Hickory Bacon Cheddar Cheese Curds
Hickory Bacon Cheddar Cheese Curds by Ellsworth Cooperative Creamery has 1 tracked ingredient, with an overall safety score of 4 out of 5, in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products. Its Nutri-Score is D.
- Safety score in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
- NOVA processing classification: group 4
Dairies / Fermented foods / Fermented milk products / Cheeses
How This Score Is Built
Hickory Bacon Cheddar Cheese Curds 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 Hickory Bacon Cheddar Cheese Curds sits nationally
Average ingredient safety score vs. 58,710 other scored products in PlainIngredients
4 Top 80% higher than 20% 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
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
CHEESE (Pasteurized Milk, Cheese Culture, Salt, Enzymes, Natamycin (Natural Preservative)), HICKORY BACON SEASONING (Sea Salt, Maltodextrin, Bacon Flavor (Torula Yeast, Autolyzed Yeast Extract, Salt, Natural Flavors, Natural Hickory Smoke Flavo Maltodextrin), Garlic, Onion Paprika, Spice, Disodium Guanylate and Inosinate, Silicon Dioxide (to Prevent Caking)).
Product Details
- Barcode
- 0025611620782
- Nutri-Score
- Grade D
- NOVA Group
- 4 — Ultra-processed foods
- Available In
- United States
- Stores
- Safeway
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Frequently asked questions
How does Hickory Bacon Cheddar Cheese Curds's safety score compare to other products?
Hickory Bacon Cheddar Cheese Curds scores 4 out of 5 for average ingredient safety, in the bottom 80% of the 58,710 products in PlainIngredients with a scored ingredient list, in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.
How should Hickory Bacon Cheddar Cheese Curds's 4/5 score be read?
The 1-5 scale (5 safest) comes from FDA and EU regulatory status per ingredient. Hickory Bacon Cheddar Cheese Curds's mapped ingredients average out to 4/5, which is 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.