Concern

Battered Cauliflower With Cheese 4756

by Riverside Foods

Open Food Facts label for barcode 10035038047564 · Riverside Foods · Plant-based foods and beverages. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 10035038047564 · Serving size 6-8 pcs (100 g)

The verdict

Battered Cauliflower With Cheese 4756 by Riverside Foods scores 50/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 36 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 2 ingredients are flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 36-component record, beginning with Cauliflower Florets. Battered With Water, Bleached Wheat Flour, Corn Starch. 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.

50/100
Concern safety score
2
Few flagged · of 36 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
C
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

43/100

Grade D

Ingredient Safety

50/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

C

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.

38047564 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Battered Cauliflower With Cheese 4756 label screening desk

SCORE-CONC 50/100 FLAG-FEW 2 flagged LEN-DENSE 36 ing. REG-SPARSE 28% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-C Nutri-C RANK-SHORT Len top 4% LEAD-FLAG Yellow 5 PHOTO-FINISH Red Bird, Soft · ±0 BOOK-OFF …047564 · July 2026

10 of 36 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Yellow 5). Source sheet 38047564 · 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: Red Bird, Soft Peppermint Puffs Candy, Original · Nearest score peer is Red Bird, Soft Peppermint Puffs Candy, Original 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.

Nutri-Score settled on its middle grade here, the band the algorithm produces when the penalty and credit sides of its nutrient ledger come out close to balanced. A mid-scale grade is a statement about the panel as a whole rather than about any single nutrient, and products arrive at it by very different routes: a moderate profile across every term, or high marks on some offset by heavy penalties on others. The grade is computed separately from the ingredient screen below and the two are not comparable measures.

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. Battered Cauliflower With Cheese 4756: 50/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Battered Cauliflower With…50/1002. Red Bird, Soft Peppermint Puffs Candy, Original: 50/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Red Bird, Soft Peppermint…50/1003. Peppermint Candy Puffs: 50/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Peppermint Candy Puffs50/1004. Peppermint Candy Puffs: 50/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Peppermint Candy Puffs50/1005. The Original Soft Peppermint Puffs: 50/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. The Original Soft Pepperm…50/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for Battered Cauliflower With Cheese 4756 (50/100 on 36 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

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

Battered Cauliflower With Cheese 4756
50/100
Red Bird, Soft Peppermint Puffs Candy, Original
50/100
Peppermint Candy Puffs
50/100
Peppermint Candy Puffs
50/100
The Original Soft Peppermint Puffs
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. Battered Cauliflower With Cheese 4756 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

Battered Cauliflower With Cheese 4756 lists 36 ingredients on its label

36 96th percentile a longer ingredient list than 96% 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%). Below this entry. 30–32: 1,198 products (2%). Below this entry. 32–34: 1,081 products (2%). Below this entry. 34–36: 901 products (1%). Below this entry. 36–38: 649 products (1%). This entry sits in this band. 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

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Distribution as text

63,434 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 36 (96th 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 36 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Cauliflower Florets. Battered With Water
2
Bleached Wheat Flour
3
Corn Starch
4
Yellow Corn Flour
5
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
6
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
7
Soy Flour
8
Dextrose
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, HUMECTANT, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
Cut Back GRAS
9
Leavening
10
Sodium Bicarbonate
EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, LEAVENING AGENT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, PROCESSING AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
GRAS
11
Sodium Aluminum Phosphate
12
Mono And Diglycerides
13
Spice
14
Yellow 5
Avoid Approved (certified color)
15
Natural Flavor
16
Red 40
Avoid Approved (certified color)
17
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
18
And Blue 1. Breaded With Bleached Wheat Flour
19
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
20
Canola Oil
21
Cheddar Cheese
22
Pasteurized Milk
23
Cheese Cultures
24
Enzymes
25
Disodium Phosphate
26
Yellow 5 And Yellow 6
27
Battered With Water
28
Food Starch-modified
29
Rice Flour
30
Tapioca Dextrin
31
Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DOUGH STRENGTHENER, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FLOUR TREATING AGENT, FORMULATION AID, LEAVENING AGENT, OXIDIZING OR REDUCING AGENT, SEQUESTRANT
GRAS
32
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
33
And Spice Extract. Par-fried With Clear Liquid Frying Shortening
34
Fully Refined Soybean Oil. Dimethylpolysiloxane
35
Anti-foam Agent
36
Added. With Tbhq Anti-oxidant Added To Preserve Freshness

Full Ingredient List

Cauliflower Florets. Battered With Water, Bleached Wheat Flour, Modified Corn Starch, Yellow Corn Flour, Salt, Sugar, Soy Flour, Dextrose, Leavening (Sodium Bicarbonate, Sodium Aluminum Phosphate), Mono And Diglycerides, Spice, Yellow 5, Natural Flavor, Red 40, Dried Whey, And Blue 1. Breaded With Bleached Wheat Flour, Salt, Whey, Canola Oil, Cheddar Cheese (Pasteurized Milk, Cheese Cultures, Salt, Enzymes), Whey, Salt, Disodium Phosphate, Yellow 5 And Yellow 6). Battered With Water, Food Starch-Modified, Rice Flour, Tapioca Dextrin, Leavening (Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate, Sodium Bicarbonate), Xanthan Gum, Salt, And Spice Extract. Par-Fried With Clear Liquid Frying Shortening (Fully Refined Soybean Oil. Dimethylpolysiloxane, An Anti-Foam Agent, Added. With Tbhq Anti-Oxidant Added To Preserve Freshness.)

Categories

Plant-based foods and beverages Plant-based foods Prepared vegetables

Mid-score cross-brand comparables for Battered Cauliflower With Cheese 4756

Neighbours outside Riverside Foods near Battered Cauliflower With Cheese 4756's mid-band score (50/100). The 4 same-brand links above stay within Riverside Foods; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Yellow 5 is the first flagged ingredient selected from Battered Cauliflower With Cheese 4756's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 36-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Yellow 5. Open Yellow 5
  • Compare Battered Cauliflower With Cheese 4756'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 10035038047564: 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.