Chocolatey Cereal Bar With Spooky-Fun Marshmallows
Open Food Facts label for barcode 0016000432246 · Count chocula · Snacks. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.
The verdict
Chocolatey Cereal Bar With Spooky-Fun Marshmallows by Count chocula scores 70/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 59 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 2 ingredients are flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 59-component record, beginning with Cereal, Whole Grain Corn, Sugar. 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.
- 70/100
- Caution safety score
- 2
- Few flagged · of 59 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
43/100
Grade D
Ingredient Safety
70/100
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.
00432246 · Open Food Facts · July 2026
Chocolatey Cereal Bar With Spooky-Fun Marshmallows label screening desk
20 of 59 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Sorbitol). Source sheet 00432246 · 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: Cinnamon Toast Crunch, Treats, Milk'N Cereal Bars · Nearest score peer is Cinnamon Toast Crunch, Treats, Milk'N Cereal 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 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
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. Chocolatey Cereal Bar With Spooky-Fun Marshmallows scores 16.1 points below that category average (70/100 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
Chocolatey Cereal Bar With Spooky-Fun Marshmallows lists 59 ingredients on its label
59 98th percentile a longer ingredient list than 98% of the 81,477 products we track
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
- 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 70/100 score is built
Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (2 flagged of 59 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.
Full Ingredient List
Cereal (Whole Grain Corn, Sugar, Corn Meal, Corn Syrup, Cocoa Processed With Alkali, Fructose, Canola Oil, Salt, Caramel Color, Refiner'S Syrup, Baking Soda, Natural Flavor. Vitamins And Minerals: Calcium Carbonate, Tricalcium Phosphate, Zinc And Iron (Mineral Nutrients), Vitamin C (Sodium Ascorbate), A B Vitamin (Niacinamide), Vitamin B6 (Pyridoxine Hydrochloride), Vitamin B2 (Riboflavin), Vitamin B1 (Thiamin Mononitrate), Vitamin A (Palmitate), A B Vitamin (Folic Acid), Vitamin B12, Vitamin D3), Corn Syrup, Sugar, Milk Chocolate Flavored Chip (Sugar, Palm Kernel And/Or Palm Oil, Cocoa Processed With Alkali, Nonfat Milk, Soy Lecithin, Vanilla Extract), Chocolate Flavored Crisp Rice (Rice Flour, Cocoa Processed With Alkali, Sugar, Barley Malt Extract, Salt, Color Added, Bht To Retain Freshness), Fructose, Marshmallow Bits (Sugar, Corn Syrup, Modified Corn Starch, Gelatin, Sodium Hexametaphosphate, Artificial And Natural Flavor, Blue 1), Palm Kernel Oil, High Fructose Corn Syrup, Canola Oil, Whole Wheat Flour, Cocoa Processed With Alkali, Nonfat Milk, Brown Rice Flour. Contains 2% Or Less Of: Glycerin, Calcium Carbonate, Maltodextrin, Sorbitol, Whole Oat Flour, Corn Flour, Salt, Color Added, Gelatin, Modified Wheat Starch, Natural And Artificial Flavor, Soy Lecithin.
Categories
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Mid-score cross-brand comparables for Chocolatey Cereal Bar With Spooky-Fun Marshmallows
Neighbours outside Count chocula near Chocolatey Cereal Bar With Spooky-Fun Marshmallows's mid-band score (70/100). The 2 same-brand links above stay within Count chocula; these peers cross brands.
Same mid-band screening score
Nearest cross-brand products by screening score (2 flagged of 59 on 0016000432246).
Long-label peers (21+ ingredients)
Nearest cross-brand labels by linked ingredient count (59 on 0016000432246).
Follow the flagged-label evidence
Follow the flagged-label evidence
Sorbitol is the first flagged ingredient selected from Chocolatey Cereal Bar With Spooky-Fun Marshmallows's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 59-ingredient record.
- Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Sorbitol. Open Sorbitol
- Compare Chocolatey Cereal Bar With Spooky-Fun Marshmallows'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 0016000432246: 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.