Safe

Montamore Cheese & Roasted Red Pepper Spread

by Blue Moose of Boulder

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0847847003746 · Blue Moose of Boulder · Dairies. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0847847003746 · Serving size 2 Tbsp (28 g)

The verdict

Montamore Cheese & Roasted Red Pepper Spread by Blue Moose of Boulder scores 100/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 22 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 0 ingredients are flagged for caution. The 22-component label is layered, beginning with Montamore Cheese, Pasteurized Milk, Cheese Cultures. 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.

100/100
Safe safety score
0
None flagged · of 22 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.

47003746 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Montamore Cheese & Roasted Red Pepper Spread label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 100/100 FLAG-CLEAN 0 flagged LEN-LAYERED 22 ing. REG-SPARSE 9% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-D Nutri-D RANK-SHORT Len top 6% LEAD-FLAG Corn Syrup PHOTO-FINISH Basil Pesto · ±0 BOOK-OFF …003746 · July 2026

2 of 22 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Corn Syrup). Source sheet 47003746 · 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: Basil Pesto · Nearest score peer is Basil Pesto 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.

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. Montamore Cheese & Roasted Red Pepper Spread: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Montamore Cheese & Roaste…100/1002. Basil Pesto: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Basil Pesto100/1003. Southwest Pimento Cheese Spread: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Southwest Pimento Cheese …100/1004. Green chile cheddar dip: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Green chile cheddar dip100/1005. Medium Salsa: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Medium Salsa100/100
High-band neighbours for Montamore Cheese & Roasted Red Pepper Spread (100/100) outside Blue Moose of Boulder.
Chart values as text

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

Montamore Cheese & Roasted Red Pepper Spread
100/100
Basil Pesto
100/100
Southwest Pimento Cheese Spread
100/100
Green chile cheddar dip
100/100
Medium Salsa
100/100

How It Compares to Its Category

Among the 23,001 products we've scored in the Dairies category, the average safety score is 97.8/100. Montamore Cheese & Roasted Red Pepper Spread scores 2.2 points above that category average (100/100 vs. 97.8/100), 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 Dairies products

Montamore Cheese & Roasted Red Pepper Spread lists 22 ingredients on its label

22 94th percentile a longer ingredient list than 94% of the 21,438 products we track

0–2: 120 products (1%). Below this entry. 2–4: 2,805 products (13%). Below this entry. 4–6: 4,714 products (22%). Below this entry. 6–8: 2,694 products (13%). Below this entry. 8–10: 1,996 products (9%). Below this entry. 10–12: 1,884 products (9%). Below this entry. 12–14: 1,734 products (8%). Below this entry. 14–16: 1,639 products (8%). Below this entry. 16–18: 1,261 products (6%). Below this entry. 18–20: 841 products (4%). Below this entry. 20–22: 481 products (2%). Below this entry. 22–24: 303 products (1%). This entry sits in this band. 24–26: 228 products (1%). Above this entry. 26–28: 151 products (1%). Above this entry. 28–30: 122 products (1%). Above this entry. 30–32: 115 products (1%). Above this entry. 32–34: 81 products (0%). Above this entry. 34–36: 57 products (0%). Above this entry. 36–38: 45 products (0%). Above this entry. 38–40: 33 products (0%). Above this entry. 40–42: 134 products (1%). Above this entry. This product 0 42 every published Dairies 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

21,438 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 22 (94th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
120 products (1%)
2–4
2,805 products (13%)
4–6
4,714 products (22%)
6–8
2,694 products (13%)
8–10
1,996 products (9%)
10–12
1,884 products (9%)
12–14
1,734 products (8%)
14–16
1,639 products (8%)
16–18
1,261 products (6%)
18–20
841 products (4%)
20–22
481 products (2%)
22–24
303 products (1%)
24–26
228 products (1%)
26–28
151 products (1%)
28–30
122 products (1%)
30–32
115 products (1%)
32–34
81 products (0%)
34–36
57 products (0%)
36–38
45 products (0%)
38–40
33 products (0%)
40 and above
134 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 21,438 Dairies products we publish with a parsed label, not against the whole catalogue, because list length varies far more between categories than within one.

Full Ingredient List

Montamore cheese (pasteurized milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), cream cheese (pasteurized milk and cream, cheese cultures, salt, carob bean and/or xanthan and/or guar gums), mayonnaise (soybean oil, water, corn syrup, egg yolk, distilled and cider vinegar, salt, spice), artichoke heart (artichoke, salt), roasted red pepper (pepper, salt), garlic puree.

Other products containing Artichoke Heart

Artichoke Heart is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 4 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.

Categories

Dairies Fermented foods Fermented milk products Cheeses

High-score cross-brand comparables for Montamore Cheese & Roasted Red Pepper Spread

Neighbours outside Blue Moose of Boulder with screening scores in the same high band as Montamore Cheese & Roasted Red Pepper Spread (100/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Blue Moose of Boulder; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Corn Syrup is the first flagged ingredient selected from Montamore Cheese & Roasted Red Pepper Spread'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 Corn Syrup. Open Corn Syrup
  • Compare Montamore Cheese & Roasted Red Pepper Spread'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 0847847003746: 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.