Concern

Cheddar Jalapeño Flavored Sunflower Seeds

by Smackin’

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0850047865984 · Smackin’ · Plant-based foods and beverages. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0850047865984

The verdict

Cheddar Jalapeño Flavored Sunflower Seeds by Smackin’ scores 50/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 29 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 2 ingredients are flagged for caution. The 29-component label is layered, beginning with Sunflower Seeds, Salt, Maltodextrin. 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 29 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
0850047865984
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

37/100

Grade F

Ingredient Safety

50/100

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.

47865984 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Cheddar Jalapeño Flavored Sunflower Seeds label screening desk

SCORE-CONC 50/100 FLAG-FEW 2 flagged LEN-LAYERED 29 ing. REG-PART 38% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-UNK Nutri n/a RANK-SHORT Len top 10% LEAD-FLAG Yellow 6 PHOTO-FINISH Mango Popping Boba · ±0 BOOK-OFF …865984 · July 2026

11 of 29 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Yellow 6). Source sheet 47865984 · 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: Mango Popping Boba · Nearest score peer is Mango Popping Boba 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.

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.

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. Cheddar Jalapeño Flavored Sunflower Seeds: 50/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Cheddar Jalapeño Flavored…50/1002. Mango Popping Boba: 50/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Mango Popping Boba50/1003. Twister Orange Strawberry Banana Burst: 50/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Twister Orange Strawberry…50/1004. Coconut Milk Drink: 50/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Coconut Milk Drink50/1005. Fruit Roll-Up: 50/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Fruit Roll-Up50/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for Cheddar Jalapeño Flavored Sunflower Seeds (50/100 on 29 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

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

Cheddar Jalapeño Flavored Sunflower Seeds
50/100
Mango Popping Boba
50/100
Twister Orange Strawberry Banana Burst
50/100
Coconut Milk Drink
50/100
Fruit Roll-Up
50/100

How It Compares to Its Category

Among the 78,450 products we've scored in the Plant-based foods and beverages category, the average safety score is 97.7/100. Cheddar Jalapeño Flavored Sunflower Seeds scores 47.7 points below that category average (50/100 vs. 97.7/100), 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 Plant-based foods and beverages products

Cheddar Jalapeño Flavored Sunflower Seeds lists 29 ingredients on its label

29 90th percentile a longer ingredient list than 90% of the 63,434 products we track

0–2: 3,907 products (6%). Below this entry. 2–4: 7,921 products (12%). Below this entry. 4–6: 8,845 products (14%). Below this entry. 6–8: 7,032 products (11%). Below this entry. 8–10: 6,320 products (10%). Below this entry. 10–12: 4,190 products (7%). Below this entry. 12–14: 3,449 products (5%). Below this entry. 14–16: 3,051 products (5%). Below this entry. 16–18: 2,493 products (4%). Below this entry. 18–20: 2,053 products (3%). Below this entry. 20–22: 1,808 products (3%). Below this entry. 22–24: 1,758 products (3%). Below this entry. 24–26: 1,623 products (3%). Below this entry. 26–28: 1,606 products (3%). Below this entry. 28–30: 1,360 products (2%). This entry sits in this band. 30–32: 1,198 products (2%). Above this entry. 32–34: 1,081 products (2%). Above this entry. 34–36: 901 products (1%). Above this entry. 36–38: 649 products (1%). Above this entry. 38–40: 534 products (1%). Above this entry. 40–42: 1,655 products (3%). Above this entry. This product 0 42 every published Plant-based foods and beverages 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

63,434 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 29 (90th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
3,907 products (6%)
2–4
7,921 products (12%)
4–6
8,845 products (14%)
6–8
7,032 products (11%)
8–10
6,320 products (10%)
10–12
4,190 products (7%)
12–14
3,449 products (5%)
14–16
3,051 products (5%)
16–18
2,493 products (4%)
18–20
2,053 products (3%)
20–22
1,808 products (3%)
22–24
1,758 products (3%)
24–26
1,623 products (3%)
26–28
1,606 products (3%)
28–30
1,360 products (2%)
30–32
1,198 products (2%)
32–34
1,081 products (2%)
34–36
901 products (1%)
36–38
649 products (1%)
38–40
534 products (1%)
40 and above
1,655 products (3%)

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 63,434 Plant-based foods and beverages 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 29 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Sunflower Seeds
2
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
3
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
4
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
5
Buttermilk
6
Cheddar & Blue Cheese
7
Pasteurized Milk
8
Annatto
Coloring
Certain People Should Avoid
9
Cheese Cultures
10
Enzymes
11
Torula yeast
Flavoring
Safe
12
Msg
13
Onion Powder
14
Dried Jalapeño Pepper
15
Butter
16
Cream
17
Dehydrated Parsley
18
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
19
Whey Protein Concentrate
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
20
Garlic Powder
21
Natural And Artificial Flavors
22
Spice Extractives
23
Corn Starch
24
Yellow 6
Avoid Approved (certified color)
25
Disodium Inosinate And Disodium Guanylate
26
Paprika Extract
27
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
28
Yellow 5
Avoid Approved (certified color)
29
Lactic Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, CURING OR PICKLING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
Safe GRAS

Full Ingredient List

Sunflower Seeds, Salt, Maltodextrin, Whey, Buttermilk, Cheddar & Blue Cheese (Pasteurized Milk, Salt, Annatto, Cheese Cultures, Enzymes), Torula Yeast, Monosodium Glutamate, Onion Powder, Jalapeño Pepper, Butter (Cream, Salt), Parsley, Sugar, Whey Protein Concentrate, Garlic Powder, Natural And Artificial Flavors, Spice Extractives, Corn Starch, Yellow 6, Disodium Inosinate And Disodium Guanylate, Paprika Extract, Citric Acid, Yellow 5, Lactic Acid

Categories

Plant-based foods and beverages Plant-based foods Seeds Sunflower seeds and their products Sunflower seeds

Mid-score cross-brand comparables for Cheddar Jalapeño Flavored Sunflower Seeds

Neighbours outside Smackin’ near Cheddar Jalapeño Flavored Sunflower Seeds's mid-band score (50/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Smackin’; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Yellow 6 is the first flagged ingredient selected from Cheddar Jalapeño Flavored Sunflower Seeds's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 29-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Yellow 6. Open Yellow 6
  • Compare Cheddar Jalapeño Flavored Sunflower Seeds'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 0850047865984: 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.