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Gourmet Jalapeno Pimiento Cheese

by Star

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0077541008406 · Star. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0077541008406 · Serving size 30 g (2 Tbsp)

The verdict

Gourmet Jalapeno Pimiento Cheese by Star scores 100/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 41 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 41-component record, beginning with Pasteurized Process American Cheese, American Cheese, Cultured Milk. 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 41 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
0077541008406
Barcode (UPC/EAN)

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

70/100

Grade B

Ingredient Safety

100/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

N/A

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.

41008406 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Gourmet Jalapeno Pimiento Cheese label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 100/100 FLAG-CLEAN 0 flagged LEN-DENSE 41 ing. REG-SPARSE 24% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-UNK Nutri n/a RANK-SHORT Len top 6% LEAD-RARE Mustard Flour PHOTO-FINISH Baked Beans · ±0 BOOK-OFF …008406 · July 2026

10 of 41 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Mustard Flour). Source sheet 41008406 · 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: Baked Beans · Nearest score peer is Baked Beans 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.

No Nutri-Score grade is present for this record in the OpenFoodFacts snapshot this page is built from. The nutritional dimension is absent rather than assessed and withheld: the grade depends on a complete declared nutrition panel, and community-contributed records vary in how much of that panel they carry. Nothing about the missing grade implies anything either way about the panel itself. The screen below covers additive ratings only and does not depend on the nutrition figures.

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. Gourmet Jalapeno Pimiento Cheese: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Gourmet Jalapeno Pimiento…100/1002. Baked Beans: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Baked Beans100/1003. Buffalo Style Chicken Salad: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Buffalo Style Chicken Sal…100/1004. Purified Drinking Water: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Purified Drinking Water100/1005. Purified drinking water: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Purified drinking water100/100
High-band neighbours for Gourmet Jalapeno Pimiento Cheese (100/100) outside Star.
Chart values as text

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

Gourmet Jalapeno Pimiento Cheese
100/100
Baked Beans
100/100
Buffalo Style Chicken Salad
100/100
Purified Drinking Water
100/100
Purified drinking water
100/100

Ingredient-list length vs every product we publish

Gourmet Jalapeno Pimiento Cheese lists 41 ingredients on its label

41 94th percentile a longer ingredient list than 94% of the 359,392 products we track

0–2: 6,050 products (2%). Below this entry. 2–4: 24,522 products (7%). Below this entry. 4–6: 31,054 products (9%). Below this entry. 6–8: 30,981 products (9%). Below this entry. 8–10: 31,618 products (9%). Below this entry. 10–12: 29,943 products (8%). Below this entry. 12–14: 28,403 products (8%). Below this entry. 14–16: 27,417 products (8%). Below this entry. 16–18: 24,508 products (7%). Below this entry. 18–20: 19,062 products (5%). Below this entry. 20–22: 14,679 products (4%). Below this entry. 22–24: 12,238 products (3%). Below this entry. 24–26: 10,830 products (3%). Below this entry. 26–28: 9,344 products (3%). Below this entry. 28–30: 7,955 products (2%). Below this entry. 30–32: 6,753 products (2%). Below this entry. 32–34: 5,918 products (2%). Below this entry. 34–36: 5,282 products (1%). Below this entry. 36–38: 4,531 products (1%). Below this entry. 38–40: 4,063 products (1%). Below this entry. 40–42: 24,241 products (7%). This entry sits in this band. This product 0 42 every published 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

359,392 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 41 (94th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
6,050 products (2%)
2–4
24,522 products (7%)
4–6
31,054 products (9%)
6–8
30,981 products (9%)
8–10
31,618 products (9%)
10–12
29,943 products (8%)
12–14
28,403 products (8%)
14–16
27,417 products (8%)
16–18
24,508 products (7%)
18–20
19,062 products (5%)
20–22
14,679 products (4%)
22–24
12,238 products (3%)
24–26
10,830 products (3%)
26–28
9,344 products (3%)
28–30
7,955 products (2%)
30–32
6,753 products (2%)
32–34
5,918 products (2%)
34–36
5,282 products (1%)
36–38
4,531 products (1%)
38–40
4,063 products (1%)
40 and above
24,241 products (7%)

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. No category with enough published products was available for this record, so the comparison runs against the whole published catalogue.

Ingredient Safety Analysis

1
Pasteurized Process American Cheese
2
American Cheese
3
Cultured Milk
4
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
5
Enzymes
6
Water
7
Cream
8
Sodium Phosphate
9
Sorbic Acid
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
Safe GRAS
10
Preservative
11
Artificial Color
12
Mayonnaise
13
Soybean Oil
14
Egg Yolks
15
Distilled Vinegar
16
High-fructose corn syrup
Sweetener
Cut Back
17
Corn Syrup
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, HUMECTANT, LEAVENING AGENT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, TEXTURIZER
Cut Back GRAS
18
Mustard Flour
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PROCESSING AID, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
19
Calcium Disodium Edta
20
Pimientoes
21
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
22
Jalapenos
23
Jalapeno Peppers
24
Flavorings
25
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
26
Potassium Sorbate And Sodium Benzoate
27
Preservatives
28
Turmeric
29
Brown Sugar
30
Hot Sauce
31
Peppers
32
Dried Vinegar
33
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
34
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
35
Lemon Juice
36
Lemon Juice
37
Citric Acid Salt Ester Of Wood Rosin
38
Glycerin
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, HUMECTANT, MASTICATORY SUBSTANCE, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
Safe GRAS
39
Sodium Benzoate And Potassium Sorbate
40
Sodium Bisulfate
41
Yellow

Full Ingredient List

Pasteurized process american cheese (american cheese (cultured milk, salt, enzymes), water, cream, sodium phosphate, sorbic acid (preservative), artificial color), mayonnaise (soybean oil, egg yolks, water, distilled vinegar, high fructose corn syrup, corn syrup, salt, mustard flour, calcium disodium edta), pimientoes (pimientoes, water, citric acid), jalapenos (jalapeno peppers, water, salt, distilled vinegar, natural flavorings, calcium chloride, potassium sorbate and sodium benzoate (preservatives), turmeric), brown sugar, hot sauce (peppers, vinegar, salt, xanthan gum, sodium benzoate (to preserve freshness)), lemon juice (water, concentrated lemon juice, citric acid salt ester of wood rosin, glycerin, sodium benzoate and potassium sorbate (preservatives), sodium bisulfate, yellow

Other products containing Pimientoes

Pimientoes is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 3 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.

High-score cross-brand comparables for Gourmet Jalapeno Pimiento Cheese

Neighbours outside Star with screening scores in the same high band as Gourmet Jalapeno Pimiento Cheese (100/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Star; these peers cross brands.

Read the longer label in layers

Read the longer label in layers

Gourmet Jalapeno Pimiento Cheese has a longer ingredient list than 94% of its published 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 0077541008406: 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.