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Giant, buffalo style chicken & cheese dip

by Giant

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0688267137211 · Giant · Frozen foods. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0688267137211 · Serving size 2 Tbsp (33 g)

The verdict

Giant, buffalo style chicken & cheese dip by Giant scores 100/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 46 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 46-component record, beginning with Cooked Chicken, Chicken Breast Meat, Water. 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 46 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.

67137211 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Giant, buffalo style chicken & cheese dip label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 100/100 FLAG-CLEAN 0 flagged LEN-DENSE 46 ing. REG-SPARSE 17% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-D Nutri-D RANK-MID Len top 28% LEAD-FLAG Phosphoric Acid PHOTO-FINISH Deluxe Shells & · ±0 BOOK-OFF …137211 · July 2026

8 of 46 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Phosphoric Acid). Source sheet 67137211 · 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: Deluxe Shells & Cheese Dinner · Nearest score peer is Deluxe Shells & Cheese Dinner 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. Giant, buffalo style chicken & cheese dip: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Giant, buffalo style chic…100/1002. Deluxe Shells & Cheese Dinner: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Deluxe Shells & Cheese Di…100/1003. Cranberry Trail Mix: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Cranberry Trail Mix100/1004. Spinach: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Spinach100/1005. CHERRY BERRY MEDLEY: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. CHERRY BERRY MEDLEY100/100
High-band neighbours for Giant, buffalo style chicken & cheese dip (100/100) outside Giant.
Chart values as text

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

Giant, buffalo style chicken & cheese dip
100/100
Deluxe Shells & Cheese Dinner
100/100
Cranberry Trail Mix
100/100
Spinach
100/100
CHERRY BERRY MEDLEY
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, buffalo style chicken & cheese dip 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, buffalo style chicken & cheese dip lists 46 ingredients on its label

46 72nd percentile a longer ingredient list than 72% 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: 46 (72nd 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
Cooked Chicken
2
Chicken Breast Meat
3
Water
4
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
5
Dried Cream Cheese
6
Pasteurized Cultured Cream
7
Skim Milk. Salt
8
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
9
Locust Bean Gum
10
Guar Gum
11
Cayenne Pepper Sauce
12
Aged Cayenne Red Peppers
13
Dried Vinegar
14
Garlic Powder
15
Pasteurized Process Cheddar Style Cheese
16
Cultured Milk
17
Cream
18
Buttermilk
19
Sodium Phosphate
20
Vegetable Color
21
Enzymes
22
Mozzarella Cheese
23
Pasteurized Milk
24
Cheese Cultures
25
Distilled White Vinegar
26
Cheese Sauce
27
Cheese Whey
28
Palm Oil
29
Tapioca Starch
NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
30
Modified Food Starch
31
Cheddar Cheese
32
Milk
33
Cultures
34
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
35
Sodium Stearoyl Lactate
36
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
37
Natural And Artificial Flavor
38
Mono - And Diglycerides
39
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
40
Annatto Color
41
Carotene Color
42
Paprika Color
43
Natural Flavor
44
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
45
Wheat Starch
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
46
Black Pepper

Full Ingredient List

Cooked chicken (chicken breast meat, water, salt), water, cream cheese (pasteurized cultured cream, skim milk. salt, xanthan gum, locust bean gum, guar gum), cayenne pepper sauce (aged cayenne red peppers, vinegar, water, salt, garlic powder), pasteurized process cheddar style cheese (cultured milk, water, cream, buttermilk, sodium phosphate, salt, vegetable color, enzymes), mozzarella cheese (pasteurized milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), distilled white vinegar, cheese sauce (cheese whey, water, palm oil, modified tapioca starch, modified food starch, cheddar cheese [milk, cultures, salt, enzymes], maltodextrin, sodium phosphate, salt, vinegar, sodium stearoyl lactate, citric acid, natural and artificial flavor, mono - and diglycerides, phosphoric acid, annatto color, carotene color, paprika color), natural flavor, sugar, wheat starch, garlic powder, black pepper

Other products containing Pasteurized Process Cheddar Style Cheese

Pasteurized Process Cheddar Style Cheese is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 6 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.

Categories

Frozen foods

High-score cross-brand comparables for Giant, buffalo style chicken & cheese dip

Neighbours outside Giant with screening scores in the same high band as Giant, buffalo style chicken & cheese dip (100/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Giant; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Phosphoric Acid is the first flagged ingredient selected from Giant, buffalo style chicken & cheese dip'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 Phosphoric Acid. Open Phosphoric Acid
  • Compare Giant, buffalo style chicken & cheese dip'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 0688267137211: 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.