Safe

Buffalo Blue Cheese Log

by Black Bear

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0630003099536 · Black Bear · Dairies. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0630003099536 · Serving size 2 Tbsp (31 g) (31 GRM)

The verdict

Buffalo Blue Cheese Log by Black Bear 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 Ny Cheddar Cheese, Cultured Milk, Enzymes. 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
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

58/100

Grade C

Ingredient Safety

100/100

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.

03099536 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Buffalo Blue Cheese Log label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 100/100 FLAG-CLEAN 0 flagged LEN-DENSE 41 ing. REG-PART 32% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-E Nutri-E RANK-SHORT Len top 1% LEAD-RARE Calcium Stearate PHOTO-FINISH Salted Cultured Butter, · ±0 BOOK-OFF …099536 · July 2026

13 of 41 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Calcium Stearate). Source sheet 03099536 · 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: Salted Cultured Butter, Salted · Nearest score peer is Salted Cultured Butter, Salted 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. Buffalo Blue Cheese Log: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Buffalo Blue Cheese Log100/1002. Salted Cultured Butter, Salted: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Salted Cultured Butter, S…100/1003. Unsalted Cultured Butter, Unsalted: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Unsalted Cultured Butter,…100/1004. Indian spices garam masala: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Indian spices garam masala100/1005. Meijer, greek style lowfat yogurt, blackberry & raspberry, blackberry & raspberry: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Meijer, greek style lowfa…100/100
High-band neighbours for Buffalo Blue Cheese Log (100/100) outside Black Bear.
Chart values as text

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

Buffalo Blue Cheese Log
100/100
Salted Cultured Butter, Salted
100/100
Unsalted Cultured Butter, Unsalted
100/100
Indian spices garam masala
100/100
Meijer, greek style lowfat yogurt, blackberry & raspberry, blackberry & raspberry
100/100

How It Compares to Its Category

Among the 23,001 products we've scored in the Dairies category, the average safety score is 97.8/100. Buffalo Blue Cheese Log scores 2.2 points above that category average (100/100 vs. 97.8/100), so it is roughly typical for shoppers screening within that category specifically, rather than against the product catalog as a whole.

Ingredient-list length vs other Dairies products

Buffalo Blue Cheese Log lists 41 ingredients on its label

41 99th percentile a longer ingredient list than 99% of the 21,438 products we track

0–2: 120 products (1%). Below this entry. 2–4: 2,805 products (13%). Below this entry. 4–6: 4,714 products (22%). Below this entry. 6–8: 2,694 products (13%). Below this entry. 8–10: 1,996 products (9%). Below this entry. 10–12: 1,884 products (9%). Below this entry. 12–14: 1,734 products (8%). Below this entry. 14–16: 1,639 products (8%). Below this entry. 16–18: 1,261 products (6%). Below this entry. 18–20: 841 products (4%). Below this entry. 20–22: 481 products (2%). Below this entry. 22–24: 303 products (1%). Below this entry. 24–26: 228 products (1%). Below this entry. 26–28: 151 products (1%). Below this entry. 28–30: 122 products (1%). Below this entry. 30–32: 115 products (1%). Below this entry. 32–34: 81 products (0%). Below this entry. 34–36: 57 products (0%). Below this entry. 36–38: 45 products (0%). Below this entry. 38–40: 33 products (0%). Below this entry. 40–42: 134 products (1%). This entry sits in this band. This product 0 42 every published Dairies 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

21,438 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 41 (99th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
120 products (1%)
2–4
2,805 products (13%)
4–6
4,714 products (22%)
6–8
2,694 products (13%)
8–10
1,996 products (9%)
10–12
1,884 products (9%)
12–14
1,734 products (8%)
14–16
1,639 products (8%)
16–18
1,261 products (6%)
18–20
841 products (4%)
20–22
481 products (2%)
22–24
303 products (1%)
24–26
228 products (1%)
26–28
151 products (1%)
28–30
122 products (1%)
30–32
115 products (1%)
32–34
81 products (0%)
34–36
57 products (0%)
36–38
45 products (0%)
38–40
33 products (0%)
40 and above
134 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 21,438 Dairies 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
Ny Cheddar Cheese
2
Cultured Milk
3
Enzymes
4
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
5
Water
6
Almonds
7
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
8
Distilled Vinegar
9
Milk Fat
10
Red Cayenne Peppers
11
Blue Cheese
12
Soybean Oil
13
Cayenne Pepper
14
Chicken Fat
15
Natural Butter Flavor
16
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
17
Msg
18
Modified Food Starch
19
Hydrolyzed Corn Protein
20
Onion
21
Garlic
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
22
Guar Gum
23
Locust Bean Gum
24
Disodium Inosinate
FLAVOR ENHANCER, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
Approved
25
Disodium Guanylate
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
Approved
26
Cooked Chicken
27
Dehydrated Parsley
28
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
29
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
30
Spices
31
Potassium Sorbate
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT
Safe GRAS
32
Disodium Phosphate
33
Calcium Stearate
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
34
Silicon Dioxide
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT
Safe GRAS
35
Turmeric Extract
36
Less Than 2% Natural Flavor
37
Soy
38
Autolyzed Yeas Extract
39
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
40
Lactic Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, CURING OR PICKLING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
Safe GRAS
41
Artificial Flavor

Full Ingredient List

Ny Cheddar Cheese (Cultured Milk, Enzymes, Salt), Water, Almonds, Whey, Distilled Vinegar, Milk Fat, Red Cayenne Peppers, Dried Blue Cheese (Cultured Milk, Salt, Enzymes), Salt, Soybean Oil, Cayenne Pepper, Chicken Fat, Natural Butter Flavor, Maltodextrin, Monosodium Glutamate, Modified Food Starch, Hydrolyzed Corn Protein, Dried Onion, Dried Garlic, Guar Gum And/Or Locust Bean Gum, Disodium Inosinate, Disodium Guanylate, Dehydrated Cooked Chicken, Dried Parsley, Citric Acid, Xanthan Gum, Spices, Potassium Sorbate, Disodium Phosphate, Calcium Stearate, Silicon Dioxide, Turmeric Extract, Less Than 2% Natural Flavor (Soy, Autolyzed Yeas Extract, Sugar, Lactic Acid), Artificial Flavor

Categories

Dairies Fermented foods Fermented milk products Cheeses

High-score cross-brand comparables for Buffalo Blue Cheese Log

Neighbours outside Black Bear with screening scores in the same high band as Buffalo Blue Cheese Log (100/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Black Bear; these peers cross brands.

Read the longer label in layers

Read the longer label in layers

Buffalo Blue Cheese Log has a longer ingredient list than 99% of its Dairies 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 0630003099536: 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.