Safe

Pawleys island, palmetto cheese, bacon

by Wisconsin Cheese

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0896040001035 · Wisconsin Cheese · Dairies. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0896040001035 · Serving size 2 Tbsp (30 g)

The verdict

Pawleys island, palmetto cheese, bacon by Wisconsin Cheese scores 100/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 40 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 40-component record, beginning with Sharp Cheddar Cheese, Cultured Pasteurized Milk, Salt. 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 40 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.

40001035 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Pawleys island, palmetto cheese, bacon label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 100/100 FLAG-CLEAN 0 flagged LEN-DENSE 40 ing. REG-SPARSE 20% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-D Nutri-D RANK-SHORT Len top 1% LEAD-RARE Natamycin PHOTO-FINISH Palmetto Cheese · ±0 BOOK-OFF …001035 · July 2026

8 of 40 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Natamycin). Source sheet 40001035 · 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: Palmetto Cheese · Nearest score peer is Palmetto Cheese 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.

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. Pawleys island, palmetto cheese, bacon: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Pawleys island, palmetto …100/1002. Palmetto Cheese: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Palmetto Cheese100/1003. Palmetto original gourmet pimento cheese: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Palmetto original gourmet…100/1004. Original palmetto cheese: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Original palmetto cheese100/1005. Cheese Spread: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Cheese Spread100/100
High-band neighbours for Pawleys island, palmetto cheese, bacon (100/100) outside Wisconsin Cheese.
Chart values as text

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

Pawleys island, palmetto cheese, bacon
100/100
Palmetto Cheese
100/100
Palmetto original gourmet pimento cheese
100/100
Original palmetto cheese
100/100
Cheese Spread
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. Pawleys island, palmetto cheese, bacon 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

Pawleys island, palmetto cheese, bacon lists 40 ingredients on its label

40 99th percentile a longer ingredient list than 99% 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%). Below this entry. 24–26: 228 products (1%). Below this entry. 26–28: 151 products (1%). Below this entry. 28–30: 122 products (1%). Below this entry. 30–32: 115 products (1%). Below this entry. 32–34: 81 products (0%). Below this entry. 34–36: 57 products (0%). Below this entry. 36–38: 45 products (0%). Below this entry. 38–40: 33 products (0%). Below this entry. 40–42: 134 products (1%). This entry sits in this band. 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: 40 (99th 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.

Ingredient Safety Analysis

1
Sharp Cheddar Cheese
2
Cultured Pasteurized Milk
3
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
4
Enzymes Annatto Color
5
Anticake
6
Potato Starch
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
7
Corn Starch
8
Cellulose
Emulsifier
Safe
9
Natamycin
FUMIGANT
Safe Approved
10
Natural Mold Inhibitor
11
Mayonnaise
12
Soybean Oil
13
Water
14
Whole Eggs And Egg Yolks
15
Dried Vinegar
16
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
17
Lemon Juice Natural Flavors
18
Calcium Disodium Edta
19
Used To Protect Quality
20
Dried Cream Cheese
21
Pasteurized Milk And Cream
22
Cheese Culture
23
Stabilizers
24
Carob Bean
25
Xanthan
26
Guar Gums
27
Real Bacon Bits With Smoke Flavorings Added
28
Sodium Phosphates
29
Sodium Erythorbate
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DOUGH STRENGTHENER, FLOUR TREATING AGENT, OXIDIZING OR REDUCING AGENT, PROCESSING AID, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT
Safe GRAS
30
Sodium Nitrite. May Contain Sugar
31
Brown Sugar
32
Smoke Flavorings
33
Pimentos
34
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
35
Onion
36
Novagard
37
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
38
Cultured Dextrose Sodium Diacetate
39
Egg White Lysozyme And Nisin Preparation
40
Spices

Full Ingredient List

Sharp cheddar cheese (cultured pasteurized milk, salt, enzymes annatto color, anticake, (potato starch, corn starch, powdered cellulose), natamycin (a natural mold inhibitor)), mayonnaise (soybean oil, water, whole eggs and egg yolks, vinegar, salt, sugar, lemon juice natural flavors, calcium disodium edta (used to protect quality), cream cheese (pasteurized milk and cream, cheese culture, salt, stabilizers (carob bean and/or xanthan and/or guar gums)), real bacon bits with smoke flavorings added (cured with: water, salt, sodium phosphates, sodium erythorbate, sodium nitrite. may contain sugar, brown sugar, and/or smoke flavorings), pimentos (pimentos, water, citric acid), onion, novagard (maltodextrin, cultured dextrose sodium diacetate, salt, egg white lysozyme and nisin preparation), spices.

Categories

Dairies Fermented foods Fermented milk products Cheeses

High-score cross-brand comparables for Pawleys island, palmetto cheese, bacon

Neighbours outside Wisconsin Cheese with screening scores in the same high band as Pawleys island, palmetto cheese, bacon (100/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Wisconsin Cheese; these peers cross brands.

Read the longer label in layers

Read the longer label in layers

Pawleys island, palmetto cheese, bacon has a longer ingredient list than 99% of its Dairies 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 0896040001035: 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.