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Giant, potato skins, cheddar & bacon

by Giant

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0688267029868 · Giant · Frozen foods. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0688267029868 · Serving size 3 PIECES (99 g)

The verdict

Giant, potato skins, cheddar & bacon by Giant scores 100/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 44 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 44-component record, beginning with Potato Shells, Baked Potato Shell, Canola Oil. 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 44 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.

67029868 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Giant, potato skins, cheddar & bacon label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 100/100 FLAG-CLEAN 0 flagged LEN-DENSE 44 ing. REG-SPARSE 20% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-C Nutri-C RANK-MID Len top 32% LEAD-FLAG Phosphoric Acid PHOTO-FINISH Grape Juice Frozen · ±0 BOOK-OFF …029868 · July 2026

9 of 44 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Phosphoric Acid). Source sheet 67029868 · 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: Grape Juice Frozen Concentrate · Nearest score peer is Grape Juice Frozen Concentrate 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 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.

Cross-brand screening score neighbourhood

1. Giant, potato skins, cheddar & bacon: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Giant, potato skins, ched…100/1002. Grape Juice Frozen Concentrate: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Grape Juice Frozen Concen…100/1003. Ahold, wafers, vanilla: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Ahold, wafers, vanilla100/1004. Classic Crackers: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Classic Crackers100/1005. Classic Crackers: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Classic Crackers100/100
High-band neighbours for Giant, potato skins, cheddar & bacon (100/100) outside Giant.
Chart values as text

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

Giant, potato skins, cheddar & bacon
100/100
Grape Juice Frozen Concentrate
100/100
Ahold, wafers, vanilla
100/100
Classic Crackers
100/100
Classic Crackers
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. Giant, potato skins, cheddar & bacon 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

Giant, potato skins, cheddar & bacon lists 44 ingredients on its label

44 68th percentile a longer ingredient list than 68% 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: 44 (68th 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
Potato Shells
2
Baked Potato Shell
3
Canola Oil
4
Soybean Oil
5
Non-hydrogenated
6
Cheddar Cheese
7
Pasteurized Milk
8
Cheese Cultures
9
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
10
Enzymes
11
Annatto
Coloring
Certain People Should Avoid
12
Color
13
Sharp Cheddar Cheese Sauce
14
Cheese Whey
15
Water
16
Palm Oil
17
Tapioca Starch
NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
18
Modified Food Starch
19
Milk
20
Cultures
21
Salt And Enzymes
22
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
23
Sodium Phosphate
24
Dried Vinegar
25
Sodium stearoyl lactylate
Other
Safe
26
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
27
Natural And Artificial Flavor
28
Mono - And Diglycerides
29
Phosphoric Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FUMIGANT, MALTING OR FERMENTING AID, NON-NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, PH CONTROL AGENT, SEQUESTRANT
Cut Back GRAS
30
Annatto Color
31
Carotene Color
32
Paprika Color
33
Bacon
34
Bacon Cured With Water
35
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
36
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
37
Brown Sugar
38
Smoke Flavoring
39
Romano Cheese Made From Cow's Milk
40
Pasteurized Cow's Milk
41
Cheese Culture
42
Powdered Cellulose Added To Prevent Caking
43
Parmesan Cheese
44
Pasteurized Part Skim Cow's Milk

Full Ingredient List

Potato shells (baked potato shell, canola oil [may contain tbhq and citric acid], and/or soybean oil [non-hydrogenated]), cheddar cheese (pasteurized milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes, annatto [color]), sharp cheddar cheese sauce (cheese whey, water, palm oil, modified tapioca starch, modified food starch, cheddar cheese [milk, cultures, salt and enzymes], maltodextrin, sodium phosphate, salt, vinegar, sodium stearoyl lactylate, citric acid, natural and artificial flavor, mono - and diglycerides, phosphoric acid, annatto color, carotene color, paprika color), bacon (bacon cured with water, salt, sodium erythorbate, sodium nitrite. may contain: sugar, brown sugar, smoke flavoring, sodium phosphate), romano cheese made from cow's milk (pasteurized cow's milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes, powdered cellulose added to prevent caking), parmesan cheese (pasteurized part skim cow's milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes, powdered cellulose added to prevent caking)

Other products containing Potato Shells

Potato Shells is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 7 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.

Categories

Frozen foods

High-score cross-brand comparables for Giant, potato skins, cheddar & bacon

Neighbours outside Giant with screening scores in the same high band as Giant, potato skins, cheddar & bacon (100/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Giant; these peers cross brands.

Same high-band screening score

Nearest cross-brand products by screening score (100/100 here, no caution flags on the parsed list).

Long-label peers (21+ ingredients)

Nearest cross-brand labels by linked ingredient count (44 on 0688267029868).

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Phosphoric Acid is the first flagged ingredient selected from Giant, potato skins, cheddar & bacon's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 44-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Phosphoric Acid. Open Phosphoric Acid
  • Compare Giant, potato skins, cheddar & bacon's 0 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 0688267029868: 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.