Concern

Whole Kosher Dills

by Kurtz

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0051933043503 · Kurtz · Groceries. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0051933043503 · Serving size 1 ONZ (28 g)

The verdict

Whole Kosher Dills by Kurtz scores 50/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 9 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 2 ingredients are flagged for caution. This is a focused 9-component label led by Fresh Cucumbers, Water, Dried Vinegar; compare those leading ingredients with the product's processing and nutrition fields before deciding whether it fits your goal. This is not a recall, allergy, medical, or dietary-safety determination.

50/100
Concern safety score
2
Few flagged · of 9 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

43/100

Grade D

Ingredient Safety

50/100

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.

33043503 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Whole Kosher Dills label screening desk

SCORE-CONC 50/100 FLAG-FEW 2 flagged LEN-FOCUSED 9 ing. REG-PART 44% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-C Nutri-C RANK-LONG Len top 73% LEAD-FLAG Blue 1 PHOTO-FINISH Jumbo Layered Biscuits · ±0 BOOK-OFF …043503 · July 2026

4 of 9 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Blue 1). Source sheet 33043503 · 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: Jumbo Layered Biscuits · Nearest score peer is Jumbo Layered Biscuits 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 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 parsed into a small number of components. On a short list the registry screen covers close to everything the packaging declares, and any single matched component accounts for a correspondingly large share of the composite. Short lists also leave less room for parsing error, since there are fewer separators and qualifiers for the extraction to resolve.

Cross-brand screening score neighbourhood

1. Whole Kosher Dills: 50/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Whole Kosher Dills50/1002. Jumbo Layered Biscuits: 50/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Jumbo Layered Biscuits50/1003. Cinnamon Rolls With Icing: 50/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Cinnamon Rolls With Icing50/1004. Coburn farms, cream cheese spread, strawberry: 50/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Coburn farms, cream chees…50/1005. Crisp, grape soda: 50/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Crisp, grape soda50/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for Whole Kosher Dills (50/100 on 9 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

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

Whole Kosher Dills
50/100
Jumbo Layered Biscuits
50/100
Cinnamon Rolls With Icing
50/100
Coburn farms, cream cheese spread, strawberry
50/100
Crisp, grape soda
50/100

How It Compares to Its Category

Among the 26,994 products we've scored in the Groceries category, the average safety score is 98.3/100. Whole Kosher Dills scores 48.3 points below that category average (50/100 vs. 98.3/100), 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 Groceries products

Whole Kosher Dills lists 9 ingredients on its label

9 27th percentile a longer ingredient list than 27% of the 41 products we track

0–2: 1 products (2%). Below this entry. 2–4: 2 products (5%). Below this entry. 4–6: 4 products (10%). Below this entry. 6–8: 4 products (10%). Below this entry. 8–10: 5 products (12%). This entry sits in this band. 10–12: 5 products (12%). Above this entry. 12–14: 5 products (12%). Above this entry. 14–16: 3 products (7%). Above this entry. 16–18: 2 products (5%). Above this entry. 18–20: 5 products (12%). Above this entry. 22–24: 2 products (5%). Above this entry. 24–26: 2 products (5%). Above this entry. 38–40: 1 products (2%). Above this entry. This product 0 40 every published Groceries 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

41 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 9 (27th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
1 products (2%)
2–4
2 products (5%)
4–6
4 products (10%)
6–8
4 products (10%)
8–10
5 products (12%)
10–12
5 products (12%)
12–14
5 products (12%)
14–16
3 products (7%)
16–18
2 products (5%)
18–20
5 products (12%)
22–24
2 products (5%)
24–26
2 products (5%)
38 and above
1 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 41 Groceries 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 9 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

Full Ingredient List

Fresh cucumbers, water, vinegar, salt, calcium chloride, natural flavors, polysorbate 90, yellow 5, blue 1.

Categories

Groceries Salted-snacks

Mid-score cross-brand comparables for Whole Kosher Dills

Neighbours outside Kurtz near Whole Kosher Dills's mid-band score (50/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Kurtz; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Blue 1 is the first flagged ingredient selected from Whole Kosher Dills's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 9-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Blue 1. Open Blue 1
  • Compare Whole Kosher Dills'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 0051933043503: 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.