Safe

Mini Cheeseburgers

by Trader Joe's

Open Food Facts label for barcode 00751261 · Trader Joe's · Sandwiches. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 00751261 · Serving size 1 burger (199 g)

The verdict

Mini Cheeseburgers by Trader Joe's scores 100/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 57 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 0 ingredients are flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 57-component record, beginning with Roll, Unbleached Enriched 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.

100/100
Safe safety score
0
None flagged · of 57 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
B
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

73/100

Grade B

Ingredient Safety

100/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

B

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.

00751261 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Mini Cheeseburgers label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 100/100 FLAG-CLEAN 0 flagged LEN-DENSE 57 ing. REG-SPARSE 19% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-B Nutri-B RANK-MID Len top 29% LEAD-RARE Wheat Gluten PHOTO-FINISH Organic Roasted Herbal · ±0 BOOK-OFF …751261 · July 2026

11 of 57 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Wheat Gluten). Source sheet 00751261 · 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: Organic Roasted Herbal Tea · Nearest score peer is Organic Roasted Herbal Tea at the same screening score.

Screening model notes

How Nutri-Score, NOVA, and list length read this record

Within the four-tier shelf-label framework this site publishes, the composite for this product falls in the highest band. That band is defined by a threshold on the derived score alone: it is where labels land once components carrying caution-or-worse registry ratings contribute little or nothing to the deduction. The band is a summary of what the screened registries return for the components that were parsed, so it inherits their coverage gaps — a component absent from both registries neither raises nor lowers the figure. The threshold and the weighting behind it are set out on the methodology page.

The Nutri-Score algorithm returned its second band for this label. That grade typically describes a nutrition panel whose favourable components register clearly in the model without fully offsetting its energy or sodium terms. Because the calculation is a single points balance rather than a set of independent thresholds, a strong fibre or protein figure can lift a panel into this band even where one penalised nutrient sits high. The grade summarises the declared panel alone and carries no information about the additive ratings screened below.

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. Mini Cheeseburgers: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Mini Cheeseburgers100/1002. Organic Roasted Herbal Tea: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Organic Roasted Herbal Tea100/1003. Cold Brew Coffee Overnight Oats: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Cold Brew Coffee Overnigh…100/1004. Enchilada: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Enchilada100/1005. Panzerotti Pizza Bites: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Panzerotti Pizza Bites100/100
High-band neighbours for Mini Cheeseburgers (100/100) outside Trader Joe's.
Chart values as text

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

Mini Cheeseburgers
100/100
Organic Roasted Herbal Tea
100/100
Cold Brew Coffee Overnight Oats
100/100
Enchilada
100/100
Panzerotti Pizza Bites
100/100

How It Compares to Its Category

Among the 1,373 products we've scored in the Sandwiches category, the average safety score is 88.9/100. Mini Cheeseburgers scores 11.1 points above that category average (100/100 vs. 88.9/100), so it is a comparatively strong pick for shoppers screening within that category specifically, rather than against the product catalog as a whole.

Ingredient-list length vs other Sandwiches products

Mini Cheeseburgers lists 57 ingredients on its label

57 71st percentile a longer ingredient list than 71% of the 1,215 products we track

0–2: 1 products (0%). Below this entry. 2–4: 3 products (0%). Below this entry. 4–6: 4 products (0%). Below this entry. 6–8: 3 products (0%). Below this entry. 8–10: 6 products (0%). Below this entry. 10–12: 4 products (0%). Below this entry. 12–14: 11 products (1%). Below this entry. 14–16: 12 products (1%). Below this entry. 16–18: 22 products (2%). Below this entry. 18–20: 18 products (1%). Below this entry. 20–22: 17 products (1%). Below this entry. 22–24: 15 products (1%). Below this entry. 24–26: 16 products (1%). Below this entry. 26–28: 21 products (2%). Below this entry. 28–30: 32 products (3%). Below this entry. 30–32: 28 products (2%). Below this entry. 32–34: 44 products (4%). Below this entry. 34–36: 26 products (2%). Below this entry. 36–38: 56 products (5%). Below this entry. 38–40: 44 products (4%). Below this entry. 40–42: 832 products (68%). This entry sits in this band. This product 0 42 every published Sandwiches 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

1,215 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 57 (71st percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

