Safe

Loaded potato tots

by Season's Choice

Open Food Facts label for barcode 4099100221046 · Season's Choice. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 4099100221046 · Serving size 5 pieces (90 g)

The verdict

Loaded potato tots by Season's Choice scores 95/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 67 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 67-component record, beginning with Aehyorated Potato, Nater, H'shbrown. 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 67 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
4099100221046
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.

00221046 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Loaded potato tots label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 95/100 FLAG-ONE 1 flagged LEN-DENSE 67 ing. REG-SPARSE 22% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-UNK Nutri n/a RANK-SHORT Len top 1% LEAD-FLAG Caramel Coloring PHOTO-FINISH Mint Striped Fudge · ±0 BOOK-OFF …221046 · July 2026

15 of 67 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Caramel Coloring). Source sheet 00221046 · 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: Mint Striped Fudge Cookies · Nearest score peer is Mint Striped Fudge Cookies 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. Loaded potato tots: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Loaded potato tots95/1002. Mint Striped Fudge Cookies: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Mint Striped Fudge Cookies95/1003. Chipotle cheddar with beef pizza: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Chipotle cheddar with bee…95/1004. Honey Nut Crispy Oats: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Honey Nut Crispy Oats95/1005. Honey Nut Crispy Oats: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Honey Nut Crispy Oats95/100
High-band neighbours for Loaded potato tots (95/100) outside Season's Choice.
Chart values as text

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

Loaded potato tots
95/100
Mint Striped Fudge Cookies
95/100
Chipotle cheddar with beef pizza
95/100
Honey Nut Crispy Oats
95/100
Honey Nut Crispy Oats
95/100

Ingredient-list length vs every product we publish

Loaded potato tots lists 67 ingredients on its label

67 99th percentile a longer ingredient list than 99% 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

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Distribution as text

359,392 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 67 (99th 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 67 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Aehyorated Potato
2
Nater
3
H'shbrown
4
Potato
5
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
6
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
7
Sodum Bisulfte
8
Process Chedar Cheese Milk Water Salt Oream
9
Cheese Culture
10
Sodwum Phosphate
11
Sodium Hexametaphosphate. Tetrasodium Pyrophosphate
12
Sorbic Acid
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
Safe GRAS
13
Preservative
14
Enzymes
15
Lactic Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, CURING OR PICKLING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
Safe GRAS
16
Sodium Citrate
17
Milk Fat
18
Apocarotenal
19
Color
20
Potato Starch
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
21
Cellulose
Emulsifier
Safe
22
Natamýcin
23
Canola Oil
24
Organic Onions
25
Batter Base
26
Enriched Wheat Fllour Inacn
27
Pon
28
Thamine Mononitrate
29
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
30
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
31
Corn Starch
32
Corn Flour
33
Caramel Coloring
Coloring
Avoid Approved (color additive, GRAS)
34
Leavening
35
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
36
Sodium Bicarbonatei
37
Modifid Cellulose
38
Turmeric
39
Annatto Color
40
Extractives Of Paprika
41
Cheddar Heese
42
Milk
43
Bacterial čUlture
44
Calcum Chloride
45
Microbial Enzyme
46
Smoked Bacon
47
Pork
48
Water
49
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
50
Sodium Phosphate
51
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
52
Sodum Ntrite
53
Baking Powder
54
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
55
Corn Starch
56
Monocalcium Phosphate Monohydrate
57
Calcium Sulfate
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, FORMULATION AID, LEAVENING AGENT, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, MALTING OR FERMENTING AID, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, PROCESSING AID, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
58
Rice Flour
59
Chives
60
Onion Powder
61
Modified Cellulose Flavor
62
Potato Maltodextrin
63
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
64
Sunflower Oil Natural Flavor
65
Gum /Arabic
66
Wheat
67
Milk. May Contain Soy. Dist. & Sold Exclusively

Full Ingredient List

REDIENTS: AEHYORATED POTATO (NATER, H'SHBROWN (POTATO, SALT, DEXTROSE, SODUM BISULFTE), PROCESS CHEDAR CHEESE MILK WATER SALT OREAM, CHEESE CULTURE, SODWUM PHOSPHATE, SODIUM HEXAMETAPHOSPHATE. TETRASODIUM PYROPHOSPHATE, SORBIC ACID [PRESERVATIVE, ENZYMES, LACTIC ACID, SODIUM CITRATE, MILK FAT, APOCAROTENAL (COLOR, POTATO STARCH, CELLULOSE, NATAMÝCIN), CANOLA OIL, ONIONS, BATTER BASE (ENRICHED wHeAT FlLOUR InaCn, PON,THAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), MODIFIED CORN STARCH, CORN FLOUR, SALT, CARAMEL COLOR, LEAVENING [SODIUM ACID PYROPHOSPHATE, $SODIUM BICARBONATEI, MODIFID CELLULOSE, TURMERIC,ANNATTO COLOR,EXTRACTIVES OF PAPRIKA),CHEDDAR HEESE (MILK, BACTERIAL ČULTURE, SALT, CALCUM CHLORIDE, MICROBIAL ENZYME, SMOKED BACON (PORK,WATER, SALT, SUGAR, SODIUM PHOSPHATE, SODIUM ERYTHORBATE, SODUM NTRITE, BAKING POWDER (SODIUM ACID PYROPHOSPHATE, SODIUM BICARBONATE, CORN STARCH, MONOCALCIUM PHOSPHATE MONOHYDRATE, CALCIUM SULFATE,RICE FLOUR, CHIVES, ONION POWDER, DEXTROSE, SALT, MODIFIED CELLULOSE FLAVOR (POTATO MALTODEXTRIN, SILICON DIOXIDE, SUNFLOWER OIL NATURAL FLAVOR, GUM /ARABIC), CONTAINS: WHEAT,MILK. MAY CONTAIN SOY. DIST. & SOLD EXCLUSIVELY

High-score cross-brand comparables for Loaded potato tots

Neighbours outside Season's Choice with screening scores in the same high band as Loaded potato tots (95/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Season's Choice; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Caramel Coloring is the first flagged ingredient selected from Loaded potato tots's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 67-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Caramel Coloring. Open Caramel Coloring
  • Compare Loaded potato tots'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 4099100221046: 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.