Avoid

Pajeda's, Tortilla Chips, Nacho Cheese

by Mccleary Industries Inc.

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0074583110203 · Mccleary Industries Inc. · Snacks. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0074583110203 · Serving size 1 ONZ (28 g)

The verdict

Pajeda's, Tortilla Chips, Nacho Cheese by Mccleary Industries Inc. scores 0/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 47 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 6 ingredients are flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 47-component record, beginning with Whole Grain Corn, Vegetable Oil, Corn. 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.

0/100
Avoid safety score
6
Many flagged · of 47 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

13/100

Grade F

Ingredient Safety

0/100

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.

83110203 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Pajeda's, Tortilla Chips, Nacho Cheese label screening desk

SCORE-AVOID 0/100 FLAG-MANY 6 flagged LEN-DENSE 47 ing. REG-PART 30% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-D Nutri-D RANK-SHORT Len top 6% LEAD-FLAG Titanium Dioxide PHOTO-FINISH La Bree's Bakery, · ±0 BOOK-OFF …110203 · July 2026

14 of 47 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Titanium Dioxide). Source sheet 83110203 · 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: La Bree's Bakery, Game Day Gold Cupcakes · Nearest score peer is La Bree's Bakery, Game Day Gold Cupcakes 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 lowest of the four bands. That is where labels land when registry-rated components drive the greater part of the deduction from the index. The band name is drawn from the framework's own scale and is distinct from the ratings the registries themselves assign to individual substances, which are shown per component below. A single heavily rated component and several lightly rated ones can produce the same band, so the component table is the more precise reading of the two.

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. Pajeda's, Tortilla Chips, Nacho Cheese: 0/100 · 0% of the leader · rank #11. Pajeda's, Tortilla Chips,…0/1002. La Bree's Bakery, Game Day Gold Cupcakes: 0/100 · 0% of the leader · rank #22. La Bree's Bakery, Game Da…0/1003. La Bree's Bakery, Christmas Chocolate Cupcakes: 0/100 · 0% of the leader · rank #33. La Bree's Bakery, Christm…0/1004. Christmas Gold Cupcakes: 0/100 · 0% of the leader · rank #44. Christmas Gold Cupcakes0/1005. Labree's Bakery, Iced Chocolate Cupcakes: 0/100 · 0% of the leader · rank #55. Labree's Bakery, Iced Cho…0/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for Pajeda's, Tortilla Chips, Nacho Cheese (0/100 on 47 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

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

Pajeda's, Tortilla Chips, Nacho Cheese
0/100
La Bree's Bakery, Game Day Gold Cupcakes
0/100
La Bree's Bakery, Christmas Chocolate Cupcakes
0/100
Christmas Gold Cupcakes
0/100
Labree's Bakery, Iced Chocolate Cupcakes
0/100

How It Compares to Its Category

Among the 88,006 products we've scored in the Snacks category, the average safety score is 86.1/100. Pajeda's, Tortilla Chips, Nacho Cheese scores 86.1 points below that category average (0/100 vs. 86.1/100), 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 Snacks products

Pajeda's, Tortilla Chips, Nacho Cheese lists 47 ingredients on its label

47 94th percentile a longer ingredient list than 94% of the 81,477 products we track

0–2: 275 products (0%). Below this entry. 2–4: 2,901 products (4%). Below this entry. 4–6: 4,248 products (5%). Below this entry. 6–8: 5,408 products (7%). Below this entry. 8–10: 5,486 products (7%). Below this entry. 10–12: 5,840 products (7%). Below this entry. 12–14: 6,252 products (8%). Below this entry. 14–16: 6,724 products (8%). Below this entry. 16–18: 6,221 products (8%). Below this entry. 18–20: 5,168 products (6%). Below this entry. 20–22: 4,508 products (6%). Below this entry. 22–24: 3,809 products (5%). Below this entry. 24–26: 3,567 products (4%). Below this entry. 26–28: 2,829 products (3%). Below this entry. 28–30: 2,282 products (3%). Below this entry. 30–32: 1,905 products (2%). Below this entry. 32–34: 1,715 products (2%). Below this entry. 34–36: 1,572 products (2%). Below this entry. 36–38: 1,417 products (2%). Below this entry. 38–40: 1,284 products (2%). Below this entry. 40–42: 8,066 products (10%). This entry sits in this band. This product 0 42 every published Snacks 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

