Concern

Canadian cheddar popcorn seasoning imported from canada

by Kernels

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0812542005036 · Kernels · Condiments. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0812542005036 · Serving size 0.333 tablespoon (100 g)

The verdict

Canadian cheddar popcorn seasoning imported from canada by Kernels scores 50/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 22 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 2 ingredients are flagged for caution. The 22-component label is layered, beginning with Maltodextrin, Milk Ingredients, Salt. Start with any flagged rows, then check the nutrition grade and serving size instead of treating one roll-up score as the whole decision. This is not a recall, allergy, medical, or dietary-safety determination.

50/100
Concern safety score
2
Few flagged · of 22 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
A
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

53/100

Grade C-

Ingredient Safety

50/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

A

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.

42005036 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Canadian cheddar popcorn seasoning imported from canada label screening desk

SCORE-CONC 50/100 FLAG-FEW 2 flagged LEN-LAYERED 22 ing. REG-PART 45% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-A Nutri-A RANK-SHORT Len top 18% LEAD-FLAG Yellow 6 PHOTO-FINISH Halls Relief · ±0 BOOK-OFF …005036 · July 2026

10 of 22 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Yellow 6). Source sheet 42005036 · 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: Halls Relief · Nearest score peer is Halls Relief at the same screening score.

Screening model notes

How Nutri-Score, NOVA, and list length read this record

This label lands in the third of four positions on the published scale. What separates that position from its neighbours is arithmetic rather than judgement: identical inputs run through the documented weighting always arrive at the same place. Anyone who works the calculation through by hand, using the methodology write-up together with the itemised ratings further down, will reproduce this number exactly — which is the reason for publishing a computed figure instead of an opinion.

Nutri-Score placed this label in its highest band. The model reaches that grade when the credit side of its ledger — fibre, protein and the fruit, vegetable and legume fraction — outweighs the energy, sugar, saturated-fat and sodium it counts against a product. The scale is computed per hundred grams from the declared nutrition panel, which is why two products with similar ingredients can grade differently on portion-heavy categories. It is a nutritional summary only, calculated independently of the additive registries screened further down this page, and it neither incorporates nor contradicts them.

This label parsed into a long component list. Where many entries are screened at once, the composite tends to reflect the overall mix of registry ratings returned rather than the rating of any one entry. Longer declarations also carry more sub-listed and compound entries, where a parenthetical group is resolved into its parts, so the parsed count can exceed what a reader counts on the packaging.

Cross-brand screening score neighbourhood

1. Canadian cheddar popcorn seasoning imported from canada: 50/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Canadian cheddar popcorn …50/1002. Halls Relief: 50/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Halls Relief50/1003. Snack Pie: 50/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Snack Pie50/1004. Wasabi Peas: 50/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Wasabi Peas50/1005. 7 select, rice cracker mix: 50/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. 7 select, rice cracker mix50/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for Canadian cheddar popcorn seasoning imported from canada (50/100 on 22 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

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

Canadian cheddar popcorn seasoning imported from canada
50/100
Halls Relief
50/100
Snack Pie
50/100
Wasabi Peas
50/100
7 select, rice cracker mix
50/100

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. Canadian cheddar popcorn seasoning imported from canada scores 48.3 points below that category average (50/100 vs. 98.3/100), 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 Condiments products

Canadian cheddar popcorn seasoning imported from canada lists 22 ingredients on its label

22 82nd percentile a longer ingredient list than 82% 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%). This entry sits in this band. 24–26: 934 products (3%). Above this entry. 26–28: 694 products (3%). Above this entry. 28–30: 551 products (2%). Above this entry. 30–32: 420 products (2%). Above this entry. 32–34: 246 products (1%). Above this entry. 34–36: 196 products (1%). Above this entry. 36–38: 135 products (0%). Above this entry. 38–40: 134 products (0%). Above this entry. 40–42: 346 products (1%). Above this entry. 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: 22 (82nd 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

How the 50/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (2 flagged of 22 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
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
2
Milk Ingredients
3
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
4
Cheddar Cheese
5
Natural And Artificial Flavour
6
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
7
Lactic Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, CURING OR PICKLING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
Safe GRAS
8
Msg
9
Yellow 6
Avoid Approved (certified color)
10
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
11
Yellow 5
Avoid Approved (certified color)
12
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
13
Disodium Guanylate
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
Approved
14
Disodium Inosinate
FLAVOR ENHANCER, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
Approved
15
Enzymes
16
Yeast Extract Sodium Phosphate
17
Milk
18
Maltodextrine
19
Subst Laitières Modifiées Fromage Cheddar
20
Natural Et Arti Dioxyde De Siliciu Lactique
21
Glut Monosodique El
22
Dexta Tatraz Ack Guanyate Mosinate By Extra

Full Ingredient List

maltodextrin, modified milk ingredients, salt, cheddar cheese, natural and artificial flavour, silicon dioxide, lactic acid, monosodium glutamate, sunset yellow, dextrose, tartrazine, citric acid, disodium guanylate, disodium inosinate, enzymes, yeast extract sodium phosphate contains: milk, suphiles ingrédients: maltodextrine, subst laitières modifiées fromage cheddar, natural et arti dioxyde de siliciu lactique, glut monosodique el, dexta tatraz ack guanyate mosinate by extra

Categories

Condiments Variety packs Condiment variety packs

Mid-score cross-brand comparables for Canadian cheddar popcorn seasoning imported from canada

Neighbours outside Kernels near Canadian cheddar popcorn seasoning imported from canada's mid-band score (50/100). The 3 same-brand links above stay within Kernels; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Yellow 6 is the first flagged ingredient selected from Canadian cheddar popcorn seasoning imported from canada's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 22-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Yellow 6. Open Yellow 6
  • Compare Canadian cheddar popcorn seasoning imported from canada's 2 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 0812542005036: 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.