Caution

Potato Skins

by Harris Teeter

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0072036490254 · Harris Teeter · Frozen foods. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0072036490254 · Serving size 2 PIECES (66 g)

The verdict

Potato Skins by Harris Teeter scores 85/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 34 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 34-component record, beginning with Baked Potato With Shell, Non-hydrogenated Soybean Oil, Cheddar Cheese. 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 34 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

55/100

Grade C

Ingredient Safety

85/100

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.

36490254 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Potato Skins label screening desk

SCORE-CAUT 85/100 FLAG-ONE 1 flagged LEN-DENSE 34 ing. REG-PART 35% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-D Nutri-D RANK-LONG Len top 53% LEAD-FLAG Sodium Nitrite PHOTO-FINISH Gluten free all · ±0 BOOK-OFF …490254 · July 2026

12 of 34 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Sodium Nitrite). Source sheet 36490254 · 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: Gluten free all beef franks · Nearest score peer is Gluten free all beef franks 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.

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.

This label parsed into a long component list. Where many entries are screened at once, the composite tends to reflect the overall mix of registry ratings returned rather than the rating of any one entry. Longer declarations also carry more sub-listed and compound entries, where a parenthetical group is resolved into its parts, so the parsed count can exceed what a reader counts on the packaging.

Cross-brand screening score neighbourhood

1. Potato Skins: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Potato Skins85/1002. Gluten free all beef franks: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Gluten free all beef fran…85/1003. Honey Turkey Breast: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Honey Turkey Breast85/1004. Flavored sparkling water beverage, tangerine lime: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Flavored sparkling water …85/1005. Simply clear sparkling water beverage: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Simply clear sparkling wa…85/100
High-band neighbours for Potato Skins (85/100) outside Harris Teeter.
Chart values as text

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

Potato Skins
85/100
Gluten free all beef franks
85/100
Honey Turkey Breast
85/100
Flavored sparkling water beverage, tangerine lime
85/100
Simply clear sparkling water beverage
85/100

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. Potato Skins scores 7.9 points below that category average (85/100 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

Potato Skins lists 34 ingredients on its label

34 47th percentile a longer ingredient list than 47% 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%). This entry sits in this band. 36–38: 314 products (4%). Above this entry. 38–40: 283 products (4%). Above this entry. 40–42: 2,792 products (40%). Above this entry. This product 0 42 every published Frozen 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

7,008 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 34 (47th 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 85/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (1 flagged of 34 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Baked Potato With Shell
2
Non-hydrogenated Soybean Oil
3
Cheddar Cheese
4
Pasteurized Milk
5
Cheese Cultures
6
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
7
Enzymes
8
Cultured Milk
9
Palm Oil
10
Modified Food Starch
11
Natural Flavors
12
Color
13
Beta Carotene
14
Paprika Extract
15
Annatto Extract
16
Beta-apo-8'-carotenal
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT
Color Additive
17
Mono And Diglycerides
18
Xanthan Gum
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FORMULATION AID, PROCESSING AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT, TEXTURIZER
Approved
19
Sorbic Acid
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
Safe GRAS
20
Preservative
21
Sodium Benzoate
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FUMIGANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT
Certain People Should Avoid GRAS
22
Autolyzed yeast extract
Flavoring
Certain People Should Avoid
23
Bacon Cured With Water
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
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
27
Brown Sugar
28
Smoke Flavoring
29
Natural And Artificial Maple Concentrate
30
Potassium Chloride
ENZYME, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, MALTING OR FERMENTING AID, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, PROCESSING AID, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
Certain People Should Avoid GRAS
31
Sodium Phosphate
32
Honey
33
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
34
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

Potato skin: (baked potato with shell, non-hydrogenated soybean oil), topping: cheddar cheese (pasteurized milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), cultured modified milk, palm oil, food starch modified, natural flavors, salt, color (beta carotene, paprika extract, annatto extract, beta-apo-8'-carotenal), mono and diglycerides, xanthan gum, sorbic acid (preservative), sodium benzoate, and autolyzed yeast extract, bacon: (bacon cured with water, salt, sodium erythorbate, sodium nitrite, may contain: sugar, brown sugar, smoke flavoring,. natural and artificial maple concentrate, potassium chloride, sodium phosphate, honey, dextrose, citric acid).

Categories

Frozen foods

High-score cross-brand comparables for Potato Skins

Neighbours outside Harris Teeter with screening scores in the same high band as Potato Skins (85/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Harris Teeter; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Sodium Nitrite is the first flagged ingredient selected from Potato Skins's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 34-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Sodium Nitrite. Open Sodium Nitrite
  • Compare Potato Skins'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 0072036490254: 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.