Orville Redenbacher's Nutri-Score E NOVA 4

Cheddar Cheese Gourmet Popping Corn

Cheddar Cheese Gourmet Popping Corn: 5/5 ingredient safety

Cheddar Cheese Gourmet Popping Corn by Orville Redenbacher's has 1 tracked ingredient, with an overall safety score of 5 out of 5, 0.88 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products. Its Nutri-Score is E.

  • Safety score 0.88 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
  • NOVA processing classification: group 4

Snacks / Popcorn

How This Score Is Built

Cheddar Cheese Gourmet Popping Corn draws on FDA status, EU regulatory status, US state actions, and published research, combined into a single editorially-derived 1-5 scale (never an official government rating). 1 of its 1 tracked ingredient is scored so far; data as of 2026-09-07.

Open Food Facts, FDA, and EU regulatory records feed this score. The FDA site → has the primary record; our methodology page explains the scoring.

Where Cheddar Cheese Gourmet Popping Corn sits nationally

Average ingredient safety score vs. 58,710 other scored products in PlainIngredients

5 Top 15% higher than 85% of 58,710 scored products

Average ingredient safety score (1 = highest risk, 5 = safest), bucketed by value

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Source PlainIngredients ingredient safety index · 2026-09-07

5
Generally Safe
Average ingredient safety: 5 out of 5
Based on 1 tracked ingredient
1
Tracked Ingredients
0
Concerning
1
Low Risk / Safe
E
Nutri-Score

Ingredient Safety Breakdown

Processing Level

4
NOVA Group 4
Ultra-processed foods

Ultra-processed products are formulations made mostly or entirely from substances derived from foods and additives. They typically contain ingredients not commonly used in home cooking.

Full Ingredients List

POPPING CORN, PALM OIL, SALT, LESS THAN 2% OF: COLORED WITH YELLOW 5 LAKE AND YELLOW 6 LAKE, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR (INCLUDING MILK), BUTTER OIL, TBHQ, CITRIC ACID.

Product Details

Barcode
0027000486009
Nutri-Score
Grade E
NOVA Group
4 — Ultra-processed foods
Available In
United States

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Frequently asked questions

Where does Cheddar Cheese Gourmet Popping Corn rank on ingredient safety?

Among the 58,710 PlainIngredients products with a scored ingredient list, Cheddar Cheese Gourmet Popping Corn's 5/5 average puts it in the safer 85%, 0.88 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.

How should Cheddar Cheese Gourmet Popping Corn's 5/5 score be read?

PlainIngredients scores each ingredient 1 (highest risk) to 5 (safest) from FDA and EU regulatory status, then averages the scores of every ingredient this product lists that we could map. A 5/5 average places Cheddar Cheese Gourmet Popping Corn in the Generally Safe tier.

Every figure on PlainIngredients is rendered directly from FDA, EU, EFSA and U.S. state regulatory records, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.