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Dot’s Homestyle Pretzels

by Dot's pretzels

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0855712008123 · Dot's pretzels · Snacks. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0855712008123 · Serving size 1 serving (28 g)

The verdict

Dot’s Homestyle Pretzels by Dot's pretzels scores 100/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 34 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 0 ingredients are flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 34-component record, beginning with Enhed Wheat Flour, Wheat Floni, Niacin. 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.

100/100
Safe safety score
0
None flagged · of 34 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
0855712008123
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

70/100

Grade B

Ingredient Safety

100/100

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.

12008123 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Dot’s Homestyle Pretzels label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 100/100 FLAG-CLEAN 0 flagged LEN-DENSE 34 ing. REG-SPARSE 24% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-UNK Nutri n/a RANK-SHORT Len top 15% LEAD-RARE Calcium Stearate PHOTO-FINISH Dot's Homestyle Pretzels · ±0 BOOK-OFF …008123 · July 2026

8 of 34 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Calcium Stearate). Source sheet 12008123 · 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: Dot's Homestyle Pretzels Original Seasoned Pretzel Twists · Nearest score peer is Dot's Homestyle Pretzels Original Seasoned Pretzel Twists 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.

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. Dot’s Homestyle Pretzels: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Dot’s Homestyle Pretzels100/1002. Dot's Homestyle Pretzels Original Seasoned Pretzel Twists: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Dot's Homestyle Pretzels …100/1003. Dot’s Homestyle pretzels (southwestern): 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Dot’s Homestyle pretzels …100/1004. Seasoned Pretzel Twists: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Seasoned Pretzel Twists100/1005. Original Seasoned Pretzel Twists: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Original Seasoned Pretzel…100/100
High-band neighbours for Dot’s Homestyle Pretzels (100/100) outside Dot's pretzels.
Chart values as text

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

Dot’s Homestyle Pretzels
100/100
Dot's Homestyle Pretzels Original Seasoned Pretzel Twists
100/100
Dot’s Homestyle pretzels (southwestern)
100/100
Seasoned Pretzel Twists
100/100
Original Seasoned Pretzel Twists
100/100

How It Compares to Its Category

Among the 88,006 products we've scored in the Snacks category, the average safety score is 86.1/100. Dot’s Homestyle Pretzels scores 13.9 points above that category average (100/100 vs. 86.1/100), so it is a comparatively strong pick for shoppers screening within that category specifically, rather than against the product catalog as a whole.

Ingredient-list length vs other Snacks products

Dot’s Homestyle Pretzels lists 34 ingredients on its label

34 85th percentile a longer ingredient list than 85% of the 81,477 products we track

0–2: 275 products (0%). Below this entry. 2–4: 2,901 products (4%). Below this entry. 4–6: 4,248 products (5%). Below this entry. 6–8: 5,408 products (7%). Below this entry. 8–10: 5,486 products (7%). Below this entry. 10–12: 5,840 products (7%). Below this entry. 12–14: 6,252 products (8%). Below this entry. 14–16: 6,724 products (8%). Below this entry. 16–18: 6,221 products (8%). Below this entry. 18–20: 5,168 products (6%). Below this entry. 20–22: 4,508 products (6%). Below this entry. 22–24: 3,809 products (5%). Below this entry. 24–26: 3,567 products (4%). Below this entry. 26–28: 2,829 products (3%). Below this entry. 28–30: 2,282 products (3%). Below this entry. 30–32: 1,905 products (2%). Below this entry. 32–34: 1,715 products (2%). Below this entry. 34–36: 1,572 products (2%). This entry sits in this band. 36–38: 1,417 products (2%). Above this entry. 38–40: 1,284 products (2%). Above this entry. 40–42: 8,066 products (10%). Above this entry. This product 0 42 every published Snacks 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

81,477 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 34 (85th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
275 products (0%)
2–4
2,901 products (4%)
4–6
4,248 products (5%)
6–8
5,408 products (7%)
8–10
5,486 products (7%)
10–12
5,840 products (7%)
12–14
6,252 products (8%)
14–16
6,724 products (8%)
16–18
6,221 products (8%)
18–20
5,168 products (6%)
20–22
4,508 products (6%)
22–24
3,809 products (5%)
24–26
3,567 products (4%)
26–28
2,829 products (3%)
28–30
2,282 products (3%)
30–32
1,905 products (2%)
32–34
1,715 products (2%)
34–36
1,572 products (2%)
36–38
1,417 products (2%)
38–40
1,284 products (2%)
40 and above
8,066 products (10%)

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 81,477 Snacks 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

1
Enhed Wheat Flour
2
Wheat Floni
3
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
4
Reuticad Iron
5
Thiamin Monont Trate Riboftavin
6
Folie Acid
7
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
8
Vegetable Oil
9
Com Artificial Butter Flavor
10
Com Syrup
11
Yeast
12
Flavoring
13
Malto - Dextrin
14
Buttermilk
15
Garlic
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
16
Msg
17
Spices
18
Onion
19
Lactic Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, CURING OR PICKLING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
Safe GRAS
20
Calcium Lactate
DOUGH STRENGTHENER, FIRMING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, LEAVENING AGENT, MALTING OR FERMENTING AID, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
21
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
22
Calcium Stearate
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
23
Artificial Flavor
24
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
25
Carboxymethylcellulose Gum
26
Guar Gum
27
Natural Flavor
28
Canola
29
Soybean
30
Wheat
31
Milk Made In A Facility That May Use Peanuts
32
Dot's Pretzels Velva
33
Dotspretzels
34
Com

Full Ingredient List

enhed wheat flour (wheat floni, niacin, reuticad iron, thiamin monont trate riboftavin, folie acid), salt, vegetable oil (may contain one or imore of the following: com artificial butter flavor, com syrup, yeast, flavoring (malto - dextrin, buttermilk, salt, dried garlic, monosodium glutamate, spices, dried onion, lactic acid, calcium lactate, citric acid, contains less than 1% of the following: calcium stearate, artificial flavor , xanthan gum, carboxymethylcellulose gum, guar gum, natural flavor), canola, soybean), contains: wheat, milk made in a facility that may use peanuts, 96 manufactured by: dot's pretzels velva, nd 58790 find us at: dotspretzels,com

Categories

Snacks Salty snacks Appetizers Biscuits and crackers Crackers (Appetizers) Puffed salty snacks Puffed salty snacks made from maize

High-score cross-brand comparables for Dot’s Homestyle Pretzels

Neighbours outside Dot's pretzels with screening scores in the same high band as Dot’s Homestyle Pretzels (100/100 here). The 2 same-brand links above stay within Dot's pretzels; these peers cross brands.

Read the longer label in layers

Read the longer label in layers

Dot’s Homestyle Pretzels has a longer ingredient list than 85% of its Snacks category comparison set. Use the ingredient table before relying on its single screening score.

This page describes published ingredient-list and source coverage. It is not dietary or medical advice.

Barcode 0855712008123: 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.