Caution

Apple Cinnamon Pecan Instant Oatmeal

by Restaurant Item

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0011110016669 · Restaurant Item · Null. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0011110016669 · Serving size 42g

The verdict

Apple Cinnamon Pecan Instant Oatmeal by Restaurant Item scores 80/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 21 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 2 ingredients are flagged for caution. The 21-component label is layered, beginning with Organic Rolled Oats, Soluble Corn Fiber, Apple Flakes. Start with any flagged rows, then check the nutrition grade and serving size instead of treating one roll-up score as the whole decision. This is not a recall, allergy, medical, or dietary-safety determination.

80/100
Caution safety score
2
Few flagged · of 21 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
E
Nutri-Score nutrition grade

Computed directly from OpenFoodFacts ingredient data cross-referenced with FDA SAFFA and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings. See our methodology for the scoring formula.

Composite profile score

One verdict from three independent sources

48/100

Grade D

Ingredient Safety

80/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

E

Nutri-Score front-of-pack nutrition grade

Weighted 50% ingredient safety / 25% processing level / 25% nutrition grade. A dimension with no data for this product (common: source coverage is partial) is dropped and its weight redistributes across the remaining dimensions, so missing data never silently lowers the score. See the full benchmark table.

10016669 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Apple Cinnamon Pecan Instant Oatmeal label screening desk

SCORE-CAUT 80/100 FLAG-FEW 2 flagged LEN-LAYERED 21 ing. REG-PART 52% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-E Nutri-E RANK-SHORT Len top 10% LEAD-FLAG Aspartame PHOTO-FINISH Deluxe churned vividly · ±0 BOOK-OFF …016669 · July 2026

11 of 21 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Aspartame). Source sheet 10016669 · Open Food Facts · July 2026. The screening score and flag counts are in the verdict band above. This desk is the provenance stamp, not a second scorecard. Methodology · Read with nearest score peer: Deluxe churned vividly vanilla ice cream · Nearest score peer is Deluxe churned vividly vanilla ice cream at the same screening score.

Screening model notes

How Nutri-Score, NOVA, and list length read this record

The composite for this product falls in the second band of the four-tier framework. That band collects labels whose registry-rated components pull the derived score down measurably without dominating it. Position inside a band is not visible from the band name, and two labels sharing it can differ in how many components were rated and how severely. This is a threshold on an index computed here from public data, not a regulatory classification of any kind; the exact cut-offs are published on the methodology page.

Nutri-Score assigned its lowest band to this label. The algorithm reserves that grade for nutrition panels where the values it penalises sit well above the components it credits. The two systems on this page measure genuinely different things: a product can hold this grade while carrying no additive flagged by the registries screened below, and a product graded well can carry several. Neither reading substitutes for the other, and the per-component table is where the additive picture is set out.

This label parsed into a long component list. Where many entries are screened at once, the composite tends to reflect the overall mix of registry ratings returned rather than the rating of any one entry. Longer declarations also carry more sub-listed and compound entries, where a parenthetical group is resolved into its parts, so the parsed count can exceed what a reader counts on the packaging.

Cross-brand screening score neighbourhood

1. Apple Cinnamon Pecan Instant Oatmeal: 80/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Apple Cinnamon Pecan Inst…80/1002. Deluxe churned vividly vanilla ice cream: 80/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Deluxe churned vividly va…80/1003. Reduced sugar maple brown sugar instant oatmeal packets: 80/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Reduced sugar maple brown…80/1004. Diet Soda, Cherry Cola: 80/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Diet Soda, Cherry Cola80/1005. Cheese Danish: 80/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Cheese Danish80/100
High-band neighbours for Apple Cinnamon Pecan Instant Oatmeal (80/100) outside Restaurant Item.
Chart values as text

Unit: PlainFoodSafe screening score out of 100. Data current as of July 2026.

Apple Cinnamon Pecan Instant Oatmeal
80/100
Deluxe churned vividly vanilla ice cream
80/100
Reduced sugar maple brown sugar instant oatmeal packets
80/100
Diet Soda, Cherry Cola
80/100
Cheese Danish
80/100

How It Compares to Its Category

Among the 1,202 products we've scored in the Null category, the average safety score is 95.1/100. Apple Cinnamon Pecan Instant Oatmeal scores 15.1 points below that category average (80/100 vs. 95.1/100), so it is a comparatively weaker pick for shoppers screening within that category specifically, rather than against the product catalog as a whole.

