Pinnacle Foods Group Llc Nutri-Score E NOVA 4

Cheese Curls

Cheese Curls: 4.7/5 ingredient safety

Cheese Curls by Pinnacle Foods Group Llc has 3 tracked ingredients, with an overall safety score of 4.7 out of 5, 0.58 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products. Its Nutri-Score is E.

  • Safety score 0.58 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
  • NOVA processing classification: group 4

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How This Score Is Built

PlainIngredients safety scores are a transparent, editorially-derived index synthesizing FDA status, EU regulatory status, US state actions, and published research into a single 1-5 scale, not an official government rating. 3 of 3 ingredients tracked for Cheese Curls have a scored rating so far. Data current as of 2026-09-07.

Sourced from Open Food Facts, FDA, and EU regulatory records. Verify with the FDA → See our full scoring methodology.

Where Cheese Curls sits nationally

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

4.7 Top 18% higher than 82% 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

4.7
Generally Safe
Average ingredient safety: 4.7 out of 5
Based on 3 tracked ingredients
3
Tracked Ingredients
0
Concerning
3
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

CORN MEAL, CORN OIL WHEY, MALTODEXTRIN, REDUCED LACTOSE WHEY, CHEDDAR AND BLUE CHEESE (CULTURED MILK, SALT, ENZYMES) CANOLA OIL, SALT, DISODIUM PHOSPHATE, CITRIC ACID, LACTIC ACID, ARTIFICIAL COLORS (YELLOW 6 AND YELLOW 5), SALT.

Compare beyond brand

Nationwide peers by additive safety & ingredient depth

Two PlainIngredients-derived comparison paths for Cheese Curls: nearest mean mapped additive safety score and nearest mapped ingredient count among indexable products with at least 3 scored additives, excluding same-brand siblings. Scores describe regulatory and research signals on additives, not dietary advice.

Product Details

Barcode
0023000434354
Nutri-Score
Grade E
NOVA Group
4 — Ultra-processed foods
Available In
United States

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Frequently asked questions

Is Cheese Curls above or below average on ingredient safety?

Cheese Curls scores 4.7 out of 5 for average ingredient safety, safer than 82% of the 58,710 products in PlainIngredients with a scored ingredient list, 0.58 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.

How should Cheese Curls's 4.7/5 score be read?

Each ingredient gets a 1-5 score (1 highest risk, 5 safest) built from FDA and EU regulatory status; Cheese Curls's 4.7/5 is the average across every mapped ingredient it lists, landing it 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.