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Hearty Cheddar Beer Soup Mix

by Market Classics

Open Food Facts label for barcode 24960786 · Market Classics. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 24960786 · Serving size 26 g (0.25 cup)

The verdict

Hearty Cheddar Beer Soup Mix by Market Classics scores 95/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 40 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 40-component record, beginning with Cheddar Soup Base, Corn Syrup Solids, Cheddar Cheese. 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.

95/100
Safe safety score
1
One flagged · of 40 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
24960786
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

67/100

Grade B-

Ingredient Safety

95/100

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.

24960786 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Hearty Cheddar Beer Soup Mix label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 95/100 FLAG-ONE 1 flagged LEN-DENSE 40 ing. REG-SPARSE 28% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-UNK Nutri n/a RANK-SHORT Len top 7% LEAD-FLAG Caramel Coloring PHOTO-FINISH Salsa fusion, salsa, · ±0 BOOK-OFF …960786 · July 2026

11 of 40 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Caramel Coloring). Source sheet 24960786 · 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: Salsa fusion, salsa, bbq · Nearest score peer is Salsa fusion, salsa, bbq 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.

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. Hearty Cheddar Beer Soup Mix: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Hearty Cheddar Beer Soup …95/1002. Salsa fusion, salsa, bbq: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Salsa fusion, salsa, bbq95/1003. Rolled wafers: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Rolled wafers95/1004. My Favorite..., Waffle Mix, Bacon & Cheddar: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. My Favorite..., Waffle Mi…95/1005. World market, coffee soda: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. World market, coffee soda95/100
High-band neighbours for Hearty Cheddar Beer Soup Mix (95/100) outside Market Classics.
Chart values as text

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

Hearty Cheddar Beer Soup Mix
95/100
Salsa fusion, salsa, bbq
95/100
Rolled wafers
95/100
My Favorite..., Waffle Mix, Bacon & Cheddar
95/100
World market, coffee soda
95/100

Ingredient-list length vs every product we publish

Hearty Cheddar Beer Soup Mix lists 40 ingredients on its label

40 93rd percentile a longer ingredient list than 93% 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

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

359,392 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 40 (93rd 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 95/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (1 flagged of 40 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Cheddar Soup Base
2
Corn Syrup Solids
3
Cheddar Cheese
4
Pasturized Milk
5
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
6
Cheese Culture
7
Enzymes
8
Buttermilk
9
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
10
Cornstarch
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, NON-NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
11
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
12
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
13
Wheat Flour
14
Onion
15
Garlic
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
16
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
17
Spices
18
Dehydrated Parsley
19
Extractives Of Turmeric And Paprika
20
M Akk-purpose Flour
21
Carrots
22
Soup Base
23
Sea salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
24
Dried Cane Syrup
25
Chicken Broth
26
Celery Seed
27
Chicken Fat
28
Flavoring
29
Turmeric
30
Natural Flavor
31
Celery
32
Onion Powder
33
Worcestershire Sauce
34
Distilled Vinegar
35
Molasses
36
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
37
Caramel Coloring
Coloring
Avoid Approved (color additive, GRAS)
38
Spices Tamarind
39
Silicon Dioxide
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT
Safe GRAS
40
Garlic Powder

Full Ingredient List

Cheddar soup base (corn syrup solids, cheddar cheese [pasturized milk, salt, cheese culture, enzymes, buttermilk, whey], cornstarch, maltodextrin, salt, whey, sugar, wheat flour, onion, garlic, citric acid, spices, parsley, extractives of turmeric and paprika)m akk-purpose flour, carrots, soup base (sea salt, dried cane syrup, maltodextrin, onion, whey, garlic, chicken broth, celery seed, chicken fat [chicken fat, natural flavoring], turmeric, spices, natural flavor, parsley), onion, celery, onion powder, worcestershire sauce (maltodextrin, distilled vinegar, molasses, corn syrup, salt, caramel color, garlic, sugar, spices tamarind, natural flavor), silicon dioxide, garlic powder, parsley.

Other products containing Spices Tamarind

Spices Tamarind is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 7 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.

High-score cross-brand comparables for Hearty Cheddar Beer Soup Mix

Neighbours outside Market Classics with screening scores in the same high band as Hearty Cheddar Beer Soup Mix (95/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Market Classics; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Caramel Coloring is the first flagged ingredient selected from Hearty Cheddar Beer Soup Mix's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 40-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Caramel Coloring. Open Caramel Coloring
  • Compare Hearty Cheddar Beer Soup Mix'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 24960786: 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.