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Snyder's of hanover, hard pretzel pieces, cheddar cheese & cracked pepper, cheddar cheese & cracked pepper

by Snyder's Of Hanover

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0077975010297 · Snyder's Of Hanover · Snacks. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0077975010297 · Serving size 1 ONZ (28 g)

The verdict

Snyder's of hanover, hard pretzel pieces, cheddar cheese & cracked pepper, cheddar cheese & cracked pepper by Snyder's Of Hanover scores 95/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 43 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 43-component record, beginning with Enriched Flour, Wheat Flour, Niacin. 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 43 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

55/100

Grade C

Ingredient Safety

95/100

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.

75010297 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Snyder's of hanover, hard pretzel pieces, cheddar cheese & cracked pepper, cheddar cheese & cracked pepper label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 95/100 FLAG-ONE 1 flagged LEN-DENSE 43 ing. REG-PART 40% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-E Nutri-E RANK-SHORT Len top 8% LEAD-FLAG Caramel Coloring PHOTO-FINISH Vital Grain Free · ±0 BOOK-OFF …010297 · July 2026

17 of 43 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Caramel Coloring). Source sheet 75010297 · 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: Vital Grain Free · Nearest score peer is Vital Grain Free 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 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. Snyder's of hanover, hard pretzel pieces, cheddar cheese & cracked pepper, cheddar cheese & cracked pepper: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Snyder's of hanover, hard…95/1002. Vital Grain Free: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Vital Grain Free95/1003. CRISPY GOLDEN APPETIZER TRIO: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. CRISPY GOLDEN APPETIZER T…95/1004. Mini Shrimp Spring Rolls: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Mini Shrimp Spring Rolls95/1005. Pad Thai Noodles With Shrimp: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Pad Thai Noodles With Shr…95/100
High-band neighbours for Snyder's of hanover, hard pretzel pieces, cheddar cheese & cracked pepper, cheddar cheese & cracked pepper (95/100) outside Snyder's Of Hanover.
Chart values as text

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

Snyder's of hanover, hard pretzel pieces, cheddar cheese & cracked pepper, cheddar cheese & cracked pepper
95/100
Vital Grain Free
95/100
CRISPY GOLDEN APPETIZER TRIO
95/100
Mini Shrimp Spring Rolls
95/100
Pad Thai Noodles With Shrimp
95/100

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. Snyder's of hanover, hard pretzel pieces, cheddar cheese & cracked pepper, cheddar cheese & cracked pepper scores 8.9 points above that category average (95/100 vs. 86.1/100), 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 Snacks products

Snyder's of hanover, hard pretzel pieces, cheddar cheese & cracked pepper, cheddar cheese & cracked pepper lists 43 ingredients on its label

43 92nd percentile a longer ingredient list than 92% 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: 43 (92nd 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 95/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (1 flagged of 43 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Enriched Flour
2
Wheat Flour
3
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
4
Reduced Iron
5
Thiamine Mononitrate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
6
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
7
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
8
Palm Oil
9
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
10
Water
11
Sea salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
12
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
13
Cheddar Cheese
14
Pasteurized Milk
15
Cheese Cultures
16
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
17
Enzymes
18
Black Pepper
19
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
20
Onion Powder
21
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
22
Yeast
23
Buttermilk
24
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
25
Garlic Powder
26
Natural Flavors
27
Corn Starch
28
Disodium Inosinate And Disodium Guanylate
29
Yeast Extract
30
Extractive Of Paprika
31
Disodium Phosphate
32
Sodium Caseinate
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
33
Dried Vinegar
34
Tomato Powder
35
Spices
36
Malic Acid
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SYNERGIST
Safe GRAS
37
Nonfat Milk
38
Lactic Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, CURING OR PICKLING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
Safe GRAS
39
Sucrose
NUTRITIVE SWEETENER
GRAS
40
Caramel Coloring
Coloring
Avoid Approved (color additive, GRAS)
41
Extractive Of Turmeric
42
Autolyzed yeast extract
Flavoring
Certain People Should Avoid
43
Soda

Full Ingredient List

Enriched flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), palm oil, whey, water, sea salt, maltodextrin, cheddar cheese (pasteurized milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), black pepper, salt, sugar, onion powder, dextrose, yeast, buttermilk, citric acid, garlic powder, natural flavors, modified corn starch, disodium inosinate and disodium guanylate, yeast extract, extractive of paprika, disodium phosphate, sodium caseinate, vinegar, tomato powder, spices, malic acid, nonfat milk, lactic acid, sucrose, caramel color, extractive of turmeric, autolyzed yeast extract, extractive of turmeric, soda.

Categories

Snacks

High-score cross-brand comparables for Snyder's of hanover, hard pretzel pieces, cheddar cheese & cracked pepper, cheddar cheese & cracked pepper

Neighbours outside Snyder's Of Hanover with screening scores in the same high band as Snyder's of hanover, hard pretzel pieces, cheddar cheese & cracked pepper, cheddar cheese & cracked pepper (95/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Snyder's Of Hanover; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Caramel Coloring is the first flagged ingredient selected from Snyder's of hanover, hard pretzel pieces, cheddar cheese & cracked pepper, cheddar cheese & cracked pepper's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 43-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Caramel Coloring. Open Caramel Coloring
  • Compare Snyder's of hanover, hard pretzel pieces, cheddar cheese & cracked pepper, cheddar cheese & cracked pepper'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 0077975010297: 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.