Caution

Winter’s Basket Fudge Dipped Pepperment Soft Batch Cookies

by Private Selection

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0011110160294 · Private Selection · Snacks. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0011110160294 · Serving size 21g

The verdict

Winter’s Basket Fudge Dipped Pepperment Soft Batch Cookies by Private Selection scores 75/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 44 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 1 ingredient is flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 44-component record, beginning with Flour Blend, Sugar, Enriched Wheat Flour. That density can include amounts and label fragments, so verify the physical label before relying on ingredient order or completeness. This is not a recall, allergy, medical, or dietary-safety determination.

75/100
Caution safety score
1
One flagged · of 44 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

45/100

Grade D

Ingredient Safety

75/100

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.

10160294 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Winter’s Basket Fudge Dipped Pepperment Soft Batch Cookies label screening desk

SCORE-CAUT 75/100 FLAG-ONE 1 flagged LEN-DENSE 44 ing. REG-SPARSE 25% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-E Nutri-E RANK-SHORT Len top 7% LEAD-FLAG Red 40 PHOTO-FINISH Orange sherbet · ±0 BOOK-OFF …160294 · July 2026

11 of 44 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Red 40). Source sheet 10160294 · 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: Orange sherbet · Nearest score peer is Orange sherbet 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.

The declared list is among the longer ones in this catalogue. A component set this wide means the screen returns many individual ratings, and the composite accumulates a large number of small contributions instead of turning on a handful of entries. At this length the per-component table below is substantially more informative than the single figure, because the figure compresses a great deal of variation into one number.

Cross-brand screening score neighbourhood

1. Winter’s Basket Fudge Dipped Pepperment Soft Batch Cookies: 75/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Winter’s Basket Fudge Dip…75/1002. Orange sherbet: 75/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Orange sherbet75/1003. Red Velvet Cake With Cream Cheese Icing, Red Velvet With Cream Cheese Icing: 75/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Red Velvet Cake With Crea…75/1004. Maraschino Cherries With Stems: 75/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Maraschino Cherries With …75/1005. Red Velvet Cake: 75/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Red Velvet Cake75/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for Winter’s Basket Fudge Dipped Pepperment Soft Batch Cookies (75/100 on 44 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

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

Winter’s Basket Fudge Dipped Pepperment Soft Batch Cookies
75/100
Orange sherbet
75/100
Red Velvet Cake With Cream Cheese Icing, Red Velvet With Cream Cheese Icing
75/100
Maraschino Cherries With Stems
75/100
Red Velvet Cake
75/100

How It Compares to Its Category

Among the 88,006 products we've scored in the Snacks category, the average safety score is 86.1/100. Winter’s Basket Fudge Dipped Pepperment Soft Batch Cookies scores 11.1 points below that category average (75/100 vs. 86.1/100), 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 Snacks products

Winter’s Basket Fudge Dipped Pepperment Soft Batch Cookies lists 44 ingredients on its label

44 93rd percentile a longer ingredient list than 93% of the 81,477 products we track

0–2: 275 products (0%). Below this entry. 2–4: 2,901 products (4%). Below this entry. 4–6: 4,248 products (5%). Below this entry. 6–8: 5,408 products (7%). Below this entry. 8–10: 5,486 products (7%). Below this entry. 10–12: 5,840 products (7%). Below this entry. 12–14: 6,252 products (8%). Below this entry. 14–16: 6,724 products (8%). Below this entry. 16–18: 6,221 products (8%). Below this entry. 18–20: 5,168 products (6%). Below this entry. 20–22: 4,508 products (6%). Below this entry. 22–24: 3,809 products (5%). Below this entry. 24–26: 3,567 products (4%). Below this entry. 26–28: 2,829 products (3%). Below this entry. 28–30: 2,282 products (3%). Below this entry. 30–32: 1,905 products (2%). Below this entry. 32–34: 1,715 products (2%). Below this entry. 34–36: 1,572 products (2%). Below this entry. 36–38: 1,417 products (2%). Below this entry. 38–40: 1,284 products (2%). Below this entry. 40–42: 8,066 products (10%). This entry sits in this band. This product 0 42 every published Snacks 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

