Avoid

Sugar free cinnamon hard candy

by Brach's

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0011300385377 · Brach's · Snacks. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0011300385377 · Serving size 3 PIECES (17 g)

The verdict

Sugar free cinnamon hard candy by Brach's scores 35/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 6 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 3 ingredients are flagged for caution. This is a focused 6-component label led by Isomalt, Polyglycitol Syrup, Natural And Artificial Flavors; compare those leading ingredients with the product's processing and nutrition fields before deciding whether it fits your goal. This is not a recall, allergy, medical, or dietary-safety determination.

35/100
Avoid safety score
3
Few flagged · of 6 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
B
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

40/100

Grade D

Ingredient Safety

35/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

B

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.

00385377 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Sugar free cinnamon hard candy label screening desk

SCORE-AVOID 35/100 FLAG-FEW 3 flagged LEN-FOCUSED 6 ing. REG-MOST 67% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-B Nutri-B RANK-LONG Len top 91% LEAD-FLAG Isomalt PHOTO-FINISH Fruit & Grain · ±0 BOOK-OFF …385377 · July 2026

4 of 6 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Isomalt). Source sheet 00385377 · 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: Fruit & Grain Bars · Nearest score peer is Fruit & Grain Bars 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 lowest of the four bands. That is where labels land when registry-rated components drive the greater part of the deduction from the index. The band name is drawn from the framework's own scale and is distinct from the ratings the registries themselves assign to individual substances, which are shown per component below. A single heavily rated component and several lightly rated ones can produce the same band, so the component table is the more precise reading of the two.

The Nutri-Score algorithm returned its second band for this label. That grade typically describes a nutrition panel whose favourable components register clearly in the model without fully offsetting its energy or sodium terms. Because the calculation is a single points balance rather than a set of independent thresholds, a strong fibre or protein figure can lift a panel into this band even where one penalised nutrient sits high. The grade summarises the declared panel alone and carries no information about the additive ratings screened below.

The declared list parsed into a small number of components. On a short list the registry screen covers close to everything the packaging declares, and any single matched component accounts for a correspondingly large share of the composite. Short lists also leave less room for parsing error, since there are fewer separators and qualifiers for the extraction to resolve.

Cross-brand screening score neighbourhood

1. Sugar free cinnamon hard candy: 35/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Sugar free cinnamon hard …35/1002. Fruit & Grain Bars: 35/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Fruit & Grain Bars35/1003. Rich & Creamy Fudge Frosting: 35/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Rich & Creamy Fudge Frost…35/1004. Rich & creamy vanilla frosting: 35/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Rich & creamy vanilla fro…35/1005. Instant pudding & pie filling: 35/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Instant pudding & pie fil…35/100
Cross-brand screening scores near Sugar free cinnamon hard candy's 35/100 while 50% of its parsed list carries a caution flag.
Chart values as text

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

Sugar free cinnamon hard candy
35/100
Fruit & Grain Bars
35/100
Rich & Creamy Fudge Frosting
35/100
Rich & creamy vanilla frosting
35/100
Instant pudding & pie filling
35/100

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. Sugar free cinnamon hard candy scores 51.1 points below that category average (35/100 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

Sugar free cinnamon hard candy lists 6 ingredients on its label

6 9th percentile a longer ingredient list than 9% 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%). This entry sits in this band. 8–10: 5,486 products (7%). Above this entry. 10–12: 5,840 products (7%). Above this entry. 12–14: 6,252 products (8%). Above this entry. 14–16: 6,724 products (8%). Above this entry. 16–18: 6,221 products (8%). Above this entry. 18–20: 5,168 products (6%). Above this entry. 20–22: 4,508 products (6%). Above this entry. 22–24: 3,809 products (5%). Above this entry. 24–26: 3,567 products (4%). Above this entry. 26–28: 2,829 products (3%). Above this entry. 28–30: 2,282 products (3%). Above this entry. 30–32: 1,905 products (2%). Above this entry. 32–34: 1,715 products (2%). Above this entry. 34–36: 1,572 products (2%). Above this entry. 36–38: 1,417 products (2%). Above this entry. 38–40: 1,284 products (2%). Above this entry. 40–42: 8,066 products (10%). Above this entry. 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: 6 (9th 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 35/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (3 flagged of 6 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

Full Ingredient List

Isomalt*, polyglycitol syrup*, natural and artificial flavors, red 40, blue 1, sucralose.

Categories

Snacks Sweet snacks Confectioneries Candies

Lower-score cross-brand comparables for Sugar free cinnamon hard candy

Neighbours outside Brach's in the same lower screening band as Sugar free cinnamon hard candy (35/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Brach's; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Isomalt is the first flagged ingredient selected from Sugar free cinnamon hard candy's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 6-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Isomalt. Open Isomalt
  • Compare Sugar free cinnamon hard candy's 3 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 0011300385377: 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.