Caution

Carmelized Onion and Bacon Dip

by Taste of South

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0850010222776 · Taste of South. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0850010222776

The verdict

Carmelized Onion and Bacon Dip by Taste of South scores 85/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 51 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 51-component record, beginning with Dried Cream Cheese, Pasteurized Milk And Cream, Cheese Culture. 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 51 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
0850010222776
Barcode (UPC/EAN)

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

N/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.

10222776 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Carmelized Onion and Bacon Dip label screening desk

SCORE-CAUT 85/100 FLAG-ONE 1 flagged LEN-DENSE 51 ing. REG-SPARSE 18% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-UNK Nutri n/a RANK-SHORT Len top 3% LEAD-FLAG Sodium Nitrite PHOTO-FINISH Bacon Wrapped Jalapeño · ±0 BOOK-OFF …222776 · July 2026

9 of 51 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Sodium Nitrite). Source sheet 10222776 · 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: Bacon Wrapped Jalapeño Popper Dip · Nearest score peer is Bacon Wrapped Jalapeño Popper Dip 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.

No Nutri-Score grade is present for this record in the OpenFoodFacts snapshot this page is built from. The nutritional dimension is absent rather than assessed and withheld: the grade depends on a complete declared nutrition panel, and community-contributed records vary in how much of that panel they carry. Nothing about the missing grade implies anything either way about the panel itself. The screen below covers additive ratings only and does not depend on the nutrition figures.

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. Carmelized Onion and Bacon Dip: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Carmelized Onion and Baco…85/1002. Bacon Wrapped Jalapeño Popper Dip: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Bacon Wrapped Jalapeño Po…85/1003. Hydrate & Recover Blue Raspberry: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Hydrate & Recover Blue Ra…85/1004. presto (w) 30g: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. presto (w) 30g85/1005. 100% Whey Protein Powder: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. 100% Whey Protein Powder85/100
High-band neighbours for Carmelized Onion and Bacon Dip (85/100) outside Taste of South.
Chart values as text

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

Carmelized Onion and Bacon Dip
85/100
Bacon Wrapped Jalapeño Popper Dip
85/100
Hydrate & Recover Blue Raspberry
85/100
presto (w) 30g
85/100
100% Whey Protein Powder
85/100

Ingredient-list length vs every product we publish

Carmelized Onion and Bacon Dip lists 51 ingredients on its label

51 97th percentile a longer ingredient list than 97% of the 359,392 products we track

0–2: 6,050 products (2%). Below this entry. 2–4: 24,522 products (7%). Below this entry. 4–6: 31,054 products (9%). Below this entry. 6–8: 30,981 products (9%). Below this entry. 8–10: 31,618 products (9%). Below this entry. 10–12: 29,943 products (8%). Below this entry. 12–14: 28,403 products (8%). Below this entry. 14–16: 27,417 products (8%). Below this entry. 16–18: 24,508 products (7%). Below this entry. 18–20: 19,062 products (5%). Below this entry. 20–22: 14,679 products (4%). Below this entry. 22–24: 12,238 products (3%). Below this entry. 24–26: 10,830 products (3%). Below this entry. 26–28: 9,344 products (3%). Below this entry. 28–30: 7,955 products (2%). Below this entry. 30–32: 6,753 products (2%). Below this entry. 32–34: 5,918 products (2%). Below this entry. 34–36: 5,282 products (1%). Below this entry. 36–38: 4,531 products (1%). Below this entry. 38–40: 4,063 products (1%). Below this entry. 40–42: 24,241 products (7%). This entry sits in this band. This product 0 42 every published product, bucketed by value

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Distribution as text

359,392 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 51 (97th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
6,050 products (2%)
2–4
24,522 products (7%)
4–6
31,054 products (9%)
6–8
30,981 products (9%)
8–10
31,618 products (9%)
10–12
29,943 products (8%)
12–14
28,403 products (8%)
14–16
27,417 products (8%)
16–18
24,508 products (7%)
18–20
19,062 products (5%)
20–22
14,679 products (4%)
22–24
12,238 products (3%)
24–26
10,830 products (3%)
26–28
9,344 products (3%)
28–30
7,955 products (2%)
30–32
6,753 products (2%)
32–34
5,918 products (2%)
34–36
5,282 products (1%)
36–38
4,531 products (1%)
38–40
4,063 products (1%)
40 and above
24,241 products (7%)

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. No category with enough published products was available for this record, so the comparison runs against the whole published catalogue.

