Nacho Cheese Poppers
Nacho Cheese Poppers by Optavia has 18 tracked ingredients, with an overall safety score of 4.2 out of 5, in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.
- Safety score in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
- NOVA processing classification: group 4
How This Score Is Built
Nacho Cheese Poppers 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). 18 of its 18 tracked ingredients are 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 Nacho Cheese Poppers sits nationally
Average ingredient safety score vs. 58,710 other scored products in PlainIngredients
4.2 Top 40% higher than 60% 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
Soy protein isolate, degermed yellow corn flour, salt, maltodextrin, cheddar cheese, romano cheese, onion powder, buttermilk powder, yeast extract, tomato powder, garlic powder, sugar, paprika, spices, natural flavors, lactic acid, paprika extract, citric acid, pea fiber, pea hull fiber, tapioca starch, soluble corn fiber, sunflower oil, torula yeast, Bacillus coagulans GBI-30 6086, dipotassium phosphate, calcium carbonate, calcium phosphate, magnesium oxide, ascorbic acid, vitamin E acetate, ferric orthophosphate, niacinamide, cholecalciferol, potassium iodide, vitamin A palmitate, phytonadione, calcium pantothenate, zinc oxide, thiamine mononitrate, manganese sulfate, pyridoxine hydrochloride, sodium selenite, sodium molybdate, biotin, riboflavin, folic acid, cyanocobalamin, chromium chloride, copper sulfate. CONTAINS: Milk, soy.
Compare beyond brand
Nationwide peers by additive safety & ingredient depth
Two PlainIngredients-derived comparison paths for Nacho Cheese Poppers: 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: 4.2/5.
Similar mapped ingredient depth
Nearest products by count of scored mapped additives. This record: 18.
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Product Details
- Brand
- Optavia
- Barcode
- 0017642498850
- NOVA Group
- 4 — Ultra-processed foods
- Available In
- United States
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Frequently asked questions
How does Nacho Cheese Poppers's safety score compare to other products?
Among the 58,710 PlainIngredients products with a scored ingredient list, Nacho Cheese Poppers's 4.2/5 average puts it in the safer 60%, in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.
What does a 4.2/5 ingredient safety score mean?
Each ingredient gets a 1-5 score (1 highest risk, 5 safest) built from FDA and EU regulatory status; Nacho Cheese Poppers's 4.2/5 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.