Concern

New orleans style zesty three cheese in a golden crust snackers, three cheese

by Zatarain's

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0071429012530 · Zatarain's · Frozen foods. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0071429012530 · Serving size 1 PACKAGE (127 g)

The verdict

New orleans style zesty three cheese in a golden crust snackers, three cheese by Zatarain's scores 50/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 54 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 54-component record, beginning with Water, Enriched Wheat Flour, Wheat Flour. 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 54 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

38/100

Grade F

Ingredient Safety

50/100

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.

29012530 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

New orleans style zesty three cheese in a golden crust snackers, three cheese label screening desk

SCORE-CONC 50/100 FLAG-FEW 2 flagged LEN-DENSE 54 ing. REG-PART 33% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-D Nutri-D RANK-SHORT Len top 17% LEAD-FLAG Carboxymethyl Cellulose PHOTO-FINISH Chutney Masti · ±0 BOOK-OFF …012530 · July 2026

18 of 54 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Carboxymethyl Cellulose). Source sheet 29012530 · 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: Chutney Masti · Nearest score peer is Chutney Masti 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.

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. New orleans style zesty three cheese in a golden crust snackers, three cheese: 50/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. New orleans style zesty t…50/1002. Chutney Masti: 50/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Chutney Masti50/1003. Chutney Mint: 50/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Chutney Mint50/1004. Original Raspberry Vinaigrette: 50/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Original Raspberry Vinaig…50/1005. Poppy Seed Dressing: 50/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Poppy Seed Dressing50/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for New orleans style zesty three cheese in a golden crust snackers, three cheese (50/100 on 54 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

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

New orleans style zesty three cheese in a golden crust snackers, three cheese
50/100
Chutney Masti
50/100
Chutney Mint
50/100
Original Raspberry Vinaigrette
50/100
Poppy Seed Dressing
50/100

How It Compares to Its Category

Among the 24,982 products we've scored in the Frozen foods category, the average safety score is 92.9/100. New orleans style zesty three cheese in a golden crust snackers, three cheese scores 42.9 points below that category average (50/100 vs. 92.9/100), 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 Frozen foods products

New orleans style zesty three cheese in a golden crust snackers, three cheese lists 54 ingredients on its label

54 83rd percentile a longer ingredient list than 83% of the 7,008 products we track

0–2: 11 products (0%). Below this entry. 2–4: 54 products (1%). Below this entry. 4–6: 54 products (1%). Below this entry. 6–8: 66 products (1%). Below this entry. 8–10: 102 products (1%). Below this entry. 10–12: 112 products (2%). Below this entry. 12–14: 184 products (3%). Below this entry. 14–16: 205 products (3%). Below this entry. 16–18: 245 products (3%). Below this entry. 18–20: 284 products (4%). Below this entry. 20–22: 264 products (4%). Below this entry. 22–24: 298 products (4%). Below this entry. 24–26: 247 products (4%). Below this entry. 26–28: 271 products (4%). Below this entry. 28–30: 284 products (4%). Below this entry. 30–32: 294 products (4%). Below this entry. 32–34: 325 products (5%). Below this entry. 34–36: 319 products (5%). Below this entry. 36–38: 314 products (4%). Below this entry. 38–40: 283 products (4%). Below this entry. 40–42: 2,792 products (40%). This entry sits in this band. This product 0 42 every published Frozen foods product, bucketed by value

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Distribution as text

7,008 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 54 (83rd percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
11 products (0%)
2–4
54 products (1%)
4–6
54 products (1%)
6–8
66 products (1%)
8–10
102 products (1%)
10–12
112 products (2%)
12–14
184 products (3%)
14–16
205 products (3%)
16–18
245 products (3%)
18–20
284 products (4%)
20–22
264 products (4%)
22–24
298 products (4%)
24–26
247 products (4%)
26–28
271 products (4%)
28–30
284 products (4%)
30–32
294 products (4%)
32–34
325 products (5%)
34–36
319 products (5%)
36–38
314 products (4%)
38–40
283 products (4%)
40 and above
2,792 products (40%)

