Quaker NOVA 4

Jalapeño Cheddar Rice Crisps

Jalapeño Cheddar Rice Crisps: 4.5/5 ingredient safety

Jalapeño Cheddar Rice Crisps by Quaker has 2 tracked ingredients, with an overall safety score of 4.5 out of 5, 0.38 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.

  • Safety score 0.38 points above 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 Jalapeño Cheddar Rice Crisps 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 Jalapeño Cheddar Rice Crisps sits nationally

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

4.5 Top 29% higher than 71% 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

4.5
Low Risk
Average ingredient safety: 4.5 out of 5
Based on 2 tracked ingredients
2
Tracked Ingredients
0
Concerning
2
Low Risk / Safe
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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

Whole grain brown rice flour, corn grits, vegetable oil (canola and/or sunflower oil), corn maltodextrin, salt, potassium salt, whey, natural flavors, jalapeño pepper, onion powder, cheddar cheese (milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), spices, yeast extract, sugar, garlic powder, vinegar, skim milk, buttermilk, paprika extract (color), tocopherols (to preserve freshness)

Product Details

Brand
Quaker
Barcode
0030000578995
NOVA Group
4 — Ultra-processed foods
Available In
United States

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Frequently asked questions

Is Jalapeño Cheddar Rice Crisps above or below average on ingredient safety?

With an average ingredient safety score of 4.5/5, Jalapeño Cheddar Rice Crisps sits ahead of 71% of the 58,710 PlainIngredients products carrying a scored ingredient list, 0.38 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.

What's behind the 4.5/5 rating on Jalapeño Cheddar Rice Crisps?

The 1-5 scale (5 safest) comes from FDA and EU regulatory status per ingredient. Jalapeño Cheddar Rice Crisps's mapped ingredients average out to 4.5/5, 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.