Zesty Cheddar & Italian Herb Crunchers
Zesty Cheddar & Italian Herb Crunchers by Optavia has 17 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
Snacks / Salty snacks
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. 17 of 17 ingredients tracked for Zesty Cheddar & Italian Herb Crunchers 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 Zesty Cheddar & Italian Herb Crunchers 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 concentrate, tapioca starch, soy protein isolate, navy bean powder soybean oil, whey, maltodextrin, dextrin, salt dextrose, tomato powder, garlic powder, natural flavors, spices,cheddar cheese (pasteurized milk culture, salt, enzymes), onion powder, torula yeast,sugar, buttermilk, yeast extract, sweet cream malic acid, probiotic (organic inulin, Bacillus coagulans GBI-30 6086), citric acid, extractives of paprika (color), lactic acid, potato starch, corn starch, guar gum, pectin. Vitamins and Minerals: Calcium phosphate, dipotassium phosphate, magnesium oxide, ascorbic acid (vitamin C), potassium chloride, vitamin E acetate, vitamin A palmitate, thiamine mononitate (vitamin B1), biotin, niacinamide (vitamin B3), zinc oxide, reduced iron, calcium pantothenate (vitamin B5), cholecalciferol (vitamin D3), phylloquinone (vitamin K1), manganese sulfate, copper suliale anhydrous, pyridoxine hydrochloride (vitamin Bo) riboflavin (vitamin B2), potassium iodine,sodu selenite, cyanoco
Compare beyond brand
Nationwide peers by additive safety & ingredient depth
Two PlainIngredients-derived comparison paths for Zesty Cheddar & Italian Herb Crunchers: 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: 17.
Product Details
- Brand
- Optavia
- Barcode
- 0017642479842
- NOVA Group
- 4 — Ultra-processed foods
- Available In
- United States
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Frequently asked questions
Where does Zesty Cheddar & Italian Herb Crunchers rank on ingredient safety?
Zesty Cheddar & Italian Herb Crunchers scores 4.2 out of 5 for average ingredient safety, safer than 60% 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 Zesty Cheddar & Italian Herb Crunchers's 4.2/5 score be read?
The 1-5 scale (5 safest) comes from FDA and EU regulatory status per ingredient. Zesty Cheddar & Italian Herb Crunchers's mapped ingredients average out to 4.2/5, 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.