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 7,008 Frozen 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 50/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (2 flagged of 54 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Water
2
Enriched Wheat Flour
3
Wheat Flour
4
Ferrous Sulfate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PROCESSING AID, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
5
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
6
Thiamine Mononitrate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
7
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
8
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
9
Pasteurized Process Swiss Cheese
10
Swiss Cheese
11
Pasteurized Part-skim Milk
12
Cheese Culture
13
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
14
Enzymes
15
Milkfat
16
Sodium Phosphate
17
Asiago Cheese
18
Pasteurized Milk
19
Low Moisture Part Skim Mozzarella Cheese
20
Cheese
21
Cultured Pasteurized Part Skim Milk
22
Corn Starch
23
Expeller Soybean Oil
24
Cheese Flavor
25
Dehydrated American And Blue Cheese
26
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
27
Partially Hydrogenated Soybean Oil
28
Whey Protein Concentrate
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
29
Carboxymethyl Cellulose
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, HUMECTANT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT
Caution GRAS
30
Lactose
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, MALTING OR FERMENTING AID, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, OXIDIZING OR REDUCING AGENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT
Certain People Should Avoid GRAS
31
Buttermilk Solids
32
Corn Maltodextrin
33
Natural Flavor
34
Lactic Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, CURING OR PICKLING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
Safe GRAS
35
Silicon Dioxide
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT
Safe GRAS
36
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
37
Onion
38
Yellow 5
Avoid Approved (certified color)
39
Yellow 6
Avoid Approved (certified color)
40
Nonfat Milk Solids
41
Nonfat Milk
42
Whey Solids Lactose
43
Vitamin A And D3
44
Sodium Bicarbonate
EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, LEAVENING AGENT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, PROCESSING AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
GRAS
45
Spices
46
Leavening
47
Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DOUGH STRENGTHENER, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FLOUR TREATING AGENT, FORMULATION AID, LEAVENING AGENT, OXIDIZING OR REDUCING AGENT, SEQUESTRANT
GRAS
48
Corn Starch
49
Monocalcium Phosphate
50
Calcium Sulfate
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, FORMULATION AID, LEAVENING AGENT, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, MALTING OR FERMENTING AID, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, PROCESSING AID, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
51
Methylcellulose
52
Granulated Garlic
53
Granulated Onion
54
Soy Lecithin

Full Ingredient List

Water, enriched wheat flour (wheat flour, ferrous sulfate, niacin, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), pasteurized process swiss cheese (swiss cheese [pasteurized part-skim milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes], water, milkfat, sodium phosphate, salt), asiago cheese (pasteurized milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes), low moisture part skim mozzarella cheese (cheese [cultured pasteurized part skim milk, salt, enzymes], modified corn starch), expeller soybean oil, cheese flavor (dehydrated american and blue cheese [pasteurized milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes], modified corn starch, whey, partially hydrogenated soybean oil, whey protein concentrate, salt, carboxymethyl cellulose, lactose, buttermilk solids, corn maltodextrin, natural flavor, sodium phosphate, lactic acid, silicon dioxide, citric acid, onion, yellow 5, yellow 6), nonfat milk solids (nonfat milk, whey solids lactose], vitamin a and d3), modified corn starch, sodium bicarbonate, spices, leavening (sodium acid pyrophosphate, corn starch, monocalcium phosphate, calcium sulfate), methylcellulose, granulated garlic, salt, granulated onion, soy lecithin.

Other products containing Dehydrated American And Blue Cheese

Dehydrated American And Blue Cheese is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 4 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.

Categories

Frozen foods

Mid-score cross-brand comparables for New orleans style zesty three cheese in a golden crust snackers, three cheese

Neighbours outside Zatarain's near New orleans style zesty three cheese in a golden crust snackers, three cheese's mid-band score (50/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Zatarain's; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Carboxymethyl Cellulose is the first flagged ingredient selected from New orleans style zesty three cheese in a golden crust snackers, three cheese's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 54-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Carboxymethyl Cellulose. Open Carboxymethyl Cellulose
  • Compare New orleans style zesty three cheese in a golden crust snackers, three cheese'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 0071429012530: 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.