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White castle, cheeseburgers, jalapeno

by White Castle

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0082988011063 · White Castle · Frozen foods. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0082988011063 · Serving size 1 PACKAGE, 2 SANDWICHES (104 g)

The verdict

White castle, cheeseburgers, jalapeno by White Castle 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 Enriched Bleached Flour, Wheat Flour, Malted Barley Flour. 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
D
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

63/100

Grade C+

Ingredient Safety

100/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

D

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.

88011063 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

White castle, cheeseburgers, jalapeno label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 100/100 FLAG-CLEAN 0 flagged LEN-DENSE 41 ing. REG-SPARSE 27% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-D Nutri-D RANK-MID Len top 38% LEAD-RARE Oat fiber PHOTO-FINISH Pasaporte aji salsa · ±0 BOOK-OFF …011063 · July 2026

11 of 41 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Oat fiber). Source sheet 88011063 · 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: Pasaporte aji salsa with panca · Nearest score peer is Pasaporte aji salsa with panca 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.

This label falls in the fourth Nutri-Score band. The model arrives there when its penalty terms — energy density, sugars, saturated fat, sodium — carry more weight in the calculation than the fibre, protein and produce content it credits. The band covers a wide span of the points scale, so position within it is not visible from the letter alone. The grade reflects the declared nutrition panel and is unrelated to the additive ratings listed below, which come from different bodies applying different criteria.

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. White castle, cheeseburgers, jalapeno: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. White castle, cheeseburge…100/1002. Pasaporte aji salsa with panca: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Pasaporte aji salsa with …100/1003. Brazil pasaporte samba salsa with guava fruit: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Brazil pasaporte samba sa…100/1004. Chimi salsa: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Chimi salsa100/1005. Salsa: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Salsa100/100
High-band neighbours for White castle, cheeseburgers, jalapeno (100/100) outside White Castle.
Chart values as text

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

White castle, cheeseburgers, jalapeno
100/100
Pasaporte aji salsa with panca
100/100
Brazil pasaporte samba salsa with guava fruit
100/100
Chimi salsa
100/100
Salsa
100/100

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. White castle, cheeseburgers, jalapeno 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

White castle, cheeseburgers, jalapeno lists 41 ingredients on its label

41 62nd percentile a longer ingredient list than 62% 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: 41 (62nd 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
Enriched Bleached Flour
2
Wheat Flour
3
Malted Barley Flour
4
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
5
Iron
6
Thiamine Mononitrate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
7
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
8
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
9
Water
10
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
11
Soybean Oil
12
Yeast
13
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
14
Calcium Stearoyl Lactylate
15
Vital Wheat Gluten
16
Corn Syrup Solids
17
Guar Gum
18
Monoglycerides
19
Oat fiber
Other
Safe
20
Monocalcium Phosphate
21
Sodium Alginate
22
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
23
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
24
Vitamin C
25
Milk
26
Cream
27
Sodium Citrate
28
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
29
Cheese Culture
30
Color Added
31
Enzymes
32
Jalapeno Peppers
33
Natural Flavor
34
Serrano Peppers
35
Sodium Phosphate
36
Sorbic Acid
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
Safe GRAS
37
Preservative
38
Dried Vinegar
39
Soy Lecithin. Water
40
Onion
41
Pepper

Full Ingredient List

Bun: enriched bleached flour (wheat flour, malted barley flour, niacin, iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), water, corn syrup, soybean oil, contains 2% or less of: yeast, salt, calcium stearoyl lactylate, vital wheat gluten, corn syrup solids, guar gum, monoglycerides, oat fiber, monocalcium phosphate, sodium alginate, wheat flour, xanthan gum, ascorbic acid (vitamin c), enzymes. hamburger: beef. pasteurized process american cheese with peppers and other natural flavor: milk, water, cream, sodium citrate, contains 2% or less of: calcium chloride, cheese culture, color added, enzymes, jalapeno peppers, natural flavor, salt, serrano peppers, sodium phosphate, sorbic acid (preservative), vinegar, soy lecithin. water, dried onion, salt, pepper.

Categories

Frozen foods

High-score cross-brand comparables for White castle, cheeseburgers, jalapeno

Neighbours outside White Castle with screening scores in the same high band as White castle, cheeseburgers, jalapeno (100/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within White Castle; these peers cross brands.

Trace this label’s coverage

Trace this label’s coverage

11 of 41 parsed ingredients on White castle, cheeseburgers, jalapeno match at least one source registry. Use the ingredient records to see which entries carry source context and which remain unmatched.

This page describes published ingredient-list and source coverage. It is not dietary or medical advice.

Barcode 0082988011063: 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.