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Loaded baked potato soup with garlic butter flavored croutons

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0078742249032 · Frozen foods. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0078742249032 · Serving size 1 cup (236 g)

The verdict

Loaded baked potato soup with garlic butter flavored croutons scores 100/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 68 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 68-component record, beginning with Water, Potatoes, Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate. 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 68 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
C
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

68/100

Grade B-

Ingredient Safety

100/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

C

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.

42249032 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Loaded baked potato soup with garlic butter flavored croutons label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 100/100 FLAG-CLEAN 0 flagged LEN-DENSE 68 ing. REG-SPARSE 22% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-C Nutri-C RANK-SHORT Len top 6% LEAD-RARE Potassium Lactate PHOTO-SOLO No peers BOOK-OFF …249032 · July 2026

15 of 68 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Potassium Lactate). Source sheet 42249032 · 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

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 settled on its middle grade here, the band the algorithm produces when the penalty and credit sides of its nutrient ledger come out close to balanced. A mid-scale grade is a statement about the panel as a whole rather than about any single nutrient, and products arrive at it by very different routes: a moderate profile across every term, or high marks on some offset by heavy penalties on others. The grade is computed separately from the ingredient screen below and the two are not comparable measures.

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 24,982 products we've scored in the Frozen foods category, the average safety score is 92.9/100. Loaded baked potato soup with garlic butter flavored croutons scores 7.1 points above that category average (100/100 vs. 92.9/100), 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 Frozen foods products

Loaded baked potato soup with garlic butter flavored croutons lists 68 ingredients on its label

68 94th percentile a longer ingredient list than 94% 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: 68 (94th 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

1
Water
2
Potatoes
3
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
4
Whole Milk
5
Milk
6
Vitamin D3
7
Seasoning
8
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
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
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
11
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
12
Onion
13
Yeast Extract
14
Cooked Chicken Meat
15
Buttermilk Powder
16
Guar Gum
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
Chicken Broth
19
Hydrolyzed Corn Protein
20
Garlic Powder
21
Natural Flavors
22
Extractives Of Turmeric
23
Color
24
Natural Smoke Flavor
25
Salted Butter
26
Pasteurized Cream
27
Rendered Bacon Fat
28
Tbhq And Citric Acid Added To Improve Stability
29
Bacon Topping
30
Bacon
31
Cured With Water
32
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
33
Sodium Nitrite. May Also Contain Dextrose
34
Flavoring
35
Honey
36
Pork Broth
37
Potassium Chloride
ENZYME, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, MALTING OR FERMENTING AID, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, PROCESSING AID, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
Certain People Should Avoid GRAS
38
Potassium Lactate
FLAVOR ENHANCER
GRAS
39
Smoke Flavoring
40
Sodium Diacetate
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
Safe GRAS
41
Sodium Phosphate
42
Chicken Fat
43
Enriched Flour
44
Wheat Flour
45
Malted Barley Flour
46
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
47
Reduced Iron
48
Thiamine Mononitrate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
49
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
50
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
51
Canola
52
Sunflower Oil
53
With Rosemary Extract And Ascorbic Acid
54
Preservative
55
Yeast
56
2% Or Less Of Maltodextrin
57
Nonfat Milk
58
Butter Oil
59
Dehydrated Parsley
60
Natural Garlic And Butter Flavors
61
Milk
62
Natural Smoke Flavor
63
Lemon Juice Solids
64
Extractive Of Carrot
65
Extractive Of Paprika
66
Extractives Of Annatto And Turmeric
67
Enzymes
68
Ascorbic Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DOUGH STRENGTHENER, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SEQUESTRANT, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS

Full Ingredient List

Loaded baked potato soup: water, potatoes (potatoes, sodium acid pyrophosphate [to promote color retention]), whole milk (milk, vitamin d3), seasoning (modified cornstarch, whey, salt, sugar, dehydrated onion, yeast extract, cooked chicken meat, buttermilk powder, guar gum, xanthan gum, chicken broth, hydrolyzed corn protein, garlic powder, natural flavors, extractives of turmeric [color], natural smoke flavor), salted butter (pasteurized cream, salt), rendered bacon fat (tbhq and citric acid added to improve stability), bacon topping (bacon [cured with water, salt, sugar, sodium erythorbate, sodium nitrite. may also contain dextrose, flavoring, honey, dehydrated pork broth, potassium chloride, potassium lactate, smoke flavoring, sodium diacetate, sodium phosphate]), chicken fat, parsley. garlic butter flavored croutons: enriched flour (wheat flour, malted barley flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), canola and/or sunflower oil (with rosemary extract and ascorbic acid [preservative]), yeast, sugar, salt, 2% or less of maltodextrin, garlic powder, milk, dehydrated onion, nonfat milk, butter oil, dehydrated parsley, natural garlic and butter flavors (with milk, smoke flavor), lemon juice solids, extractive of carrot (color), extractive of paprika (color), extractives of annatto and turmeric (color), enzymes, ascorbic acid.

Categories

Frozen foods

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Loaded baked potato soup with garlic butter flavored croutons has a longer ingredient list than 94% of its Frozen foods category 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 0078742249032: 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.