Ingredient-list length vs other Null products

Apple Cinnamon Pecan Instant Oatmeal lists 21 ingredients on its label

21 90th percentile a longer ingredient list than 90% of the 1,052 products we track

0–2: 33 products (3%). Below this entry. 2–4: 56 products (5%). Below this entry. 4–6: 51 products (5%). Below this entry. 6–8: 73 products (7%). Below this entry. 8–10: 54 products (5%). Below this entry. 10–12: 112 products (11%). Below this entry. 12–14: 95 products (9%). Below this entry. 14–16: 132 products (13%). Below this entry. 16–18: 191 products (18%). Below this entry. 18–20: 119 products (11%). Below this entry. 20–22: 47 products (4%). This entry sits in this band. 22–24: 12 products (1%). Above this entry. 24–26: 13 products (1%). Above this entry. 26–28: 7 products (1%). Above this entry. 28–30: 10 products (1%). Above this entry. 30–32: 4 products (0%). Above this entry. 32–34: 11 products (1%). Above this entry. 34–36: 5 products (0%). Above this entry. 36–38: 2 products (0%). Above this entry. 38–40: 2 products (0%). Above this entry. 40–42: 23 products (2%). Above this entry. This product 0 42 every published Null product, bucketed by value

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more products. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Distribution as text

1,052 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 21 (90th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
33 products (3%)
2–4
56 products (5%)
4–6
51 products (5%)
6–8
73 products (7%)
8–10
54 products (5%)
10–12
112 products (11%)
12–14
95 products (9%)
14–16
132 products (13%)
16–18
191 products (18%)
18–20
119 products (11%)
20–22
47 products (4%)
22–24
12 products (1%)
24–26
13 products (1%)
26–28
7 products (1%)
28–30
10 products (1%)
30–32
4 products (0%)
32–34
11 products (1%)
34–36
5 products (0%)
36–38
2 products (0%)
38–40
2 products (0%)
40 and above
23 products (2%)

Source Open Food Facts, product label ingredient lists · July 2026

Ingredient-list length is a descriptive property of the label, not a safety rating. A longer list is not automatically worse and a shorter one is not automatically better; the count is shown so the label can be placed against a comparable population. The comparison here runs against the 1,052 Null products we publish with a parsed label, not against the whole catalogue, because list length varies far more between categories than within one.

Ingredient Safety Analysis

How the 80/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (2 flagged of 21 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

Full Ingredient List

ROLLED OATS, SOLUBLE CORN FIBER, DEHYDRATED APPLE FLAKES (TREATED WITH SODIUM SULFITE AND SULFUR DIOXIDE TO PROMOTE COLOR RETENTION), PECANS, NATURAL FLAVOR. CONTAINS LESS THAN 2% OF: CINNAMON, SALT, CITRIC ACID, CARAMEL COLOR, SPICES, CALCIUM CARBONATE, FERRIC ORTHOPHOSPHATE, VITAMIN A PALMITATE, NIACINAMIDE, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, PYRIDOXINE HYDROCHLORIDE, FOLIC ACID, ASPARTAME*, ACESULFAME POTASSIUM. *PHENYLKETONURICS: CONTAINS PHENYLALANINE.

Other products containing Treated With Sodium Sulfite And Sulfur Dioxide To Promote Color Retention

Treated With Sodium Sulfite And Sulfur Dioxide To Promote Color Retention is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 4 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.

Categories

Null

High-score cross-brand comparables for Apple Cinnamon Pecan Instant Oatmeal

Neighbours outside Restaurant Item with screening scores in the same high band as Apple Cinnamon Pecan Instant Oatmeal (80/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Restaurant Item; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Aspartame is the first flagged ingredient selected from Apple Cinnamon Pecan Instant Oatmeal's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 21-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Aspartame. Open Aspartame
  • Compare Apple Cinnamon Pecan Instant Oatmeal's 2 flagged ingredients with a product from the same score neighbourhood. Compare labels
  • Check how caution flags contribute to the derived screening score before drawing a dietary conclusion. Read the method

This page describes published ingredient-list and source coverage. It is not dietary or medical advice.

Barcode 0011110016669: product data from Open Food Facts (July 2026). Screening from FDA SAFFA and CSPI Chemical Cuisine where attached. Figures are computed from those sources, not editor-typed. Methodology. Reference only, not dietary or medical advice.