Sauce, Garlic & Cheese85/100
High-band neighbours for Chunky Baked Potato With Cheddar & Bacon Bits Soup (85/100) outside Campbell's.
Chart values as text

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

Chunky Baked Potato With Cheddar & Bacon Bits Soup
85/100
V8, Splash, Beverage, Mango Peach, Mango Peach
85/100
V8 Splash Beverage Tropical
85/100
V8 Splash Beverage Citrus
85/100
Sauce, Garlic & Cheese
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. Chunky Baked Potato With Cheddar & Bacon Bits Soup 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 Canned foods products

Chunky Baked Potato With Cheddar & Bacon Bits Soup lists 56 ingredients on its label

56 100th percentile a longer ingredient list than every other product we track

0–2: 2 products (0%). Below this entry. 2–4: 58 products (2%). Below this entry. 4–6: 123 products (4%). Below this entry. 6–8: 148 products (5%). Below this entry. 8–10: 226 products (8%). Below this entry. 10–12: 301 products (11%). Below this entry. 12–14: 233 products (8%). Below this entry. 14–16: 246 products (9%). Below this entry. 16–18: 182 products (7%). Below this entry. 18–20: 165 products (6%). Below this entry. 20–22: 133 products (5%). Below this entry. 22–24: 133 products (5%). Below this entry. 24–26: 123 products (4%). Below this entry. 26–28: 116 products (4%). Below this entry. 28–30: 124 products (4%). Below this entry. 30–32: 78 products (3%). Below this entry. 32–34: 95 products (3%). Below this entry. 34–36: 65 products (2%). Below this entry. 36–38: 49 products (2%). Below this entry. 38–40: 61 products (2%). Below this entry. 40–42: 123 products (4%). This entry sits in this band. This product 0 42 every published Canned 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

2,784 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 56 (100th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
2 products (0%)
2–4
58 products (2%)
4–6
123 products (4%)
6–8
148 products (5%)
8–10
226 products (8%)
10–12
301 products (11%)
12–14
233 products (8%)
14–16
246 products (9%)
16–18
182 products (7%)
18–20
165 products (6%)
20–22
133 products (5%)
22–24
133 products (5%)
24–26
123 products (4%)
26–28
116 products (4%)
28–30
124 products (4%)
30–32
78 products (3%)
32–34
95 products (3%)
34–36
65 products (2%)
36–38
49 products (2%)
38–40
61 products (2%)
40 and above
123 products (4%)

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 2,784 Canned 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 85/100 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
Chicken Stock
3
Potatoes
4
Baked Potatoes
5
Roasted Russet Potatoes
6
Vegetable Oil
7
Corn
8
Cottonseed
9
Canola
10
Soybean
11
Modified Food Starch
12
Cheese Flavor Base
13
Cheddar Cheese
14
Milk
15
Cultures
16
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
17
Enzymes
18
Sodium Phosphate
19
Bacon Bits
20
Bacon
21
Cured With Water
22
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
23
Natural Smoke Flavor
24
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
25
Sodium Nitrite
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PROPELLANT
Avoid Prior Sanctioned
26
Skim Milk
27
Organic Onions
28
Cream
29
Wheat Flour
30
Yeast Extract
31
Soy Protein Concentrate
32
Pork
33
Flavoring
34
Soy
35
Spice
36
Pork Stock
37
Potato Flour
38
Wheat Starch
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
39
Beef Extract
40
Smoke Flavoring
41
High-fructose corn syrup
Sweetener
Cut Back
42
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
43
Sunflower Lecithin
44
Smoke Flavoring
45
Onion Extract
46
Butter
47
Buttermilk
48
Enzyme Modified Butter
49
Whey Protein Concentrate
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
50
Partially Hydrogenated Soybean Oil
51
Oleic Acid
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT, WASHING OR SURFACE REMOVAL AGENT
GRAS
52
Enzyme Modified Butter Fat And Oil
53
Enzyme Modified Cheddar Cheese
54
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
55
Disodium Phosphate
56
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

Full Ingredient List

Water, Chicken Stock, Potatoes, Baked Potatoes, Roasted Russet Potatoes, Vegetable Oil (Corn, Cottonseed, 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, Smoke Flavor, Sodium Phosphate, Sodium Erythorbate, Sodium Nitrite]), Skim Milk, Dehydrated Onions, Salt, Cream, Wheat Flour, Yeast Extract, Soy Protein Concentrate, Sugar, Pork, Flavoring (Soy), Spice, Pork Stock, Potato Flour, Wheat Starch, Beef Extract, Smoke Flavoring, High Fructose Corn Syrup, Dextrose, Sunflower Lecithin, Natural Smoke Flavoring, Onion Extract, Butter (Cream, Salt), Buttermilk, Enzyme Modified Butter, Whey Protein Concentrate, Partially Hydrogenated Soybean Oil, Oleic Acid, Enzyme Modified Butter Fat And Oil, Enzyme Modified Cheddar Cheese (Cheddar Cheese [Milk, Cultures, Salt, Enzymes, Calcium Chloride], Water, Disodium Phosphate), Whey.

Categories

Canned foods Meals Soups Canned meals Canned soups

High-score cross-brand comparables for Chunky Baked Potato With Cheddar & Bacon Bits Soup

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

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Sodium Nitrite is the first flagged ingredient selected from Chunky Baked Potato With Cheddar & Bacon Bits Soup'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 Sodium Nitrite. Open Sodium Nitrite
  • Compare Chunky Baked Potato With Cheddar & Bacon Bits Soup'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 0051000219497: 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.