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 51 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Dried Cream Cheese
2
Pasteurized Milk And Cream
3
Cheese Culture
4
Salt Guar Gum
5
Carob Bean Gum
6
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
7
Sour Cream
8
Mayonnaise
9
Soybean Oil
10
Corn Syrup
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, HUMECTANT, LEAVENING AGENT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, TEXTURIZER
Cut Back GRAS
11
Water
12
Whole Eggs And Egg Yolks
13
Distilled Vinegar
14
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
15
Spice
16
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
17
The Lemon Juice Concentrate
18
Calcium Disodium Edta Added To Protect Flavor
19
Natural Flavors
20
Caramelized Onion Mix
21
Yellow Onion
22
Canola Oil
23
Butter
24
Cream
25
Milk Salt
26
Spices
27
Asiago Cheese
28
Cultured Pasteurized Milk
29
Enzymes
30
Cellulose
Emulsifier
Safe
31
Applewood Smoked Bacon Pieces
32
Sugar Sodium Erythorbate
33
Sodium Ascorbate
ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DOUGH STRENGTHENER, FLOUR TREATING AGENT, LEAVENING AGENT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, OXIDIZING OR REDUCING AGENT, PROCESSING AID, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT
GRAS
34
Sodium Nitrite
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PROPELLANT
Avoid Prior Sanctioned
35
Sodium Phosphate
36
Parmesan Cheese
37
Cultured Pasteurized Milk Salt
38
Sodium Benzoate
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FUMIGANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT
Certain People Should Avoid GRAS
39
Preservative
40
Potassium Sorbate
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT
Safe GRAS
41
Onion
42
Light Brown Sugar
43
Chives
44
Garlic Powder
45
Milk
46
Egg
47
Discoverfresh Foods
48
Easley
49
South Carolina 29642 Visit Www
50
Tasteofthesouthdips
51
Com/be For More Food Information Wa And Finds

Full Ingredient List

ingredits: cream cheese (pasteurized milk and cream, cheese culture, salt guar gum, carob bean gum, xanthan gum), sour cream, mayonnaise (soybean oil, corn syrup, water, whole eggs and egg yolks, distilled vinegar, salt, spice, sugar, the lemon juice concentrate, calcium disodium edta added to protect flavor, natural flavors), caramelized onion mix (yellow onion, canola oil, butter [cream, milk salt, spices), asiago cheese (cultured pasteurized milk, salt, enzymes, powdered cellulose), applewood smoked bacon pieces (bacon cured with: water, salt, sugar sodium erythorbate and/or sodium ascorbate, sodium nitrite, may contain natural smoke flavoring, sodium phosphate), parmesan cheese (cultured pasteurized milk salt, enzymes, powdered cellulose), contains 2% or less of: sodium benzoate (preservative), potassium sorbate (preservative), dehydrated onion, light brown sugar, salt, dried chives, garlic powder, spices, contains milk, egg, manufactured by: discoverfresh foods, easley, south carolina 29642 visit www,tasteofthesouthdips,com/be for more food information wa and finds

High-score cross-brand comparables for Carmelized Onion and Bacon Dip

Neighbours outside Taste of South with screening scores in the same high band as Carmelized Onion and Bacon Dip (85/100 here). The 2 same-brand links above stay within Taste of South; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Sodium Nitrite is the first flagged ingredient selected from Carmelized Onion and Bacon Dip's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 51-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Sodium Nitrite. Open Sodium Nitrite
  • Compare Carmelized Onion and Bacon Dip'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 0850010222776: 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.