81,477 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 44 (93rd percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
275 products (0%)
2–4
2,901 products (4%)
4–6
4,248 products (5%)
6–8
5,408 products (7%)
8–10
5,486 products (7%)
10–12
5,840 products (7%)
12–14
6,252 products (8%)
14–16
6,724 products (8%)
16–18
6,221 products (8%)
18–20
5,168 products (6%)
20–22
4,508 products (6%)
22–24
3,809 products (5%)
24–26
3,567 products (4%)
26–28
2,829 products (3%)
28–30
2,282 products (3%)
30–32
1,905 products (2%)
32–34
1,715 products (2%)
34–36
1,572 products (2%)
36–38
1,417 products (2%)
38–40
1,284 products (2%)
40 and above
8,066 products (10%)

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 81,477 Snacks 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 75/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (1 flagged of 44 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Flour Blend
2
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
3
Enriched Wheat Flour
4
Organic Malted Barley
5
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
6
Iron
7
Thiamin Mononitrate
8
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
9
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
10
Corn Starch
11
Soybean Oil
12
Vital Wheat Gluten
13
Whey Powder
14
Soy Flour
15
Soy Lecithin
16
Baking Soda
17
Baking Powder
18
Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DOUGH STRENGTHENER, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FLOUR TREATING AGENT, FORMULATION AID, LEAVENING AGENT, OXIDIZING OR REDUCING AGENT, SEQUESTRANT
GRAS
19
Sodium Bicarbonate
EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, LEAVENING AGENT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, PROCESSING AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
GRAS
20
Calcium Carbonate
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, LEAVENING AGENT, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, MASTICATORY SUBSTANCE, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, PROCESSING AID
GRAS
21
Monocalcium Phosphate
22
Calcium Sulfate
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, FORMULATION AID, LEAVENING AGENT, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, MALTING OR FERMENTING AID, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, PROCESSING AID, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
23
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
24
Canola Oil
25
Vanilla
26
Palm Oil
27
Glycerine
28
Eggs
29
Dried Cream Cheese
30
Pasteurized Cultured Milk And Cream
31
Stabilizers
32
Carob Bean
33
Guar Gum
34
White Coating
35
Fractionated Palm Kernel Oil
36
Nonfat Milk Powder
37
Natural Flavors
38
Cocoa Processed With Alkali
39
Peppermint Flavor
40
Peppermint Candy
41
Cane Sugar
42
Corn Syrup
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, HUMECTANT, LEAVENING AGENT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, TEXTURIZER
Cut Back GRAS
43
Peppermint Oil
44
Red 40
Avoid Approved (certified color)

Full Ingredient List

Flour blend (sugar, enriched wheat flour, malted barley, niacin, iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid, modified corn starch, soybean oil, vital wheat gluten, whey powder, soy flour, soy lecithin, baking soda, baking powder, sodium acid pyrophosphate, sodium bicarbonate, calcium carbonate, monocalcium phosphate, calcium sulfate, salt, canola oil, vanilla), palm oil, glycerine, eggs, cream cheese (pasteurized cultured milk and cream, stabilizers, carob bean and/or guar gum), white coating (sugar, fractionated palm kernel oil, whey powder, nonfat milk powder, soy lecithin, natural flavors), cocoa processed with alkali, peppermint flavor, peppermint candy (pure cane sugar, corn syrup, pure peppermint oil, Red 40).

Categories

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Mid-score cross-brand comparables for Winter’s Basket Fudge Dipped Pepperment Soft Batch Cookies

Neighbours outside Private Selection near Winter’s Basket Fudge Dipped Pepperment Soft Batch Cookies's mid-band score (75/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Private Selection; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Red 40 is the first flagged ingredient selected from Winter’s Basket Fudge Dipped Pepperment Soft Batch Cookies's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 44-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Red 40. Open Red 40
  • Compare Winter’s Basket Fudge Dipped Pepperment Soft Batch Cookies's 1 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 0011110160294: 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.