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Extreme Carolina Reaper Flavored Cheese Puffs

Name: Extreme Carolina Reaper Flavored Cheese Puffs
Brand: Gold Emblem

A 15 puffs (28g) serving of Extreme Carolina Reaper Flavored Cheese Puffs by Gold Emblem has 150 calories, less than 1g of sugars and 470mg of sodium, as submitted by CVS Pharmacy, Inc. to USDA (FoodData Central 2373800, record updated Oct 27, 2022). A newer USDA record of this product, under another barcode, is FoodData Central 2383054.

Values for the declared serving and per 100 g. FoodData Central 2373800, available Dec 7, 2022; USDA record.

Nutrition Facts

Serving size15 puffs (28g)

AmountPortion

Amount per serving

Calories150

% Daily Value*

Total Fat 10g13%

Saturated Fat 3g15%

Trans Fat 0g

Cholesterol 0mg0%

Sodium 470mg20%

Total Carbohydrate not declared

Dietary Fiber 16g57%

Total Sugars <1g

Includes Added Sugars not declared

Protein not declared

Vitamin D not declared

Calcium 10mg1%

Iron 0.2mg1%

Potassium 60mg1%

* The % Daily Value (DV) tells you how much a nutrient in a serving of food contributes to a daily diet. 2,000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice. Protein % DV here is not corrected for protein quality.

Computed from the values per 100 g that CVS Pharmacy, Inc. submitted to USDA, for the declared 28g serving. They are rounded as FDA requires labels to round; the package in your hand is the authority. Check the USDA record.

UPC: 050428646663
Category: Other Snacks
Records: 1 under this UPC

How it compares with other other snacks

Per 100 g, it has more sugar than 30% of the 7,275 other snacks products in USDA's branded database, and it has more sodium than 81% of them.

Where it sits among other snacks: sugar per 100 g

Each dot is one of 39 evenly spaced points across the middle 95% of the category; the dashed line is the median. USDA FoodData Central branded foods, April 30, 2026 release.

Extreme Carolina Reaper Flavored Cheese Puffs against the 7,275 other snacks products in the database
Per 100 g	This product	Median of the category	Share of the category lower
Total sugars	3.6 g	6.3 g	30%
Sodium	1,679 mg	964 mg	81%
Calories	536	448	78%

Source: USDA FoodData Central branded foods, April 30, 2026 release; category statistics computed by GetFoodFacts from 7,275 products, one per barcode.

Other puffs in this aisle

387 of the 7,275 other snacks products are named puffs. Per 100 g their median is 500 calories, 821 mg of sodium and 7.1 g of protein; 382 have less sodium than this one.

Other brands with less sodium	Sodium per 100 g	Calories per 100 g
Nacho Cheese Protein Puffs TWIN PEAKS INGREDIENTS	1,333 mg	433
Hot Cheese Puffs BROOKSHIRES	1,321 mg	500
Cheese Flavored Baked Cheese Snacks Puffs CLOVER VALLEY	1,286 mg	571

Source: USDA FoodData Central branded foods, April 30, 2026 release: products in this aisle whose name contains "puffs", one per barcode.

What is in it

Ingredients (as submitted): CORN MEAL, VEGETABLE OIL (CONTAINS ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING: CORN, COTTONSEED, PALM, SUNFLOWER), CHEESE BLEND (MALTODEXTRIN, WHEY, SUNFLOWER OIL, CHEDDAR CHEESE [PASTEURIZED MILK, CHEESE CULTURE, SALT, ENZYMES], SALT, MONOSODIUM GLUTAMATE, SODIUM PHOSPHATE, BUTTER [CREAM, SALT], NATURAL FLAVOR, CITRIC ACID, LACTIC ACID, YELLOW 5, YELLOW 6, ENZYMES), SEASONING (CORN MALTODEXTRIN, SALT, SPICES, GARLIC POWDER, ONION POWDER, SUGAR, PAPRIKA, GUM ACACIA, CORN SYRUP SOLIDS, NATURAL FLAVORING, CITRIC ACID, CAROLINA REAPER CHILE POWDER, NATURAL SMOKE FLAVOR), SALT.

The statement lists 5 ingredients at the top level, beginning with Corn Meal, Vegetable Oil (contains One or More of the Following: Corn, Cottonseed. It has no separate "Contains" line; a major allergen (the nine the FDA requires on labels: milk, eggs, fish, shellfish, tree nuts, peanuts, wheat, soybeans, sesame) may be named inside the ingredients instead. For allergies, read the package: this is the record USDA holds (updated Oct 27, 2022), not the label on the shelf today.

Source: the ingredient statement CVS Pharmacy, Inc. submitted to USDA (FoodData Central 2373800).

More Gold Emblem other snacks

Product	Calories per 100 g	Sugars per 100 g	Sodium per 100 g
Club Mix Salted Peanuts, Honey Roasted Peanuts, Salted Cashews, Honey Roasted Cashews, Pretzel Sticks, Honey Roasted Sesame Sticks, Almonds	536	n/a	607 mg
Salted Peanuts, Honey Roasted Peanuts, Salted Cashews, Honey Roasted Cashews, Pretzel Sticks, Honey Roasted Sesame Sticks, Almonds Club Mix, Salted Peanuts, Honey Roasted Peanuts, Salted Cashews, Honey Roasted Cashews, Pretzel Sticks, Honey Roasted Sesame Sticks	536	10.71 g	607 mg
Ruby Cacao Bean & Dark Chocolate Mini Cups with Almonds, Dried Cherries, Dried Cranberries & Balanced Hazelnuts Gourmet Artisan Blend	533	40 g	133 mg
Chocolate Caramel Snack Mix, Chocolat Caramel	516	35.48 g	290 mg
Gold Emblem, Sesame Sticks	567	0 g	1,500 mg

Source: USDA FoodData Central branded foods, April 30, 2026 release.

Questions about this product

How many calories are in Gold Emblem Extreme Carolina Reaper Flavored Cheese Puffs?

150 per 15 puffs (28g) serving, and 536 per 100 g.

How much sodium is in Gold Emblem Extreme Carolina Reaper Flavored Cheese Puffs?

470mg per serving (20% of the 2,300 mg Daily Value).

Is this the label on the package today?

It is the record CVS Pharmacy, Inc. submitted to USDA, last updated Oct 27, 2022. Recipes change: the package in your hand is the authority.

Sources for this page

USDA FoodData Central: this record and every record it is compared with, April 30, 2026 release. fdc.nal.usda.gov
FoodData Central documentation: what branded, SR Legacy, Foundation and survey records are. fdc.nal.usda.gov
USDA Food and Nutrient Database for Dietary Studies: survey foods and their household portions. ars.usda.gov
21 CFR 101.9, Nutrition labeling of food: the label format, its rounding and the Daily Values. ecfr.gov
21 CFR 101 subpart D, Nutrient content claims: the FDA thresholds the comparisons count. ecfr.gov
FDA, How to Understand and Use the Nutrition Facts Label: the 5% and 20% Daily Value rule. fda.gov