Corn & Potato Snacks, Bacon Cheddar
Corn & Potato Snacks, Bacon Cheddar by Chester's has 3 tracked ingredients, with an overall safety score of 3.7 out of 5, 0.42 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products, and 1 of its ingredient carries a low safety rating.
- Safety score 0.42 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
- NOVA processing classification: group 4
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 Corn & Potato Snacks, Bacon Cheddar 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 Corn & Potato Snacks, Bacon Cheddar sits nationally
Average ingredient safety score vs. 58,710 other scored products in PlainIngredients
3.7 Top 87% higher than 13% 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
- Monosodium Glutamate - Safety score: 2/5
Ingredient Safety Breakdown
Processing Level
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
Enriched corn meal (corn meal, ferrous sulfate, niacin,thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), vegetable oil (corn, canola and/or sunflower oil), dried potatoes, maltodextrin (made from corn), salt, monosodium glutamate, citric acid, onion powder, whey, cheddar cheese (milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), sugar, natural and artificial flavors (including natural cheddar & romano cheese type flavor, natural fried bacon type flavor), corn syrup solids, yeast extract, garlic powder, artificial color (yellow 6 lake, yellow 5 lake, blue 1 lake), parmesan cheese (milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), and sodium caseinate.
Compare beyond brand
Nationwide peers by additive safety & ingredient depth
Two PlainIngredients-derived comparison paths for Corn & Potato Snacks, Bacon Cheddar: 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.
Similar mean additive safety
Nearest products by average mapped safety score. This record: 3.7/5.
Similar mapped ingredient depth
Nearest products by count of scored mapped additives. This record: 3.
Product Details
- Brand
- Chester's
- Barcode
- 0028400596473
- NOVA Group
- 4 — Ultra-processed foods
- Available In
- United States
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Frequently asked questions
How does Corn & Potato Snacks, Bacon Cheddar's safety score compare to other products?
With an average ingredient safety score of 3.7/5, Corn & Potato Snacks, Bacon Cheddar sits behind 87% of the 58,710 PlainIngredients products carrying a scored ingredient list, 0.42 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.
What's behind the 3.7/5 rating on Corn & Potato Snacks, Bacon Cheddar?
Each ingredient gets a 1-5 score (1 highest risk, 5 safest) built from FDA and EU regulatory status; Corn & Potato Snacks, Bacon Cheddar's 3.7/5 is the average across every mapped ingredient it lists, landing it in the Low Risk 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.