Safe

Ghost pepper queso

by Stonewall Kitchen

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0711381331217 · Stonewall Kitchen · Condiments. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0711381331217 · Serving size 2 Tbsp (33 g)

The verdict

Ghost pepper queso by Stonewall Kitchen 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 Water, Tomatoes, Organic Tomato Puree. 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.

81331217 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Ghost pepper queso label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 100/100 FLAG-CLEAN 0 flagged LEN-DENSE 41 ing. REG-SPARSE 22% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-D Nutri-D RANK-SHORT Len top 1% LEAD-RARE Gluconic acid PHOTO-FINISH Red Jam · ±0 BOOK-OFF …331217 · July 2026

9 of 41 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Gluconic acid). Source sheet 81331217 · 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: Red Jam · Nearest score peer is Red Jam 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. Ghost pepper queso: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Ghost pepper queso100/1002. Red Jam: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Red Jam100/1003. Organic Jam: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Organic Jam100/1004. Maple Apple Onion Jam: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Maple Apple Onion Jam100/1005. Strawberry Vanilla Jam: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Strawberry Vanilla Jam100/100
High-band neighbours for Ghost pepper queso (100/100) outside Stonewall Kitchen.
Chart values as text

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

Ghost pepper queso
100/100
Red Jam
100/100
Organic Jam
100/100
Maple Apple Onion Jam
100/100
Strawberry Vanilla Jam
100/100

How It Compares to Its Category

Among the 31,268 products we've scored in the Condiments category, the average safety score is 98.3/100. Ghost pepper queso scores 1.7 points above that category average (100/100 vs. 98.3/100), 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 Condiments products

Ghost pepper queso lists 41 ingredients on its label

41 99th percentile a longer ingredient list than 99% of the 27,084 products we track

0–2: 186 products (1%). Below this entry. 2–4: 1,031 products (4%). Below this entry. 4–6: 1,392 products (5%). Below this entry. 6–8: 2,093 products (8%). Below this entry. 8–10: 2,811 products (10%). Below this entry. 10–12: 3,070 products (11%). Below this entry. 12–14: 2,818 products (10%). Below this entry. 14–16: 2,724 products (10%). Below this entry. 16–18: 2,451 products (9%). Below this entry. 18–20: 2,045 products (8%). Below this entry. 20–22: 1,563 products (6%). Below this entry. 22–24: 1,244 products (5%). Below this entry. 24–26: 934 products (3%). Below this entry. 26–28: 694 products (3%). Below this entry. 28–30: 551 products (2%). Below this entry. 30–32: 420 products (2%). Below this entry. 32–34: 246 products (1%). Below this entry. 34–36: 196 products (1%). Below this entry. 36–38: 135 products (0%). Below this entry. 38–40: 134 products (0%). Below this entry. 40–42: 346 products (1%). This entry sits in this band. This product 0 42 every published Condiments 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

27,084 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 41 (99th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
186 products (1%)
2–4
1,031 products (4%)
4–6
1,392 products (5%)
6–8
2,093 products (8%)
8–10
2,811 products (10%)
10–12
3,070 products (11%)
12–14
2,818 products (10%)
14–16
2,724 products (10%)
16–18
2,451 products (9%)
18–20
2,045 products (8%)
20–22
1,563 products (6%)
22–24
1,244 products (5%)
24–26
934 products (3%)
26–28
694 products (3%)
28–30
551 products (2%)
30–32
420 products (2%)
32–34
246 products (1%)
34–36
196 products (1%)
36–38
135 products (0%)
38–40
134 products (0%)
40 and above
346 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 27,084 Condiments 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
Water
2
Tomatoes
3
Organic Tomato Puree
4
Tomato Juice
5
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
6
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
7
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
8
Cheese Mix
9
Corn Starch
10
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
11
Dextrose
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, HUMECTANT, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
Cut Back GRAS
12
Whey Protein Concentrate
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
13
Inactive Dry Yeast
14
Cheese Flavor
15
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
16
Enzyme Modified Soy Lecithin
17
Annatto And Paprika Extracts As Color
18
Gum Arabic
19
Spices
20
Onion
21
Green Chile Peppers
22
Green Chiles
23
Sweet Red Pepper
24
Bell Peppers
25
Citric Acid And Calcium Chloride
26
Sweet Green Pepper
27
Mozzarella Cheese
28
Part Skim Low Fat Milk
29
Cultures
30
Enzymes
31
Sodium Citrate
32
Cheddar Cheese
33
Pasteurized Milk
34
Canola Oil
35
Palm Oil
36
Coconut Oil
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT, TEXTURIZER
Listed
37
Jalapeno Peppers
38
Gluconic acid
pH Control
Safe
39
Natural Flavor
40
Garlic Powder
41
Ghost Pepper

Full Ingredient List

Water, tomatoes (tomatoes, tomato puree, tomato juice, salt, calcium chloride, citric acid), *dehydrated cheese mix (corn starch, maltodextrin, dextrose, salt, whey protein concentrate, inactive dry yeast, cheese flavor, xanthan gum, enzyme modified soy lecithin, annatto and paprika extracts as color, gum arabic, spices), onion, green chile peppers (green chiles, citric acid), sweet red pepper (bell peppers, water, citric acid and calcium chloride), sweet green pepper (bell peppers, water, citric acid and calcium chloride), *cheese flavor (cheese flavor, mozzarella cheese [part skim low fat milk, cultures, salt, enzymes], sodium citrate, xanthan gum, salt, cheddar cheese [pasteurized milk, cultures, salt, enzymes]), canola oil, palm oil, coconut oil, jalapeno peppers, gluconic acid, natural flavor, dehydrated garlic powder, dehydrated ghost pepper

Categories

Condiments Sauces Groceries

High-score cross-brand comparables for Ghost pepper queso

Neighbours outside Stonewall Kitchen with screening scores in the same high band as Ghost pepper queso (100/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Stonewall Kitchen; these peers cross brands.

Read the longer label in layers

Read the longer label in layers

Ghost pepper queso has a longer ingredient list than 99% of its Condiments 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 0711381331217: 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.