Martin's Nutri-Score E NOVA 4

Cheese flavored curles

Cheese flavored curles: 2/5 ingredient safety

Cheese flavored curles by Martin's has 1 tracked ingredient, with an overall safety score of 2 out of 5, 2.12 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products. Its Nutri-Score is E, and 1 of its ingredient carries a low safety rating.

  • Safety score 2.12 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
  • NOVA processing classification: group 4

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How This Score Is Built

This 1-5 scale is an editorially-derived index, not an official government rating -- it synthesizes FDA status, EU regulatory status, US state actions, and published research. For Cheese flavored curles, 1 of its 1 tracked ingredient carries a scored rating so far, current as of 2026-09-07.

Data draws on Open Food Facts, FDA, and EU regulatory records -- cross-check with the FDA → directly, or read how we score it.

Where Cheese flavored curles sits nationally

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

2 Top 100% in the bottom 1% 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

2
Caution
Average ingredient safety: 2 out of 5
Based on 1 tracked ingredient
1
Tracked Ingredients
1
Concerning
0
Low Risk / Safe
E
Nutri-Score
1 ingredient flagged for safety concerns

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, vegetable oil (contains one or more of the following: canola, corn, cottonseed, safflower, soybean, or sunflower), whey, corn starch, cheddar cheese (pasteurized milk, salt, annatto extract, cheese culture, enzymes), maltodextrin, soluble corn fiber, salt, butter (cream, water, salt), natural and artificial flavors, buttermilk, monosodium glutamate, yellow #5, yellow #6, yellow #5 lake.

Product Details

Barcode
0033049105252
Nutri-Score
Grade E
NOVA Group
4 — Ultra-processed foods
Available In
United States

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Frequently asked questions

How does Cheese flavored curles's safety score compare to other products?

Cheese flavored curles scores 2 out of 5 for average ingredient safety, in the bottom 100% of the 58,710 products in PlainIngredients with a scored ingredient list, 2.12 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.

What's behind the 2/5 rating on Cheese flavored curles?

Each ingredient gets a 1-5 score (1 highest risk, 5 safest) built from FDA and EU regulatory status; Cheese flavored curles's 2/5 is the average across every mapped ingredient it lists, landing it in the Caution 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.