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Family size jalapenos stuffed with cream cheese and coated in a spicy breading, cream cheese

by Hy-Vee

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0075450229608 · Hy-Vee · Frozen foods. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0075450229608 · Serving size 3 PIECES (91 g)

The verdict

Family size jalapenos stuffed with cream cheese and coated in a spicy breading, cream cheese by Hy-Vee scores 95/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 47 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 47-component record, beginning with Cream Cheese Stuffed Jalapeno, Brined Jalapeno Pepper, Green Jalapeno Halves. 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.

95/100
Safe safety score
1
One 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

60/100

Grade C+

Ingredient Safety

95/100

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.

50229608 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Family size jalapenos stuffed with cream cheese and coated in a spicy breading, cream cheese label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 95/100 FLAG-ONE 1 flagged LEN-DENSE 47 ing. REG-PART 32% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-D Nutri-D RANK-MID Len top 26% LEAD-FLAG Caramel Coloring PHOTO-FINISH Caramel Pecan Ice · ±0 BOOK-OFF …229608 · July 2026

15 of 47 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Caramel Coloring). Source sheet 50229608 · 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: Caramel Pecan Ice Cream · Nearest score peer is Caramel Pecan Ice Cream 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.

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. Family size jalapenos stuffed with cream cheese and coated in a spicy breading, cream cheese: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Family size jalapenos stu…95/1002. Caramel Pecan Ice Cream: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Caramel Pecan Ice Cream95/1003. Til The Cows Come Home, Bean There Done That, Vanilla Bean Ice Cream: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Til The Cows Come Home, B…95/1004. It was mint to be mint ice cream with fudge revel and chocolate cookies: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. It was mint to be mint ic…95/1005. Who stole the cookies from the cookie jar? cookies & cream ice cream with fudge and whipped cream flavored revels: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Who stole the cookies fro…95/100
High-band neighbours for Family size jalapenos stuffed with cream cheese and coated in a spicy breading, cream cheese (95/100) outside Hy-Vee.
Chart values as text

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

Family size jalapenos stuffed with cream cheese and coated in a spicy breading, cream cheese
95/100
Caramel Pecan Ice Cream
95/100
Til The Cows Come Home, Bean There Done That, Vanilla Bean Ice Cream
95/100
It was mint to be mint ice cream with fudge revel and chocolate cookies
95/100
Who stole the cookies from the cookie jar? cookies & cream ice cream with fudge and whipped cream flavored revels
95/100

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. Family size jalapenos stuffed with cream cheese and coated in a spicy breading, cream cheese scores 2.1 points above that category average (95/100 vs. 92.9/100), 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 Frozen foods products

Family size jalapenos stuffed with cream cheese and coated in a spicy breading, cream cheese lists 47 ingredients on its label

47 74th percentile a longer ingredient list than 74% 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%). Below this entry. 36–38: 314 products (4%). Below this entry. 38–40: 283 products (4%). Below this entry. 40–42: 2,792 products (40%). This entry sits in this band. 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: 47 (74th 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 95/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (1 flagged of 47 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Cream Cheese Stuffed Jalapeno
2
Brined Jalapeno Pepper
3
Green Jalapeno Halves
4
Water
5
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
6
Acetic Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PH CONTROL AGENT
Safe GRAS
7
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
8
Dried Cream Cheese
9
Pasteurized Milk And Cream
10
Cheese Culture
11
Carob Bean Gum
12
Guar Gum
13
Wheat Flour
14
Bleached Wheat Flour
15
Vegetable Oil
16
Soybean
17
Canola
18
Yellow Corn Flour
19
Unbleached Enriched Flour
20
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
21
Reduced Iron
22
Thiamine Mononitrate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
23
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
24
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
25
Modified Food Starch
26
Soybean Oil
27
Yeast Extract
28
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
29
Iodized Salt
30
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
31
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
32
Leavening
33
Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DOUGH STRENGTHENER, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FLOUR TREATING AGENT, FORMULATION AID, LEAVENING AGENT, OXIDIZING OR REDUCING AGENT, SEQUESTRANT
GRAS
34
Sodium Bicarbonate
EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, LEAVENING AGENT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, PROCESSING AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
GRAS
35
Yeast
36
Garlic
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
37
Onion
38
Sodium Alginate
39
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
40
Dried Vinegar
41
Spice
42
Spice Extractive
43
Oleoresin Paprika
44
Paprika Extract
45
Color
46
Caramel Coloring
Coloring
Avoid Approved (color additive, GRAS)
47
Annatto Extract

Full Ingredient List

Cream cheese stuffed jalapeno (brined jalapeno pepper [green jalapeno halves, water, salt, acetic acid, sodium benzoate], cream cheese [pasteurized milk and cream, cheese culture, salt, carob bean gum, guar gum], wheat flour), bleached wheat flour, vegetable oil (soybean and/or canola), water, wheat flour, yellow corn flour, unbleached enriched flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), modified food starch, soybean oil, salt, yeast extract, dried whey, iodized salt, sugar, dextrose, leavening (sodium acid pyrophosphate, sodium bicarbonate), yeast, dried garlic, dried onion, sodium alginate, maltodextrin, vinegar, spice and/or spice extractive, oleoresin paprika, paprika extract (color), caramel color, annatto extract (color).

Categories

Frozen foods

High-score cross-brand comparables for Family size jalapenos stuffed with cream cheese and coated in a spicy breading, cream cheese

Neighbours outside Hy-Vee with screening scores in the same high band as Family size jalapenos stuffed with cream cheese and coated in a spicy breading, cream cheese (95/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Hy-Vee; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Caramel Coloring is the first flagged ingredient selected from Family size jalapenos stuffed with cream cheese and coated in a spicy breading, cream 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 Caramel Coloring. Open Caramel Coloring
  • Compare Family size jalapenos stuffed with cream cheese and coated in a spicy breading, cream cheese'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 0075450229608: 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.