Caution

Beef Bite Combo With Cheddar

by Snack Sensations

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0074641328335 · Snack Sensations · Snacks. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0074641328335 · Serving size 4 ONZ (113 g)

The verdict

Beef Bite Combo With Cheddar by Snack Sensations scores 85/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 37 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 37-component record, beginning with Beef Bites, Beef, Salt. 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 37 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
E
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

50/100

Grade C-

Ingredient Safety

85/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

E

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.

41328335 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Beef Bite Combo With Cheddar label screening desk

SCORE-CAUT 85/100 FLAG-ONE 1 flagged LEN-DENSE 37 ing. REG-PART 30% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-E Nutri-E RANK-SHORT Len top 12% LEAD-FLAG Sodium Nitrite PHOTO-FINISH Snack Sensations, Beef · ±0 BOOK-OFF …328335 · July 2026

11 of 37 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Sodium Nitrite). Source sheet 41328335 · 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: Snack Sensations, Beef Bite Combo · Nearest score peer is Snack Sensations, Beef Bite Combo 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.

Nutri-Score assigned its lowest band to this label. The algorithm reserves that grade for nutrition panels where the values it penalises sit well above the components it credits. The two systems on this page measure genuinely different things: a product can hold this grade while carrying no additive flagged by the registries screened below, and a product graded well can carry several. Neither reading substitutes for the other, and the per-component table is where the additive picture is set out.

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. Beef Bite Combo With Cheddar: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Beef Bite Combo With Ched…85/1002. Snack Sensations, Beef Bite Combo: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Snack Sensations, Beef Bi…85/1003. Beef Bites Combo With Cheese: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Beef Bites Combo With Che…85/1004. Torta al limone: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Torta al limone85/1005. Sweet tea bags: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Sweet tea bags85/100
High-band neighbours for Beef Bite Combo With Cheddar (85/100) outside Snack Sensations.
Chart values as text

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

Beef Bite Combo With Cheddar
85/100
Snack Sensations, Beef Bite Combo
85/100
Beef Bites Combo With Cheese
85/100
Torta al limone
85/100
Sweet tea bags
85/100

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. Beef Bite Combo With Cheddar scores 1.1 points below that category average (85/100 vs. 86.1/100), 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 Snacks products

Beef Bite Combo With Cheddar lists 37 ingredients on its label

37 88th percentile a longer ingredient list than 88% 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%). This entry sits in this band. 38–40: 1,284 products (2%). Above this entry. 40–42: 8,066 products (10%). Above this entry. 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: 37 (88th 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 85/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (1 flagged of 37 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Beef Bites
2
Beef
3
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
4
Corn Syrup Solids
5
Spices
6
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
7
Lactic Acid Starter Culture
8
Flavorings
9
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
10
Made From Sugar
11
Garlic Powder
12
Sodium Nitrite
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PROPELLANT
Avoid Prior Sanctioned
13
Water
14
Apples With Calcium Ascorbate To Promote Whiteness And Maintain Texture
15
Mild Cheddar Cheese
16
Pasteurized Milk
17
Cheese Culture
18
Enzymes
19
Annatto
Coloring
Certain People Should Avoid
20
Vegetable Color
21
Crackers
22
Unbleached Enriched Flour
23
Wheat Flour
24
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
25
Reduced Iron
26
Thiamine Mononitrate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
27
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
28
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
29
Soybean Oil
30
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
31
Partially Hydrogenated Cottonseed Oil
32
Leavening
33
Baking Soda
34
Calcium Phosphate
35
High-fructose corn syrup
Sweetener
Cut Back
36
Soy Lecithin
37
Natural Flavor

Full Ingredient List

Beef bites (beef, salt, contains 2% or less of: corn syrup solids, natural spices, dextrose, lactic acid starter culture, natural flavorings, sodium erythorbate [made from sugar], garlic powder, sodium nitrite, water), apples with calcium ascorbate to promote whiteness and maintain texture, mild cheddar cheese (pasteurized milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes, annatto [vegetable color]), crackers (unbleached enriched flour [wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid], soybean oil, sugar, partially hydrogenated cottonseed oil, salt, leavening [baking soda and/or calcium phosphate], high fructose corn syrup, soy lecithin, natural flavor).

Other products containing Beef Bites

Beef Bites is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 6 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.

Categories

Snacks

High-score cross-brand comparables for Beef Bite Combo With Cheddar

Neighbours outside Snack Sensations with screening scores in the same high band as Beef Bite Combo With Cheddar (85/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Snack Sensations; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Sodium Nitrite is the first flagged ingredient selected from Beef Bite Combo With Cheddar's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 37-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Sodium Nitrite. Open Sodium Nitrite
  • Compare Beef Bite Combo With Cheddar'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 0074641328335: 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.