Safe

Cheesy California Medley Soup

by Hy-Vee

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0075450151428 · Hy-Vee · Meals. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0075450151428 · Serving size 1 cup (245 g)

The verdict

Cheesy California Medley Soup by Hy-Vee scores 100/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 54 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 54-component record, beginning with Water, Milk, Cream. 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 54 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
C
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

68/100

Grade B-

Ingredient Safety

100/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

C

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.

50151428 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Cheesy California Medley Soup label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 100/100 FLAG-CLEAN 0 flagged LEN-DENSE 54 ing. REG-SPARSE 13% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-C Nutri-C RANK-SHORT Len top 12% LEAD-RARE Whey Protein Concentrate PHOTO-FINISH Crunchy Fish Fillets · ±0 BOOK-OFF …151428 · July 2026

7 of 54 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Whey Protein Concentrate). Source sheet 50151428 · 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: Crunchy Fish Fillets · Nearest score peer is Crunchy Fish Fillets 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.

Nutri-Score settled on its middle grade here, the band the algorithm produces when the penalty and credit sides of its nutrient ledger come out close to balanced. A mid-scale grade is a statement about the panel as a whole rather than about any single nutrient, and products arrive at it by very different routes: a moderate profile across every term, or high marks on some offset by heavy penalties on others. The grade is computed separately from the ingredient screen below and the two are not comparable measures.

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. Cheesy California Medley Soup: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Cheesy California Medley …100/1002. Crunchy Fish Fillets: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Crunchy Fish Fillets100/1003. Gouda Cheese: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Gouda Cheese100/1004. Swai Fillets: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Swai Fillets100/1005. Alaska Keta Salmon Fillets: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Alaska Keta Salmon Fillets100/100
High-band neighbours for Cheesy California Medley Soup (100/100) outside Hy-Vee.
Chart values as text

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

Cheesy California Medley Soup
100/100
Crunchy Fish Fillets
100/100
Gouda Cheese
100/100
Swai Fillets
100/100
Alaska Keta Salmon Fillets
100/100

How It Compares to Its Category

Among the 15,626 products we've scored in the Meals category, the average safety score is 93.6/100. Cheesy California Medley Soup scores 6.4 points above that category average (100/100 vs. 93.6/100), 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 Meals products

Cheesy California Medley Soup lists 54 ingredients on its label

54 88th percentile a longer ingredient list than 88% of the 11,283 products we track

0–2: 12 products (0%). Below this entry. 2–4: 83 products (1%). Below this entry. 4–6: 127 products (1%). Below this entry. 6–8: 209 products (2%). Below this entry. 8–10: 312 products (3%). Below this entry. 10–12: 315 products (3%). Below this entry. 12–14: 412 products (4%). Below this entry. 14–16: 477 products (4%). Below this entry. 16–18: 542 products (5%). Below this entry. 18–20: 552 products (5%). Below this entry. 20–22: 545 products (5%). Below this entry. 22–24: 550 products (5%). Below this entry. 24–26: 552 products (5%). Below this entry. 26–28: 552 products (5%). Below this entry. 28–30: 574 products (5%). Below this entry. 30–32: 517 products (5%). Below this entry. 32–34: 466 products (4%). Below this entry. 34–36: 451 products (4%). Below this entry. 36–38: 443 products (4%). Below this entry. 38–40: 388 products (3%). Below this entry. 40–42: 3,204 products (28%). This entry sits in this band. This product 0 42 every published Meals 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

11,283 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 54 (88th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
12 products (0%)
2–4
83 products (1%)
4–6
127 products (1%)
6–8
209 products (2%)
8–10
312 products (3%)
10–12
315 products (3%)
12–14
412 products (4%)
14–16
477 products (4%)
16–18
542 products (5%)
18–20
552 products (5%)
20–22
545 products (5%)
22–24
550 products (5%)
24–26
552 products (5%)
26–28
552 products (5%)
28–30
574 products (5%)
30–32
517 products (5%)
32–34
466 products (4%)
34–36
451 products (4%)
36–38
443 products (4%)
38–40
388 products (3%)
40 and above
3,204 products (28%)

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 11,283 Meals 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
Water
2
Milk
3
Cream
4
Vitamin D3
5
Pasteurized Process Cheese Spread
6
American Cheese
7
Pasteurized Milk
8
Cheese Culture
9
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
10
Enzymes
11
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
12
Sodium Phosphate
13
Whey Protein Concentrate
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
14
Skim Milk
15
Milkfat
16
Artificial Color
17
Broccoli
18
Carrots
19
Food Starch-modified
20
Cauliflower
21
Onion
22
Cheese Powder Blend
23
Whey Solids
24
Milk Fat
25
Corn Syrup Solids
26
Nonfat Milk
27
Cheese
28
Cultures
29
Disodium Phosphate
30
Lactic Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, CURING OR PICKLING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
Safe GRAS
31
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
32
Milk Solids
33
Cream
34
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
35
Vegetable Flavor
36
Maltodextrin
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, HUMECTANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT, TEXTURIZER
Safe GRAS
37
Onion Extract
38
Sauteed Onion
39
Yeast Extract
40
Corn Oil
41
Carrot Extract
42
Celery Extract
43
Spices
44
Garlic Powder
45
Red Wine
46
Hydrolyzed Corn Protein
47
Partially Hydrogenated Vegetable Oil
48
Cottonseed
49
Soybean
50
Turmeric Powder
51
Oleoresin Turmeric
52
Color
53
Beta Carotene
54
Black Pepper

Full Ingredient List

Water, milk (milk, cream, vitamin d3), pasteurized process cheese spread (american cheese [pasteurized milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes], water, whey, sodium phosphate, whey protein concentrate, skim milk, salt, milkfat, artificial color), broccoli, carrots, food starch-modified, cauliflower, onion, cheese powder blend (whey solids, milk fat, whey protein concentrate, salt, corn syrup solids, nonfat milk, cheese [pasteurized milk, cultures, salt, enzymes], disodium phosphate, lactic acid, citric acid), milk solids (whey solids, dried cream, milk fat, nonfat milk), sugar, salt, vegetable flavor (maltodextrin, onion extract, sauteed onion, sugar, salt, yeast extract, corn oil, carrot extract, celery extract, spices, garlic powder, red wine), yeast extract, hydrolyzed corn protein (hydrolyzed corn protein, partially hydrogenated vegetable oil [cottonseed, soybean]), turmeric powder (salt, oleoresin turmeric [color]), beta carotene (color), black pepper.

Other products containing Cheese Powder Blend

Cheese Powder Blend is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 18 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.

Categories

Meals Soups

High-score cross-brand comparables for Cheesy California Medley Soup

Neighbours outside Hy-Vee with screening scores in the same high band as Cheesy California Medley Soup (100/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Hy-Vee; these peers cross brands.

Read the longer label in layers

Read the longer label in layers

Cheesy California Medley Soup has a longer ingredient list than 88% of its Meals 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 0075450151428: 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.