Caution

Buldak Potato Chips Quattro Cheese Spicy Chicken Artificially Flavored

by Samyang

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0192699000703 · Samyang. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0192699000703 · Serving size 18 chips (28 g)

The verdict

Buldak Potato Chips Quattro Cheese Spicy Chicken Artificially Flavored by Samyang scores 85/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 46 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 46-component record, beginning with Potato, Palm Oil, Buldak Quattro Cheese Seasoning. 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.

85/100
Caution safety score
1
One flagged · of 46 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
0192699000703
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

60/100

Grade C+

Ingredient Safety

85/100

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.

99000703 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Buldak Potato Chips Quattro Cheese Spicy Chicken Artificially Flavored label screening desk

SCORE-CAUT 85/100 FLAG-ONE 1 flagged LEN-DENSE 46 ing. REG-SPARSE 26% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-UNK Nutri n/a RANK-SHORT Len top 4% LEAD-FLAG Titanium Dioxide PHOTO-FINISH Low calorie borscht · ±0 BOOK-OFF …000703 · July 2026

12 of 46 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Titanium Dioxide). Source sheet 99000703 · 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: Low calorie borscht · Nearest score peer is Low calorie borscht at the same screening score.

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.

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. Buldak Potato Chips Quattro Cheese Spicy Chicken Artificially Flavored: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Buldak Potato Chips Quatt…85/1002. Low calorie borscht: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Low calorie borscht85/1003. Mini Classic Italian Cannoli: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Mini Classic Italian Cann…85/1004. Mini Classic Italia Cannoli: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Mini Classic Italia Canno…85/1005. Large Classic Italian Cannoli: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Large Classic Italian Can…85/100
High-band neighbours for Buldak Potato Chips Quattro Cheese Spicy Chicken Artificially Flavored (85/100) outside Samyang.
Chart values as text

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

Buldak Potato Chips Quattro Cheese Spicy Chicken Artificially Flavored
85/100
Low calorie borscht
85/100
Mini Classic Italian Cannoli
85/100
Mini Classic Italia Cannoli
85/100
Large Classic Italian Cannoli
85/100

Ingredient-list length vs every product we publish

Buldak Potato Chips Quattro Cheese Spicy Chicken Artificially Flavored lists 46 ingredients on its label

46 96th percentile a longer ingredient list than 96% 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

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Distribution as text

359,392 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 46 (96th 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

How the 85/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (1 flagged of 46 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Potato
2
Palm Oil
3
Buldak Quattro Cheese Seasoning
4
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
5
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
6
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
7
Enzyme Modified Cheese Powder
8
Cheddar Cheese
9
Milk
10
Cheese Cultures
11
Enzymes
12
Nonfat Milk Powder
13
Mozzarella Cheese Powder
14
Pasteurized Milk
15
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
16
Artificial Cheese Flavor
17
Milk Powder
18
Onion Powder
19
Hydrolyzed Soybean Powder
20
Lactose
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, MALTING OR FERMENTING AID, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, OXIDIZING OR REDUCING AGENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT
Certain People Should Avoid GRAS
21
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
22
Butter Powder
23
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
24
Natural Flavor
25
Sunflower Oil
26
Spices
27
Garlic Powder
28
Milk Cream
29
Cheese Powder
30
Capsicum Oleoresin
31
Disodium Phosphate
32
Black Pepper Powder
33
Lactic Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, CURING OR PICKLING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
Safe GRAS
34
Artificial Flavors
35
Gum
36
Guar
37
Titanium Dioxide
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, HUMECTANT, PROCESSING AID, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT, TRACER
Avoid Prior Sanctioned
38
Phosphate
39
White Milk Powder
40
Disodium Inosinate
FLAVOR ENHANCER, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
Approved
41
Disodium Guanylate
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
Approved
42
Monoglyceride
43
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
44
Lactic Acid Bacteria
45
Enzyme
46
Habanero Pepper Oleoresin

Full Ingredient List

Potato, palm oil, Buldak Quattro Cheese Seasoning (sugar, salt, corn syrup, enzyme modified cheese powder [cheddar cheese (milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), milk, nonfat milk powder, mozzarella cheese powder (pasteurized milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), whey, artificial cheese flavor, milk powder, onion powder, hydrolyzed soybean powder, lactose, sodium caseinate, butter powder, maltodextrin, powdered flavor, sunflower oil, spices, garlic powder, milk cream, natural cheese powder, capsicum oleoresin, disodium phosphate, black pepper powder, lactic acid, artificial flavors, gum (guar, titanium dioxide, phosphate, white milk powder, disodium inosinate, disodium guanylate, monoglyceride, citric acid, lactic acid bacteria, enzyme), habanero pepper oleoresin), salt

Other products containing Hydrolyzed Soybean Powder

Hydrolyzed Soybean Powder 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 Buldak Potato Chips Quattro Cheese Spicy Chicken Artificially Flavored

Neighbours outside Samyang with screening scores in the same high band as Buldak Potato Chips Quattro Cheese Spicy Chicken Artificially Flavored (85/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Samyang; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Titanium Dioxide is the first flagged ingredient selected from Buldak Potato Chips Quattro Cheese Spicy Chicken Artificially Flavored's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 46-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Titanium Dioxide. Open Titanium Dioxide
  • Compare Buldak Potato Chips Quattro Cheese Spicy Chicken Artificially Flavored'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 0192699000703: 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.