Pepperidge Farm Nutri-Score D NOVA 4

Pepperidge farm crackers cheddar

Pepperidge farm crackers cheddar: 5/5 ingredient safety

Pepperidge farm crackers cheddar by Pepperidge Farm has 1 tracked ingredient, with an overall safety score of 5 out of 5, 0.88 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products. Its Nutri-Score is D.

  • Safety score 0.88 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
  • NOVA processing classification: group 4

Snacks / Salty snacks / Sweet snacks / Appetizers / Biscuits and cakes / Biscuits and crackers / Biscuits / Crackers (Appetizers)

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. 1 of 1 ingredient tracked for Pepperidge farm crackers cheddar has 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 Pepperidge farm crackers cheddar sits nationally

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

5 Top 15% higher than 85% 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

5
Generally Safe
Average ingredient safety: 5 out of 5
Based on 1 tracked ingredient
1
Tracked Ingredients
0
Concerning
1
Low Risk / Safe
D
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

Made with smiles and unbleached enriched wheat flour (flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate [vitamin b1], riboflavin [vitamin b2], folic acid), cheddar cheese ([cultured milk, salt, enzymes], annatto), vegetable oils (canola, sunflower and/or soybean), contains 2 percent or less of: salt, yeast, autolyzed yeast, sugar, spices (contains celery), dehydrated onions, leavening (ammonium bicarbonate, baking soda, monocalcium phosphate),and beet juice concentrate, paprika extract, paprika, huito juice concentrate, turmeric extract, watermelon juice concentrate, annatto extract for color.

Product Details

Barcode
0014100081272
Nutri-Score
Grade D
NOVA Group
4 — Ultra-processed foods
Available In
France,United States

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Frequently asked questions

Is Pepperidge farm crackers cheddar above or below average on ingredient safety?

Among the 58,710 PlainIngredients products with a scored ingredient list, Pepperidge farm crackers cheddar's 5/5 average puts it in the safer 85%, 0.88 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.

How should Pepperidge farm crackers cheddar's 5/5 score be read?

The 1-5 scale (5 safest) comes from FDA and EU regulatory status per ingredient. Pepperidge farm crackers cheddar's mapped ingredients average out to 5/5, which is the Generally Safe 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.