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Lance, quick starts, breakfast biscuit sandwiches, bacon cheddar

by Lance

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0076410903705 · Lance · Snacks. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0076410903705 · Serving size 1 PACKAGE (6 BISCUITS) (47.5 g)

The verdict

Lance, quick starts, breakfast biscuit sandwiches, bacon cheddar by Lance scores 20/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 55 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 4 ingredients are flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 55-component record, beginning with Whole Wheat Flour, Vegetable Oil, Soybean Oil. 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.

20/100
Avoid safety score
4
Many flagged · of 55 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

18/100

Grade F

Ingredient Safety

20/100

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.

10903705 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Lance, quick starts, breakfast biscuit sandwiches, bacon cheddar label screening desk

SCORE-AVOID 20/100 FLAG-MANY 4 flagged LEN-DENSE 55 ing. REG-PART 36% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-E Nutri-E RANK-SHORT Len top 3% LEAD-FLAG Red 3 PHOTO-FINISH Assorted Butter Mints, · ±0 BOOK-OFF …903705 · July 2026

20 of 55 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Red 3). Source sheet 10903705 · 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: Assorted Butter Mints, Assorted · Nearest score peer is Assorted Butter Mints, Assorted 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.

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. Lance, quick starts, breakfast biscuit sandwiches, bacon cheddar: 20/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Lance, quick starts, brea…20/1002. Assorted Butter Mints, Assorted: 20/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Assorted Butter Mints, As…20/1003. Assorted Butter Mints, Assorted: 20/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Assorted Butter Mints, As…20/1004. Mountain Trail Mix: 20/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Mountain Trail Mix20/1005. Premium Ice Cream Cake: 20/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Premium Ice Cream Cake20/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for Lance, quick starts, breakfast biscuit sandwiches, bacon cheddar (20/100 on 55 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

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

Lance, quick starts, breakfast biscuit sandwiches, bacon cheddar
20/100
Assorted Butter Mints, Assorted
20/100
Assorted Butter Mints, Assorted
20/100
Mountain Trail Mix
20/100
Premium Ice Cream Cake
20/100

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. Lance, quick starts, breakfast biscuit sandwiches, bacon cheddar scores 66.1 points below that category average (20/100 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

Lance, quick starts, breakfast biscuit sandwiches, bacon cheddar lists 55 ingredients on its label

55 97th percentile a longer ingredient list than 97% 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: 55 (97th 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 20/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (4 flagged of 55 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Whole Wheat Flour
2
Vegetable Oil
3
Soybean Oil
4
Palm Oil
5
Canola Oil
6
Corn Oil
7
Enriched Flour
8
Wheat Flour
9
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
10
Reduced Iron
11
Thiamine Mononitrate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
12
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
13
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
14
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
15
Cheese Powder
16
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
17
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
18
Cheddar Cheese
19
Pasteurized Milk
20
Cheese Cultures
21
Enzymes
22
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
23
Whey Protein Concentrate
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
24
Nonfat Dry Milk
25
Natural & Artificial Flavors
26
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
27
Lactic Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, CURING OR PICKLING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
Safe GRAS
28
Yellow 5
Avoid Approved (certified color)
29
Yellow 6
Avoid Approved (certified color)
30
Butter
31
Dipotassium Phosphate
EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SEQUESTRANT, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
32
Buttermilk
33
Caramel Coloring
Coloring
Avoid Approved (color additive, GRAS)
34
Baby Oats
35
Imitation Bacon Bits
36
Textured Vegetable Protein
37
Soy Flour
38
Red 3
Avoid FDA food listing remains in effect until Jan 15, 2027; revocation scheduled
39
Flavoring
40
Hydrolyzed Soy Protein
41
Dairy Whey
42
Organic Brown Rice Protein
43
Oat fiber
Other
Safe
44
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
45
Soy Lecithin
46
Emulsifier
47
Artificial Bacon Flavor
48
Baking Soda
49
Niacinamide
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
50
Vitamin B3
51
Pyridoxine Hydrochloride
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
52
Vitamin B6
53
Thiamin Mononitrate
54
Vitamin B1
55
Vitamin B2

Full Ingredient List

Whole wheat flour, vegetable oil (contains one or more of the following: soybean oil, palm oil, canola oil, corn oil), enriched flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), sugar, cheese powder (whey, maltodextrin, canola oil, cheddar cheese [pasteurized milk, cheese cultures, enzymes], salt, whey protein concentrate, nonfat dry milk, natural & artificial flavors, citric acid, lactic acid, yellow 5, yellow 6, butter, dipotassium phosphate, buttermilk, caramel color), baby oats, imitation bacon bits (textured vegetable protein [soy flour, caramel color, red 3], soybean oil, salt, natural flavoring, hydrolyzed soy protein), dairy whey, brown rice protein, oat fiber, cornstarch, soy lecithin (emulsifier), artificial bacon flavor, salt, baking soda, maltodextrin, niacinamide (vitamin b3), pyridoxine hydrochloride (vitamin b6), thiamin mononitrate (vitamin b1), riboflavin (vitamin b2).

Other products containing Artificial Bacon Flavor

Artificial Bacon Flavor is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 5 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.

Categories

Snacks Sweet snacks Biscuits and cakes

Lower-score cross-brand comparables for Lance, quick starts, breakfast biscuit sandwiches, bacon cheddar

Neighbours outside Lance in the same lower screening band as Lance, quick starts, breakfast biscuit sandwiches, bacon cheddar (20/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Lance; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Red 3 is the first flagged ingredient selected from Lance, quick starts, breakfast biscuit sandwiches, bacon cheddar's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 55-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Red 3. Open Red 3
  • Compare Lance, quick starts, breakfast biscuit sandwiches, bacon cheddar's 4 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 0076410903705: 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.