Caution

Caramelized onion gouda bacon dip

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0078742170060 · Condiments. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0078742170060 · Serving size 2 Tbsp (30 g)

The verdict

Caramelized onion gouda bacon dip scores 80/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 64 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 2 ingredients are flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 64-component record, beginning with Sour Cream, Cultured Pasteurized Grade A 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.

80/100
Caution safety score
2
Few flagged · of 64 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

48/100

Grade D

Ingredient Safety

80/100

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.

42170060 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Caramelized onion gouda bacon dip label screening desk

SCORE-CAUT 80/100 FLAG-FEW 2 flagged LEN-DENSE 64 ing. REG-SPARSE 23% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-E Nutri-E RANK-SHORT Len top 0% LEAD-FLAG Sodium Nitrite PHOTO-SOLO No peers BOOK-OFF …170060 · July 2026

15 of 64 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Sodium Nitrite). Source sheet 42170060 · 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

Screening model notes

How Nutri-Score, NOVA, and list length read this record

The composite for this product falls in the second band of the four-tier framework. That band collects labels whose registry-rated components pull the derived score down measurably without dominating it. Position inside a band is not visible from the band name, and two labels sharing it can differ in how many components were rated and how severely. This is a threshold on an index computed here from public data, not a regulatory classification of any kind; the exact cut-offs are published 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.

How It Compares to Its Category

Among the 31,268 products we've scored in the Condiments category, the average safety score is 98.3/100. Caramelized onion gouda bacon dip scores 18.3 points below that category average (80/100 vs. 98.3/100), 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 Condiments products

Caramelized onion gouda bacon dip lists 64 ingredients on its label

64 100th percentile a longer ingredient list than every other product we track

0–2: 186 products (1%). Below this entry. 2–4: 1,031 products (4%). Below this entry. 4–6: 1,392 products (5%). Below this entry. 6–8: 2,093 products (8%). Below this entry. 8–10: 2,811 products (10%). Below this entry. 10–12: 3,070 products (11%). Below this entry. 12–14: 2,818 products (10%). Below this entry. 14–16: 2,724 products (10%). Below this entry. 16–18: 2,451 products (9%). Below this entry. 18–20: 2,045 products (8%). Below this entry. 20–22: 1,563 products (6%). Below this entry. 22–24: 1,244 products (5%). Below this entry. 24–26: 934 products (3%). Below this entry. 26–28: 694 products (3%). Below this entry. 28–30: 551 products (2%). Below this entry. 30–32: 420 products (2%). Below this entry. 32–34: 246 products (1%). Below this entry. 34–36: 196 products (1%). Below this entry. 36–38: 135 products (0%). Below this entry. 38–40: 134 products (0%). Below this entry. 40–42: 346 products (1%). This entry sits in this band. This product 0 42 every published Condiments product, bucketed by value

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Distribution as text

27,084 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 64 (100th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
186 products (1%)
2–4
1,031 products (4%)
4–6
1,392 products (5%)
6–8
2,093 products (8%)
8–10
2,811 products (10%)
10–12
3,070 products (11%)
12–14
2,818 products (10%)
14–16
2,724 products (10%)
16–18
2,451 products (9%)
18–20
2,045 products (8%)
20–22
1,563 products (6%)
22–24
1,244 products (5%)
24–26
934 products (3%)
26–28
694 products (3%)
28–30
551 products (2%)
30–32
420 products (2%)
32–34
246 products (1%)
34–36
196 products (1%)
36–38
135 products (0%)
38–40
134 products (0%)
40 and above
346 products (1%)

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 27,084 Condiments 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 80/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (2 flagged of 64 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Sour Cream
2
Cultured Pasteurized Grade A Milk
3
Cream
4
Nonfat Milk Solids
5
Gelatin
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, PROCESSING AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT, TEXTURIZER
Safe GRAS
6
Caramelized Onions
7
Onion
8
Water
9
Canola Oil
10
Balsamic Vinegar
11
Wine Vinegar
12
Concentrated Grape Must
13
Brown Sugar
14
Dried Cream Cheese
15
Pasteurized Cultured Milk And Cream
16
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
17
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
18
Carob Bean Gum
19
Guar Gum
20
Mayonnaise
21
Soybean Oil
22
Cider Vinegar
23
Egg Yolks
24
Spice
25
Lemon Juice Concentrate
26
Smoked Gouda Cheese
27
Pasteurized Milk
28
Cheese Culture
29
Enzymes
30
Annatto
Coloring
Certain People Should Avoid
31
Vegetable Color
32
Smoke Flavoring
33
Natamycin
FUMIGANT
Safe Approved
34
Natural Mold Inhibitor
35
Uncured Bacon Bits
36
Pork
37
Sea salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
38
Celery Powder
39
Lactic Acid Starter Culture
40
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
41
Bacon Base
42
Cooked Bacon
43
Cooked Bacon With Water
44
Sodium Phosphate
45
Sodium Erythorbate
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DOUGH STRENGTHENER, FLOUR TREATING AGENT, OXIDIZING OR REDUCING AGENT, PROCESSING AID, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT
Safe GRAS
46
Sodium Nitrite
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PROPELLANT
Avoid Prior Sanctioned
47
Yeast Extract
48
Ham Stock
49
Bacon Fat
50
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
51
Flavorings
52
Disodium Inosinate
FLAVOR ENHANCER, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
Approved
53
Disodium Guanylate
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
Approved
54
Caramel Coloring
Coloring
Avoid Approved (color additive, GRAS)
55
Potassium Sorbate
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT
Safe GRAS
56
Onion
57
Corn Starch
58
Sodium Benzoate And Potassium Sorbate Added To Protect Flavor
59
Lactic Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, CURING OR PICKLING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
Safe GRAS
60
Bacon Flavor
61
Natural Flavor
62
Milk
63
Corn Syrup Solids
64
Smoke Flavoring

Full Ingredient List

Sour cream (cultured pasteurized grade a milk, cream, nonfat milk solids, gelatin), caramelized onions (onion, water, canola oil, balsamic vinegar [wine vinegar, grape must], brown sugar), cream cheese (pasteurized cultured milk and cream, salt, xanthan gum, carob bean gum, and guar gum), mayonnaise (soybean oil, water, cider vinegar, egg yolks, contains less than 2% of salt, spice, lemon juice concentrate), smoked gouda cheese (pasteurized milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes, annatto [vegetable color], natural smoke flavoring, natamycin [a natural mold inhibitor]), uncured bacon bits (pork, water, brown sugar, sea salt, celery powder, lactic acid starter culture), salt, sugar, bacon base (cooked bacon [cooked bacon with water, salt, sodium phosphate, sugar, sodium erythorbate, and sodium nitrite], salt, yeast extract, ham stock, bacon fat, sugar, cornstarch, natural flavorings, natural smoke flavoring, disodium inosinate, disodium guanylate, caramel color, potassium sorbate [to preserve color]), dehydrated onion, water, modified corn starch, sodium benzoate and potassium sorbate added to protect flavor, lactic acid, natural bacon flavor (natural flavor [milk], corn syrup solids, salt, yeast extract, smoke flavoring), spice.

Categories

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Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Sodium Nitrite is the first flagged ingredient selected from Caramelized onion gouda bacon dip's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 64-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Sodium Nitrite. Open Sodium Nitrite
  • Compare Caramelized onion gouda bacon dip's 2 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 0078742170060: 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.