Caution

Kim & Scott's, Gourmet Pretzels, Stuffed Soft Pretzels, Pizza

by J&J Snack Foods Corp

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0766000101757 · J&J Snack Foods Corp · Frozen foods. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0766000101757 · Serving size 2 ONZ (57 g)

The verdict

Kim & Scott's, Gourmet Pretzels, Stuffed Soft Pretzels, Pizza by J&J Snack Foods Corp scores 85/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 42 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 42-component record, beginning with Enriched Wheat Flour, Wheat Flour, Malted Barley Flour. 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 42 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

60/100

Grade C+

Ingredient Safety

85/100

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.

00101757 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Kim & Scott's, Gourmet Pretzels, Stuffed Soft Pretzels, Pizza label screening desk

SCORE-CAUT 85/100 FLAG-ONE 1 flagged LEN-DENSE 42 ing. REG-SPARSE 24% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-C Nutri-C RANK-MID Len top 36% LEAD-FLAG Titanium Dioxide PHOTO-FINISH Creamy Queso Sauce · ±0 BOOK-OFF …101757 · July 2026

10 of 42 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Titanium Dioxide). Source sheet 00101757 · 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: Creamy Queso Sauce · Nearest score peer is Creamy Queso Sauce 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.

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. Kim & Scott's, Gourmet Pretzels, Stuffed Soft Pretzels, Pizza: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Kim & Scott's, Gourmet Pr…85/1002. Creamy Queso Sauce: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Creamy Queso Sauce85/1003. Zesty Ranch Sauce: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Zesty Ranch Sauce85/1004. Cinnamon Toast Crunch: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Cinnamon Toast Crunch85/1005. Honey clusters breakfast cereal: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Honey clusters breakfast …85/100
High-band neighbours for Kim & Scott's, Gourmet Pretzels, Stuffed Soft Pretzels, Pizza (85/100) outside J&J Snack Foods Corp.
Chart values as text

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

Kim & Scott's, Gourmet Pretzels, Stuffed Soft Pretzels, Pizza
85/100
Creamy Queso Sauce
85/100
Zesty Ranch Sauce
85/100
Cinnamon Toast Crunch
85/100
Honey clusters breakfast cereal
85/100

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. Kim & Scott's, Gourmet Pretzels, Stuffed Soft Pretzels, Pizza scores 7.9 points below that category average (85/100 vs. 92.9/100), so it is a comparatively weaker 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

Kim & Scott's, Gourmet Pretzels, Stuffed Soft Pretzels, Pizza lists 42 ingredients on its label

42 64th percentile a longer ingredient list than 64% 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: 42 (64th 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

How the 85/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (1 flagged of 42 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Enriched Wheat Flour
2
Wheat Flour
3
Malted Barley Flour
4
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
5
Reduced Iron
6
Thiamine Mononitrate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
7
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
8
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
9
Pizza Sauce
10
Crushed Tomatoes
11
Water
12
Crushed Tomatoes
13
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
14
Canola Oil
15
Imported Extra Virgin Olive Oil
16
Imported Pecorino Romano Cheese
17
Organic Sheep's Milk
18
Cheese Culture
19
Enzymes
20
Spices
21
Garlic
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
22
Mozzarella Cheese Spread
23
Cultured Milk
24
Cream
25
Skim Milk
26
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
27
Sodium Phosphates
28
Lactic Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, CURING OR PICKLING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
Safe GRAS
29
Sorbic Acid
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
Safe GRAS
30
Titanium Dioxide
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, HUMECTANT, PROCESSING AID, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT, TRACER
Avoid Prior Sanctioned
31
Whole Wheat Flour
32
Shredded Mozzarella Cheese
33
Pasteurized Part Skim Cow's Milk
34
Salt And Enzymes
35
Modified Food Starch
36
Invert Beet
37
Cane Sugar
38
Yeast
39
Dough Conditioner
40
Spice
41
Soybean Oil
42
Soda

Full Ingredient List

Enriched wheat flour (wheat flour, malted barley flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), pizza sauce (crushed tomatoes [water, concentrated crushed tomatoes, salt, canola oil, imported extra virgin olive oil, imported pecorino romano cheese [sheep's milk, cheese culture, enzymes, salt], spices, and garlic), water, mozzarella cheese spread (cultured milk, water, cream, skim milk, whey, sodium phosphates, salt, lactic acid, sorbic acid, titanium dioxide, enzymes). whole wheat flour, shredded mozzarella cheese (pasteurized part skim cow's milk, cheese culture, salt and enzymes), canola oil, modified food starch, invert beet and/or cane sugar, salt, yeast, dough conditioner (wheat flour, enzymes), spice, soybean oil, soda

Categories

Frozen foods

High-score cross-brand comparables for Kim & Scott's, Gourmet Pretzels, Stuffed Soft Pretzels, Pizza

Neighbours outside J&J Snack Foods Corp with screening scores in the same high band as Kim & Scott's, Gourmet Pretzels, Stuffed Soft Pretzels, Pizza (85/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within J&J Snack Foods Corp; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Titanium Dioxide is the first flagged ingredient selected from Kim & Scott's, Gourmet Pretzels, Stuffed Soft Pretzels, Pizza's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 42-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Titanium Dioxide. Open Titanium Dioxide
  • Compare Kim & Scott's, Gourmet Pretzels, Stuffed Soft Pretzels, Pizza'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 0766000101757: 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.