Funyuns NOVA 4

Funyuns Sour Cream And Onions

Funyuns Sour Cream And Onions: 3/5 ingredient safety

Funyuns Sour Cream And Onions by Funyuns has 2 tracked ingredients, with an overall safety score of 3 out of 5, 1.12 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products, and 1 of its ingredient carries a low safety rating.

  • Safety score 1.12 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. 2 of 2 ingredients tracked for Funyuns Sour Cream And Onions 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 Funyuns Sour Cream And Onions sits nationally

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

3 Top 98% higher than 2% 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

3
Mixed Evidence
Average ingredient safety: 3 out of 5
Based on 2 tracked ingredients
2
Tracked Ingredients
1
Concerning
1
Low Risk / Safe
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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

enriched corn meal, vegetable oil, maltodextrin, corn starch, corn flour, salt, buttermilk, potassium salt, garlic powder, monosodium glutamate, spices, natural flavors, onion powder, cheese, sour cream, yeast extract

Product Details

Brand
Funyuns
Barcode
0028400763905
NOVA Group
4 — Ultra-processed foods
Available In
United States

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Frequently asked questions

How does Funyuns Sour Cream And Onions's safety score compare to other products?

With an average ingredient safety score of 3/5, Funyuns Sour Cream And Onions sits behind 98% of the 58,710 PlainIngredients products carrying a scored ingredient list, 1.12 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.

What's behind the 3/5 rating on Funyuns Sour Cream And Onions?

The 1-5 scale (5 safest) comes from FDA and EU regulatory status per ingredient. Funyuns Sour Cream And Onions's mapped ingredients average out to 3/5, which is the Mixed Evidence 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.