Safe

Campbell'S, Grill Cheddar Applewood Bacon Chicken Sauce

by Campbell's

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0051000221346 · Campbell's · Condiments. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0051000221346 · Serving size 0.25 cup (60 ml)

The verdict

Campbell'S, Grill Cheddar Applewood Bacon Chicken Sauce by Campbell's scores 95/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 46 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 46-component record, beginning with Water, Cream, Milk. 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 46 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.

00221346 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Campbell'S, Grill Cheddar Applewood Bacon Chicken Sauce label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 95/100 FLAG-ONE 1 flagged LEN-DENSE 46 ing. REG-SPARSE 20% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-D Nutri-D RANK-SHORT Len top 1% LEAD-FLAG Caramel Coloring PHOTO-FINISH Cole white Prego · ±0 BOOK-OFF …221346 · July 2026

9 of 46 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Caramel Coloring). Source sheet 00221346 · 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: Cole white Prego · Nearest score peer is Cole white Prego 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. Campbell'S, Grill Cheddar Applewood Bacon Chicken Sauce: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Campbell'S, Grill Cheddar…95/1002. Cole white Prego: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Cole white Prego95/1003. Swanson Meat Pork Bbq: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Swanson Meat Pork Bbq95/1004. Banquet, Santa Fe Style Rice And Beans: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Banquet, Santa Fe Style R…95/1005. Aged Cheddar Smashed Potatoes: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Aged Cheddar Smashed Pota…95/100
High-band neighbours for Campbell'S, Grill Cheddar Applewood Bacon Chicken Sauce (95/100) outside Campbell's.
Chart values as text

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

Campbell'S, Grill Cheddar Applewood Bacon Chicken Sauce
95/100
Cole white Prego
95/100
Swanson Meat Pork Bbq
95/100
Banquet, Santa Fe Style Rice And Beans
95/100
Aged Cheddar Smashed Potatoes
95/100

How It Compares to Its Category

Among the 31,268 products we've scored in the Condiments category, the average safety score is 98.3/100. Campbell'S, Grill Cheddar Applewood Bacon Chicken Sauce scores 3.3 points below that category average (95/100 vs. 98.3/100), 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 Condiments products

Campbell'S, Grill Cheddar Applewood Bacon Chicken Sauce lists 46 ingredients on its label

46 99th percentile a longer ingredient list than 99% of the 27,084 products we track

0–2: 186 products (1%). Below this entry. 2–4: 1,031 products (4%). Below this entry. 4–6: 1,392 products (5%). Below this entry. 6–8: 2,093 products (8%). Below this entry. 8–10: 2,811 products (10%). Below this entry. 10–12: 3,070 products (11%). Below this entry. 12–14: 2,818 products (10%). Below this entry. 14–16: 2,724 products (10%). Below this entry. 16–18: 2,451 products (9%). Below this entry. 18–20: 2,045 products (8%). Below this entry. 20–22: 1,563 products (6%). Below this entry. 22–24: 1,244 products (5%). Below this entry. 24–26: 934 products (3%). Below this entry. 26–28: 694 products (3%). Below this entry. 28–30: 551 products (2%). Below this entry. 30–32: 420 products (2%). Below this entry. 32–34: 246 products (1%). Below this entry. 34–36: 196 products (1%). Below this entry. 36–38: 135 products (0%). Below this entry. 38–40: 134 products (0%). Below this entry. 40–42: 346 products (1%). This entry sits in this band. This product 0 42 every published Condiments 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

27,084 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 46 (99th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
186 products (1%)
2–4
1,031 products (4%)
4–6
1,392 products (5%)
6–8
2,093 products (8%)
8–10
2,811 products (10%)
10–12
3,070 products (11%)
12–14
2,818 products (10%)
14–16
2,724 products (10%)
16–18
2,451 products (9%)
18–20
2,045 products (8%)
20–22
1,563 products (6%)
22–24
1,244 products (5%)
24–26
934 products (3%)
26–28
694 products (3%)
28–30
551 products (2%)
30–32
420 products (2%)
32–34
246 products (1%)
34–36
196 products (1%)
36–38
135 products (0%)
38–40
134 products (0%)
40 and above
346 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 27,084 Condiments 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 46 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Water
2
Cream
3
Milk
4
Cheddar Cheese
5
Cultures
6
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
7
Enzymes
8
Butter
9
Modified Food Starch
10
Applewood Bacon
11
Pork
12
Sea salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
13
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
14
Celery Powder
15
Natural Smoke Flavor
16
Canola Oil
17
Granular Cheese
18
Soy Protein Concentrate
19
Flavoring
20
Whey Protein Concentrate
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
21
Worcestershire Sauce Concentrate
22
Distilled Vinegar
23
Molasses
24
Corn Syrup
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, HUMECTANT, LEAVENING AGENT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, TEXTURIZER
Cut Back GRAS
25
Caramel Coloring
Coloring
Avoid Approved (color additive, GRAS)
26
Garlic Powder
27
Spices
28
Tamarind
29
Natural Flavor
30
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
31
Disodium Phosphate
32
Organic Onions
33
Semisoft Cheese
34
Blue Cheese
35
Whey Sodium Phosphate
36
Annatto Extract For Color
37
Onion Juice Concentrate
38
Romano Cheese
39
Cow's Milk
40
Smoke Flavoring
41
Dried Vinegar
42
Lactic Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, CURING OR PICKLING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
Safe GRAS
43
Sodium Citrate
44
Soy Lecithin
45
Yeast Extract
46
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

Water, Cream (Milk), Cheddar Cheese (Milk, Cultures, Salt, Enzymes), Butter (Cream), Modified Food Starch, Contains Less Than 2% Of: Applewood Bacon (Pork, Sea Salt, Sugar, Celery Powder, Smoke Flavor), Salt, Canola Oil, Granular Cheese (Milk, Cultures, Salt, Enzymes), Soy Protein Concentrate, Flavoring, Whey Protein Concentrate, Worcestershire Sauce Concentrate (Distilled Vinegar, Molasses, Corn Syrup, Water, Salt, Caramel Color, Garlic Powder, Sugar, Spices, Tamarind, Natural Flavor), Dehydrated Whey, Disodium Phosphate, Dehydrated Onions, Semisoft Cheese (Milk, Cultures, Salt, Enzymes), Blue Cheese (Milk, Salt, Cultures, Enzymes), Whey Sodium Phosphate, Annatto Extract For Color, Onion Juice Concentrate, Romano Cheese (Cow'S Milk, Cultures, Salt, Enzymes), Natural Smoke Flavoring, Sugar, Vinegar, Lactic Acid, Sodium Citrate, Soy Lecithin, Caramel Color, Molasses, Yeast Extract, Citric Acid.

Categories

Condiments Sauces

High-score cross-brand comparables for Campbell'S, Grill Cheddar Applewood Bacon Chicken Sauce

Neighbours outside Campbell's with screening scores in the same high band as Campbell'S, Grill Cheddar Applewood Bacon Chicken Sauce (95/100 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

Caramel Coloring is the first flagged ingredient selected from Campbell'S, Grill Cheddar Applewood Bacon Chicken Sauce's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 46-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Caramel Coloring. Open Caramel Coloring
  • Compare Campbell'S, Grill Cheddar Applewood Bacon Chicken Sauce'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 0051000221346: 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.