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4 products (0%)
12–14
11 products (1%)
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12 products (1%)
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22 products (2%)
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18 products (1%)
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17 products (1%)
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15 products (1%)
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16 products (1%)
26–28
21 products (2%)
28–30
32 products (3%)
30–32
28 products (2%)
32–34
44 products (4%)
34–36
26 products (2%)
36–38
56 products (5%)
38–40
44 products (4%)
40 and above
832 products (68%)

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 1,215 Sandwiches 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

1
Roll
2
Unbleached Enriched Flour
3
Wheat Flour
4
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
5
Reduced Iron
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
Water
10
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
11
Yeast
12
Soybean Oil
13
Dough Conditioner
14
Potato Flour
15
Monoglycerides
16
Yellow Corn Flour
17
Or Less Of
18
Guar Gum
19
Natural Flavor
20
Ascorbic Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DOUGH STRENGTHENER, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SEQUESTRANT, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
21
Enzyme
22
Wheat Gluten
FIRMING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
23
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
24
Apple Cider Vinegar
25
Egg
26
Evaporated Milk
27
Beef Patty
28
Beef
29
Onion
30
Garlic Powder
31
Sea salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
32
Black Pepper
33
Cheddar Cheese
34
Pasteurized Milk
35
Cheese Culture
36
Microbial Enzyme
37
Annatto Extract
38
Color
39
Sauce
40
Ketchup
41
Tomato Concentrate
42
Distilled Vinegar
43
Or Less Of Onion Powder
44
Spice
45
Celery Seed
46
Relish
47
Cucumbers
48
Or Less Of Salt
49
Calcium Chloride
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, ENZYME, FIRMING AGENT, FREEZING OR COOLING AGENT, DIRECT CONTACT, FUMIGANT, HUMECTANT, MALTING OR FERMENTING AID, PH CONTROL AGENT, PROCESSING
GRAS
50
Dried Red Bell Peppers
51
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
52
Spices
53
Natural Flavors
54
Distilled
55
Dried Vinegar
56
Salted Egg Yolk
57
Egg Yolk

Full Ingredient List

ROLL (UNBLEACHED ENRICHED FLOUR [WHEAT FLOUR,, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), WATER, SUGAR, YEAST, SOYBEAN OIL, DOUGH CONDITIONER, POTATO FLOUR, UNBLEACHED ENRICHED FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), MONOGLYCERIDES, YELLOW CORN FLOUR, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF, GUAR GUM, NATURAL FLAVOR, ASCORBIC ACID (DOUGH CONDITIONER), ENZYME], WHEAT GLUTEN, SALT, ENZYME, APPLE CIDER VINEGAR, EGG, EVAPORATED MILK), BEEF PATTY (BEEF, ONION, GARLIC POWDER, SEA SALT, BLACK PEPPER), CHEDDAR CHEESE (PASTEURIZED MILK, CHEESE CULTURE, SALT, MICROBIAL ENZYME, ANNATTO EXTRACT [COLOR]), SAUCE (KETCHUP [TOMATO CONCENTRATE, DISTILLED VINEGAR, SUGAR, SALT, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF ONION POWDER, SPICE, NATURAL FLAVOR (INCLUDING CELERY SEED]], SOYBEAN OIL, RELISH [CUCUMBERS, WATER, DISTILLED VINEGAR, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF SALT, CALCIUM CHLORIDE, DEHYDRATED RED BELL PEPPERS, XANTHAN GUM, SPICES (INCLUDING CELERY SEED), NATURAL FLAVORS], SUGAR, EGG, DISTILLED, VINEGAR, SEA SALT, SALTED EGG YOLK [EGG YOLK, SALT], XANTHAN GUM).

Categories

Sandwiches Cheeseburgers

High-score cross-brand comparables for Mini Cheeseburgers

Neighbours outside Trader Joe's with screening scores in the same high band as Mini Cheeseburgers (100/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Trader Joe's; these peers cross brands.

Read the longer label in layers

Read the longer label in layers

Mini Cheeseburgers has a longer ingredient list than 71% of its Sandwiches category comparison set. Use the ingredient table before relying on its single screening score.

This page describes published ingredient-list and source coverage. It is not dietary or medical advice.

Barcode 00751261: 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.