Spartan Nutri-Score D NOVA 4

Spartan, stuffed jalapenos, cheddar cheese

Spartan, stuffed jalapenos, cheddar cheese: 4.4/5 ingredient safety

Spartan, stuffed jalapenos, cheddar cheese by Spartan has 5 tracked ingredients, with an overall safety score of 4.4 out of 5, 0.28 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products. Its Nutri-Score is D.

  • Safety score 0.28 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
  • NOVA processing classification: group 4

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How This Score Is Built

This 1-5 scale is an editorially-derived index, not an official government rating -- it synthesizes FDA status, EU regulatory status, US state actions, and published research. For Spartan, stuffed jalapenos, cheddar cheese, 5 of its 5 tracked ingredients carry a scored rating so far, current as of 2026-09-07.

Data draws on Open Food Facts, FDA, and EU regulatory records -- cross-check with the FDA → directly, or read how we score it.

Where Spartan, stuffed jalapenos, cheddar cheese sits nationally

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

4.4 Top 31% higher than 69% 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

4.4
Low Risk
Average ingredient safety: 4.4 out of 5
Based on 5 tracked ingredients
5
Tracked Ingredients
0
Concerning
5
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

Green jalapeno peppers [peppers, water, acetic acid, salt, calcium chloride, sodium benzoate (preservative)], water, vegetable oil (soybean and/or canola), bleached wheat flour, wheat flour, pasteurized process cheddar cheese [cheddar cheese (milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes), water, milkfat, sodium phosphate, sodium hexametaphosphate, salt, artificial color], cheddar cheese (pasteurized milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), food starch-modified, cheese sauce mix [dehydrated blend of cheese (semisoft and cheddar cheeses (pasteurized milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes)), food starch-modified, whey, salt, cellulose gum, butter, sodium phosphate, silicon dioxide, lactic acid, citric acid, yellow 5, yellow 6]. contains 2% or less of apocarotenal (color), cellulose gum, dextrose, dried whole eggs, enzyme modified cheese (pasteurized milk, water, milkfat, sodium phosphate, cheese culture, salt, enzymes, vitamin a palmitate), extractives of paprika, annatto, and turmeric (color), lactic

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Nationwide peers by additive safety & ingredient depth

Two PlainIngredients-derived comparison paths for Spartan, stuffed jalapenos, cheddar cheese: 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.

Product Details

Brand
Spartan
Barcode
0011213023557
Nutri-Score
Grade D
NOVA Group
4 — Ultra-processed foods
Available In
United States

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Frequently asked questions

How does Spartan, stuffed jalapenos, cheddar cheese's safety score compare to other products?

Among the 58,710 PlainIngredients products with a scored ingredient list, Spartan, stuffed jalapenos, cheddar cheese's 4.4/5 average puts it in the safer 69%, 0.28 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.

What does a 4.4/5 ingredient safety score mean?

PlainIngredients scores each ingredient 1 (highest risk) to 5 (safest) from FDA and EU regulatory status, then averages the scores of every ingredient this product lists that we could map. A 4.4/5 average places Spartan, stuffed jalapenos, cheddar cheese 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.