81,477 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 47 (94th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
275 products (0%)
2–4
2,901 products (4%)
4–6
4,248 products (5%)
6–8
5,408 products (7%)
8–10
5,486 products (7%)
10–12
5,840 products (7%)
12–14
6,252 products (8%)
14–16
6,724 products (8%)
16–18
6,221 products (8%)
18–20
5,168 products (6%)
20–22
4,508 products (6%)
22–24
3,809 products (5%)
24–26
3,567 products (4%)
26–28
2,829 products (3%)
28–30
2,282 products (3%)
30–32
1,905 products (2%)
32–34
1,715 products (2%)
34–36
1,572 products (2%)
36–38
1,417 products (2%)
38–40
1,284 products (2%)
40 and above
8,066 products (10%)

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 81,477 Snacks 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 0/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (6 flagged of 47 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Whole Grain Corn
2
Vegetable Oil
3
Corn
4
Cottonseed
5
Canola
6
Sunflower Or Soybean Oil
7
Oat fiber
Other
Safe
8
Msg
9
Cheese Powder
10
Cheddar Cheese
11
Cultured Milk
12
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
13
Enzymes
14
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
15
Buttermilk
16
Disodium Phosphate
17
Romano Cheese
18
Part-skim Milk
19
Cheese Culture
20
Red Starch Bits
21
Cornstarch
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, NON-NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
22
Gum Arabic
23
Glycerine
24
Titanium Dioxide
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, HUMECTANT, PROCESSING AID, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT, TRACER
Avoid Prior Sanctioned
25
Red 40
Avoid Approved (certified color)
26
Yellow 5
Avoid Approved (certified color)
27
Blue 1
Caution Approved (certified color)
28
Tomato Powder
29
Hydrolyzed Soy Protein
30
Natural Flavors
31
Onion Powder
32
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
33
Garlic Powder
34
Partially Hydrogenated Cottonseed And Soybean Oil
35
Oleoresin Paprika
36
Color
37
Soybean Oil
38
Less Than 2% Of Spices
39
Yellow 6
Avoid Approved (certified color)
40
Yellow 5
Avoid Approved (certified color)
41
Lactic Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, CURING OR PICKLING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
Safe GRAS
42
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
43
Disodium Inosinate And Disodium Guanylate
44
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
45
Anti-caking
46
Bha And Bht
47
Anti-oxidants

Full Ingredient List

Whole grain corn, vegetable oil (consisting of one or more of the following: corn, cottonseed, canola, sunflower or soybean oil), oat fiber, monosodium glutamate, cheese powder [cheddar cheese (cultured milk, salt, enzymes), whey, buttermilk, salt, disodium phosphate], salt, cheese powder [romano cheese (part-skim milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes), disodium phosphate], whey, red starch bits (cornstarch, gum arabic, glycerine, titanium dioxide, red 40, yellow 5, blue 1), tomato powder, hydrolyzed soy protein, natural flavors, buttermilk, onion powder, dextrose, garlic powder, partially hydrogenated cottonseed and soybean oil, oleoresin paprika (color), soybean oil, less than 2% of spices, yellow 6 lake, yellow 5 lake, lactic acid, citric acid, disodium inosinate and disodium guanylate, silicon dioxide (anti-caking), and bha and bht (anti-oxidants).

Categories

Snacks Salty snacks Appetizers Chips and fries Crisps Corn chips

Lower-score cross-brand comparables for Pajeda's, Tortilla Chips, Nacho Cheese

Neighbours outside Mccleary Industries Inc. in the same lower screening band as Pajeda's, Tortilla Chips, Nacho Cheese (0/100). The 3 same-brand links above stay within Mccleary Industries Inc.; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Titanium Dioxide is the first flagged ingredient selected from Pajeda's, Tortilla Chips, Nacho Cheese's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 47-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Titanium Dioxide. Open Titanium Dioxide
  • Compare Pajeda's, Tortilla Chips, Nacho Cheese's 6 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 0074583110203: 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.